Polling stations in Shropshire have opened for the 2025 local council elections. All seats on Shropshire Council are going before voters, with polls closing at 22:00 BST and the count taking place on …
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Rugby league legend Billy Boston has received a knighthood from King Charles at Buckingham Palace, making him the sport's first knight in its 130-year history. Sir Billy, 90, was awarded his knighthood early …
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A major road through Essex was shut after what National Highways said was a medical emergency. The closure was made on the southbound A12 between Mountnessing and the Brook Street roundabout in Brentwood. …
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A supermarket delivery service that uses robots to drop off food at customers' homes has covered 36,000 miles in Leeds. Leeds City Council said the distance was equivalent to more than 22,000 car …
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Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Wales Online's Bristol Airport v Cardiff …
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A master thatcher said it was important to "safeguard" the industry or otherwise villages risked "losing character". Poor harvests of long straw over the last two years, aging machinery and shortages of trainees …
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A 76-year-old man died after an elderly neighbour hit him over the head "again and again" with a hammer then stabbed him with a large kitchen knife, a trial has been told. Peter …
Police in York have arrested more than 100 people as part of a crackdown on county lines drug gangs. North Yorkshire Police launched Project Titan in January to "address the growing concern of …
A train line has reopened following major disruption to services after a large fire at an industrial unit. Five appliances were called to tackle the blaze in Birtley, Gateshead, which broke out just …
A council has been fined £6m after three deaths on the world's longest guided busway. Jennifer Taylor, Steve Moir and Kathleen Pitts died after collisions on the Cambridgeshire busway between 2015 and 2021. …