Almost 300 homes are to be built on an industrial site that was initially planned for redevelopment 10 years ago. Durham County Council is to build 282 homes on the site at Stephenson Road, between Peterlee and Horden, after its plans were approved on Friday. Planning permission was initially given...

Almost 300 homes to be built on old industrial site

A temporary shop remains closed despite 3,000 people living in the new Devon town.

Frustration over wait for shops in new town

There have been no objections to the Sunniside scheme, despite previous parking concerns.

Plans for 75 new homes in city centre approved

Developer Muse is chosen to deliver a £500m regeneration of Wythenshawe in Manchester.

Developer picked for £500m town centre revamp

A plan to build a new station as part of a major home building project receives more funding.

New hopes for south-east London Overground station

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

The search for a retired doctor who fell while hiking in the Pyrenees has been called off. Tom Doherty, 67, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, was travelling and camping solo in the Lot-et-Garonne region of southern France. The prosecutor's office in Foix told Agence France Presse: "Search operations have been suspended....

Search for hiker missing in the Pyrenees called off

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

The move is part of preparations for them to split off from each other.

High school and sixth form to have separate principals

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Previous Home Office plans would have seen the hotel used by migrants

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

Officers investigating the crash are continuing to appeal for any witnesses to come forward.

Biker who died in crash 'will be hugely missed'

The snake is believed to be a boa constrictor according to the Friends of Ley Hill Park group.

Park warning after 'boa constrictor' sightings

Organised-crime groups have been targeting empty shops and pubs in town centres to grow cannabis on an industrial scale, say police bosses. Over the past year, raids have been carried out in dozens of properties, from an old toy shop in Ayr, Scotland, to a former bank in Welshpool, Powys.

Drug production booming in UK's empty high streets

Plans to build a solar farm the size of 86 football fields in Kent have been rejected as "insane". Developers of the installation on "high-grade" farmland near Sittingbourne were told by a councillor the panels should instead be placed on roofs and car parks. Supporters pointed out the site -...

Council rejects solar farm plan branded 'insane'

A boat hand-crafted to look like a great white shark has been vandalised just five days after its maiden voyage. Fin Bowron, from Boulmer, had attached a fibreglass shark head and fins to a 1970s jet boat frame and installed an engine. He first envisioned his aquatic dream 15 years...

Shark speedboat broken in engine theft

For 149 years, a Lake District town has played host to a Christian convention that has grown from a small affair in a vicar's garden to a big annual gathering, drawing crowds from all over the world. Keswick Convention now takes place over three weeks in the summer and this...

'Wrong time' for Christian convention as trade hit

Arlene Arkinson was 15 went she went missing in 1994 following a disco in Bundoran, County Donegal.

Arlene Arkinson family vow to never give up search

Plans to turn a country house into a wedding venue have sparked anger among residents. The owners of Shelsley Grange, near Great Witley in Worcestershire, want to put up a large marquee to hold weddings in the grounds of the Grade II-listed house. But neighbours have said the surrounding lanes...

Residents oppose wedding venue plans

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Isle of Wight loocals say they are feel “cut off from society” with ferry return trips to the mainland costing up to £440 during peak tourist times.Residents of the island off the south coast of England, which is also a popular tourist hotspot for Brits, are complaining about the high prices that ferry companies are charging to cross the Solent, as well as claiming that the services can be unreliable.Some locals claim the expensive ferry tickets, which they say can cost up to £440 during busy times like Cowes Week and the Isle of Wight Festival, have a knock-on effect...

Isle of Wight locals outraged at ferry trips to the mainland costing up to £440

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Town revamp plan inspired by Sweden's capital

Councillors have taken inspiration from Sweden's capital for the future of an industrial...

Town revamp plan inspired by Sweden's capital

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