Security is to be increased at a city's main bus station in an effort to tackle anti-social behaviour, an MP has said. The action comes following incidents of vandalism and reports from passengers who …
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Thousands of women in north Surrey are being invited to breast cancer screening appointments at a new mobile testing centre. The state-of-the-art scanning unit will be stationed in the car park at the …
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Prison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the UK's most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday. The meeting …
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Plans to reintroduce a community's Welsh name that translates literally as Pigs Village has left some residents unhappy, while others have welcomed it. Jeff Sampson, who has lived in Northop Hall, Flintshire, for …
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A city's 60-year-old shopping centre is not fit for purpose and is "nothing less than an eyesore in places", a councillor has said. Templars Square shopping centre in Cowley, Oxford, was built in …
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Residents are being encouraged to write to people with cancer to give them a boost. Nene Nursery in Peterborough, run by Nene Park Trust, is hosting two letter-writing workshops on Saturday and May …
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Weight restrictions have now been implemented for heavy-goods vehicles on a key crossing between England and Wales Introduced on the M48 Severn Bridge, the limits mean vehicles over 7.5 tonnes in weight will …
Zoos will be legally required to give animals more enclosure space as "long overdue" animal welfare reforms come into force. The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said new standards published …
The mother of a 17-year-old boy killed in a car crash said she was "overwhelmed" by demand for homemade blue ribbons representing a road safety campaign in his memory. Max Greenhouse, of Lydiate, …
A woman has described how upsetting it was to find the remains of a dog in a suitcase while out walking with her children. Cara Harper was walking her dogs with her children …