School children have taken part in a protest to save a library at risk of closure as a council seeks to make £30m of savings. Warrington Council is seeking to close Westbrook Library …
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A ten-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at a block of flats that caused 50 people to be evacuated. The fire at Rynet Court on Marsh House …
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A wheelchair user who was unable to get into a festival after being left stranded miles away in a field, said she is "really, really upset" and "disappointed". Jayney Gage, from Wellington, said …
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The family of a British student nurse, 23, stabbed to death in Texas has raised more than £40,000 to bring her home and "give her the peaceful and dignified farewell she deserves". Elizabeth …
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Staff at a city hospice have received a donation of more than 2,000 Easter eggs for the facility. The initiative was led by Peterborough Scooter Collective's annual Easter Egg Run, with more than …
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An independent report has concluded burying electricity cables underground or out at sea is far more expensive than using overhead lines. The study by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) comes as …
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Donald Trump raised the matter of making Canada the US's 51st state in a March call with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader acknowledged. The two men spoke on 28 March, …
A lorry has crashed into parked vehicles, a railway bridge and a youth club building in the early hours. West Mercia Police officers were at Lower Galdeford in Ludlow following the collision involving …
Fencing has been put in place at a seaside resort to protect newborn little terns. Last year, a record 140 birds were born at Seaton Carew in Hartlepool. About 40 volunteers from Durham …
The Silvertown Tunnel will close for 17 nights over a number of dates until 22 June for general maintenance and snagging works, Transport for London has said. During the southbound only closures, buses …