Poll held over Sheringham supermarket plans
People in a Norfolk seaside town are to be formally asked their views about two rival applications for a supermarket. Tesco and Waitrose...
View ArticleJapanese media get tour of death chamber
Japanese media representatives have for the first time been allowed into the execution chamber at a Tokyo jail. Local TV...
View Article'Angry young man' from Luton jailed for a year
An "angry young man" with issues over authority has been jailed for a year for seven offences including racial abuse to a supermarket guard. He was convicted for six other offences including attacking...
View ArticleGrimsby pupil affair teacher given jail sentence
A married teacher who had sexual relationships with three teenage girls has been jailed for nearly seven years. Drama teacher Karl Babiczuk-Brown, 29, admitted a relationship with a 15-year-old pupil...
View ArticleWindscreen stolen from parked car in Holbeach
A windscreen has been stolen from a vehicle in a residents' car park in a Lincolnshire town. The...
View ArticleConman tenant jailed for £1m London townhouse sale bid
A conman who rented a town house in Kensington and Chelsea using fake identity and then tried to sell it for £1m has been jailed for...
View ArticleCould the US economy go into reverse?
There is growing evidence that the US economic recovery has...
View ArticleIn pictures: Kenyans celebrates new constitution
Tens of thousands of Kenyans turned out in Nairobi to witness the adoption of a new constitution, more than three weeks after it was overwhelmingly approved in a national referendum. They came to see...
View ArticleSherwood Energy Village firm in liquidation
An organisation which helped to regenerate a former Nottinghamshire mining town has gone into liquidation. The Sherwood Energy Village, an environmentally friendly business park, was created after...
View ArticleLowestoft leisure centre's £6.5m facelift under way
The £6.5m redevelopment of a leisure centre in a Suffolk town is about to get under way. Waveney District Council and Pulse Fitness have signed contracts to...
View ArticleQ&A: DR Congo conflict
A draft UN report says crimes by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1993 to 2003 could be classified as genocide. The east of the country is...
View ArticleWife in court over husband's death in Surrey
A woman has appeared in court by video link accused of murdering her estranged husband in Surrey. Sally Challen, 56,...
View ArticleShelterbox 'business as usual' after Australia split
Shelterbox, the Cornish charity that sends aid to disaster-hit countries, says its operation has been unaffected by a split in its Australian operation. The charity, which has sent hundreds of boxes...
View ArticleMan accused of Nottingham garden murder in court
A 38-year-old Nottingham man has appeared before magistrates, accused of shooting a man...
View ArticleDEC Pakistan floods appeal hits £40m
The British public has given £40m to help the victims of the Pakistan floods, charities have said. The Disasters Emergency...
View ArticleGovernors of Jesuit-run college facing £5m abuse claim
The governors of a Jesuit-run school must face a £5m action from an ex-pupil who claimed he was sexually abused. Preston Catholic College has lost an appeal against a court ruling which gave Patrick...
View ArticleResidents pledge to 'fight' EDF over park and ride
People living on a housing estate near Bridgwater say they will fight EDF Energy's plans for a park and ride. The energy company wants to build the facilities just off Junction 24 of the M5 as part of...
View ArticleStafford youth arrested over attack on Pc
A 17-year-old youth has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer in Staffordshire. Pc Brian Griffiths, 54, was attacked after coming across three youths on the...
View ArticleRural West Midland's public sector job cuts warning
Public sector unemployment could affect one in four people living in rural areas of the West Midlands region, a development agency has said. The situation could be made worse by a shortage of...
View ArticleSuspected arson attack on a Strabane farm
A Strabane farmer faces a repair bill of thousands of pounds after a suspected arson attack. A shed and a combine harvester were...
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