The leader of an East Sussex council has said the increasing costs of tackling homelessness could stop it setting a balanced budget and lead to extensive cuts to services. Stephen Holt, leader of Eastbourne Borough Council, said the authority has been spending £4.5m a year on temporary accommodation. He...

Council leader gives stark warning on homelessness

Wiltshire Council says it adopts a "zero-tolerance approach" to environmental crime.

Business fined for dumping waste in lay-by

Plans to convert six disused public toilets into three living spaces for rough sleepers have been dropped after being described as inappropriate and risking the exploitation of those using the accommodation. Herefordshire Council wanted to transform loos on East Street, Hereford, into three so-called sleeping pods, pitched as "temporary transitional...

Plan to turn loos into rough sleeper pods scrapped

A campaigner says demolition staff had arrived on site before work was halted at the 11th hour.

Campaigners' relief as footbridge demolition paused

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has criticised “astronomically high” housebuilding targets.

Development tsunami looms in Surrey - campaigners

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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

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

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

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

Biker who died in crash 'will be hugely missed'

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."

A mixture of houses and apartments are to be built in an area historically associated with lock making.

Plans approved to replace old buildings with homes

Balasankar Narayanan, 44, is potentially violent and should not be approached, the Met Police says.

Man who is 'risk to women' flees care facility

A dental practice says it will soon only offer private care as the industry is "on its knees".

Dental practice to stop taking NHS patients

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 The parents of Nottingham attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar have spoken out on the ‘NHS failures’ that contributed to the killing of their daughter, along with two others.Valdo Calocane is now serving an indefinite hospital order on the grounds of reason of diminished responsibility,“[Valdo] Calocane was not drug-resistant, he simply did not take his drugs”, her father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar told Sky News, following a review of the care of Calocane in the lead-up to the attack.“The risk assessments in his case were really poor by treating consultants and he was sectioned four times - there were four opportunities to change his medication.”

Nottingham victim’s parents break silence on failures at NHS hospital that left triple killer free

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No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Staff from an animal sanctuary have rescued a cat and six kittens abandoned without water on the hottest day of the year so far. Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood, Essex, said the animals were found nearby on Sawyers Hall Lane on Monday at about midday when the temperature had reached 32C (90F).

Kittens 'dumped' in box on hottest day of the year

Of the 11 prisoners taken to hospital after suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison, three are in intensive care and two remain in hospital in a stable condition. Six of the 11 who fell ill have been returned to the prison. Ten men were brought to the Midlands Regional Hospital, County...

Three prisoners in ICU after suspected overdose

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Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

A couple in their 70s facing eviction from the home they rent from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have said they will be homeless if they cannot contest the eviction. Colin and Coryne Hall had been renting the four-bedroom house in Bordon, Hampshire, for five years when they received a notice to quit - a kind of eviction notice - in the post.

Couple 'facing homelessness' over MoD eviction

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The families of the victims of Valdo Calocane have said services caring for him in the lead-up to the attacks "have blood on their hands", after it emerged a mental health trust "minimised or omitted" key details of the serious risk he posed to others.The final part of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into the care of Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) found risk assessments played down the fact he was refusing to take his medication and was having ongoing and persistent symptoms of psychosis.It also questions how well the trust engaged with Calocane's family, who...

Nottingham killings: NHS trust has 'blood on its hands' say families of victims

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Threat to stop paying council tax in bins row

Residents have claimed that uncollected rubbish is attracting “rats, maggots and...

Threat to stop paying council tax in bins row

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