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 "large-scale operation" was housed in the building on Sunderland's High Street West, documents say.

Cannabis farm clean-up needed ahead of demolition

The council claims the bridge can no longer bear the weight of pedestrians and cyclists.

Footbridge demolition paused after campaign

The money will be spent on high streets, green spaces and improving walking and cycling routes.

London's public spaces get £12m funding from mayor

A department store will shut its doors for good in Northampton town centre this weekend. Next will have its final day of trading on Saturday and will be replaced by an as yet unknown retailer. Mark Mullen, the operations manager for Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID), said the...

Major retailer to close permanently in town centre

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

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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

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A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital after “falling through a trapdoor” on Blackpool Pier. Police, paramedics and fire crews rushed to the city’s Central Pier at around 4.30pm following the horror incident. It is understood she may have fallen through part of the pier and landed on the beach below, Manchester Evening News reports. […]

Horror as woman falls screaming through trapdoor on Blackpool Pier in terrifying accident

A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

As they were driving along the A358, Mr Bennett said his wife's contractions became "worse and worse". "I thought I would have one [contraction] per junction," said Mrs Bennett, jokingly. "I thought four or five minutes per junction, I can do that," she added. As her contractions grew closer, Mr...

Mr Bennett said: "She pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along."

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

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

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Three deaths in the same northeastern town have potentially been linked to the same batch of suspected dangerous drugs, police have warned.Northumbria Police said that two men and a woman were found dead after “fatal medical episodes” in South Shields, South Tyneside.The force said that while the exact circumstances remain “unexplained”, detectives are exploring the possibility that all three could be linked to the same batch of drugs.The next of kin of a man in his 30s, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s were informed after the three deaths were confirmed on Thursday afternoon. Northumbria...

Police warn of ‘dangerous drug batch’ after three deaths in the North East

Campaigners against a 170-home development on the outskirts of an Oxfordshire town have described their "upset" after outline planning permission was granted on appeal. Vistry Homes' proposals for a site east of Warwick Road in Banbury were refused by Cherwell District Council in 2023 but have now been allowed by the Planning Inspectorate.

Rural campaigners 'upset' over plan for 170 homes

Officers say she was approached by a man who then assaulted her a short time later.

Police appeal after woman assaulted in churchyard

The restoration of a passenger rail link through the Midlands has been stopped in its tracks. A business case for reopening the Ivanhoe Line rail link from Burton-upon-Trent to Leicester had been submitted before the election, with campaigners hopeful that work could begin in 2024. But on Monday, Chancellor Rachel...

Disappointment as reopening of railway line halted

Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince & Pascal Fletcher in Miami. Pressure is mounting on Kenyan police officers to deliver on their promise to help bring Haiti's rampant gangs under control, six weeks after setting foot in the Caribbean nation. When the first contingent of 200 elite Kenyan police officers flew into...

Kenyan police taunted as they square up to Haiti's gangs

A man who shared racially aggravated online social media posts linked to national civil unrest has been jailed. Lee Joseph Dunn, of Egremont, Cumbria, pleaded guilty to one offence of sending, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

Man jailed over racially aggravated posts

Investigation concludes that the Clotilda is too damaged to be removed from its resting place in an Alabama river.

Last known US slave ship should stay under water, experts say

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Actor Richard Deacon found fame on classic TV sitcoms such as The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS, 1961-1966), on which he played Mel Cooley, and Leave it to Beaver (CBS, 1957-1963), in which which he portrayed neihbor Fred Rutherford. Both characters were married to women, while Fred had a son.

The Secret Gay Life of Actor Richard Deacon ('Dick Van Dyke Show'): 30 Years After His Tragic Death

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Construction of city footbridge under way

The bridge is a key part of a \"masterplan\" to develop the Sunderland riverside, councillors...

The bridge is a key part of a "masterplan" to develop the Sunderland riverside, councillors...

Construction of city footbridge under way

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