Despite no longer being able to look after dogs, Dot, 80, has continued to chip in by knitting more than 500 blankets that ...

The British Medical Association said a five-day strike in England will begin on Friday ...

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Mark Carruthers discusses her political journey with Baroness Smith of Basildon. The back-stop’s here? Bad puns with top ...

Islanders are being reminded to protect their ears in the sun by a local hearing expert, after seeing regular sun damage on ...

A quarter of a century, 4,000 children in one town had a part in the creation of a 50m-long wall, all to commemorate the ...

A man living near a proposed railway extension fears he will have to move and lose his stabling business, if the plans go ...

A planning application has been submitted to build 42 homes in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The plan, by Ellesmere-based T&T Lloyd ...

An illegal immigrant who was smuggled into the UK to run a cannabis farm has been jailed for eight months. Vietnamese ...

A water company has said it can't say when a hosepipe ban will come to an end because it is "generally waiting for rain".

A shop has been forced to close for three months after counterfeit tobacco was seized, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police ...

A dramatic surge in octopus numbers along the South West coast of the UK is being linked to climate change. The lucrative ...