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Toby Carvery under fire over felling of centuries-old tree in north London
Toby Carvery has come under fire over the felling of an ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old in Whitewebbs Park, north London. The tree, which has a girth of 6.1 metres, is located ...
Stafford North End Community Centre awarded £78,886 for renovation works from National Lottery Community Fund
Trustees at the Stafford North End Community Centre are celebrating a successful application to The National Lottery Community Fund.
'You could see bullet holes': Eye Witness reacts to Halesowen shooting
An eye witness to a shooting at a block of flats in Halesowen overnight said the scene was 'chaotic' and compared it to a Hollywood movie. West Midlands Police are still investigating after the ...
"I saw my car get smashed up and written off from my own flat" - Eye Witness to Halesowen shooting
An eye witness to a shooting at a block of flats in Halesowen overnight said the scene was 'chaotic' and compared it to a Hollywood movie. Police are still investigating after the disorder at Bredon ...
Year’s first cases of blue-green algae confirmed in Lough Neagh
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency said two reports had been made from locations on Lough Neagh and were verified on April 10 and 11.
Journalists accused of working for Putin opponent Navalny convicted of extremism
A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five-and-a-half years in ...
Ed Davey urges China to ‘publish the tapes’ after MP denied entry to Hong Kong
Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, was refused entry to the former British territory while travelling to meet her son and baby grandson.
Police make two arrests after boy, 14, threatened with a knife in Wordsley
Two people are in custody after a boy aged 14 was assaulted and threatened with a knife in Wordsley . West Midlands Police were called to a park near Swanfield Road around 6.15pm on Sunday. The boy ...
Youth sentenced for knife attack on stranger hours before double murder
A teenager has been sentenced for stabbing a 17-year-old stranger with a large Rambo knife just hours before he murdered two boys in Bristol. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, ...
Schools could face strikes as early as autumn if pay remains ‘unacceptable’
The National Education Union leader has called on the Government to take the ‘necessary steps to avoid a confrontation’ with the teaching profession.
Birmingham bin boss urges striking workers to reconsider ‘very fair’ offer
Birmingham needs to ‘get back to normal’, the council’s bin boss said as residents report seeing ‘cat-sized’ rats and workers fear losing their homes.
Man who pretended to be Greggs manager to claim £710,000 in Covid grants jailed
Aftab Baig, 47, from Glasgow, was part of a fraud which saw bogus claims made against the Leeds branches of the bakery chain.