The owners of a car park built and run without planning permission have been issued with a refusal notice by a council. The car park, located near the Grosvenor Centre and the former Greyfriars bus station in Northampton, was briefly opened for public use but was voluntarily shut in March.

'Unsafe' car park refused planning permission

The proposals have been described as inappropriate and risking the exploitation of users.

Plan to turn loos into rough sleeper pods scrapped

East Sussex County Council approved doubling the height of the chimney to help disperse odours.

Newhaven chimney stack extension approved

The operator of a Bury site notorious for an unpleasant odour applies for a permit to process more waste.

Bid for new waste permit at site behind 'eggy' stink

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

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

South Carolina State

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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

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

Police are investigating reports that a man claiming to be Ben Needham, who disappeared on the Greek island of Kos in 1991, has come forward to authorities in Denmark. The news comes 33 years to the day of his disappearance on 24 July. Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old...

Police check DNA of man claiming to be Ben Needham

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The daughter of BBC racing commentator John Hunt sent a text urging the recipient to call 999 after she was shot with a crossbow, an inquest heard. Hannah Hunt, 28, and her sister Louise, 26, both died from crossbow bolt injuries in an attack in Bushey earlier this month, Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court was told on Tuesday, while their mother Carol  died from stab wounds. When officers arrived they found Hannah alive in the main doorway of the home, with a crossbow bolt still in her chest, senior coroner for Hertfordshire Geoffrey Sullivan was told.Hannah had texted someone telling them...

Racing commentator John Hunt’s daughter ‘sent 999 text after she was shot with crossbow’

Lauren Harris stabbed David Mark Wilcox to death, and her accomplice bludgeoned him with a bottle.

Woman jailed for murdering man who loved her

Coroner Paul Marks said the death was accidental with the cause confirmed as chest injuries.

Farmer dies after being run over by his own Range Rover

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

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

A 16-year-old boy was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with serious injuries after the attack.

Man charged with attempted murder after TRNSMT attack

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Two men found dead inside a burnt-out car in Sweden have been named as travel agents from north London - as their families paid tribute to them.Juan Cifuentes and Farooq Abdulrazak were reported missing by their families after they failed to return from a business trip to Scandinavia.Their remains have now been identified by Swedish prosecutors, a month after they were discovered on July 14.Prosecutor Magnus Petterson told Sky News that a "large murder investigation" remains in place, as well as a public appeal for information related to the case.The men’s families paid tribute to them on Wednesday as “two...

Families' heartbreak as two Londoners confirmed to have been found dead in burnt out car in Sweden

An application for a judicial review of a council decision to approve the scheme has been submitted.

Homes plan for former Bristol Zoo site on hold

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

Isle of Man Energy is ordered to pay £1,361 to a customer for the "unlawful" disconnection.

Gas firm ordered to pay damages for disconnection

Stones were thrown at a man in parkland in Belfast in an incident which police are treating as a racially-motivated hate crime. It is the latest in a series of racially-motivated incidents since the start of August. Police said the man was walking in the parkland off Manse Road in...

Stones thrown at man in racially-motivated attack

A convoy of 55 Harley Davidson bikers have escorted a bust of Lemmy‘s ashes to Nottingham Rock City this week. Check out footage of the moment below. The bikers rode out from the completion of the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Derbyshire, and drove for about an hour alongside a truck containing the bust to the Nottingham music venue on Monday (August 12).

Watch convoy of 55 Harley Davidson bikers escort bust of Lemmy’s ashes to Nottingham Rock City

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Council could buy collapsed buildings from owner

Frustration over owner of Kirkgate buildings' failure to maintain structures and keep them...

Council could buy collapsed buildings from owner

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