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

Threat to stop paying council tax in bins row

A gang that sold millions of pounds worth of cocaine and cannabis across Devon and Cornwall has been sentenced. Twelve people were sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday for the role they played in distributing at least 860lb (390kg) of cannabis, with a street value of £4m, and 41lb (18.8kg) of cocaine.

Gang sentenced for selling drugs across South West

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

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

Biker who died in crash 'will be hugely missed'

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

Police appeal after woman assaulted in churchyard

A council is setting up a "multi-agency taskforce" to tackle potholes in a town centre. Brentwood Borough Council will create a panel, made up of taxi drivers, business owners, councillors, and other stakeholders, to work together to improve the state of the town's High Street. Liberal Democrat council leader Barry...

New 'taskforce' to tackle potholes in town centre

The app was created to help people explore the county and its many attractions.

More Wiltshire attractions are added to free app

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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

On Wednesday, BBC News NI was told that three prisoners are in ICU and nine are in a stable condition.

Eleven prisoners in hospital after suspected overdose

The Standard

An 18-year-old man has admitted being part of a group who left a police community support officer (PCSO) fearing for his life as they violently rocked a police van during the rioting in Rotherham.Footage of the CCTV van being rocked from side to side, with its rooftop mast swinging alarmingly, was one of many dramatic images of Sunday’s violence outside a Holiday Inn Express housing more than 200 asylum seekers.A neighbour of Kenzie Roughley, of Barnsley Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, contacted police with video footage of him punching and kicking the vehicle, and his fingerprints were later found on the...

Man, 18, admits to helping rock police van during Rotherham disorder

Laura-Jane Seaman was "begging staff to help her" before she died, an inquest hears.

Mother died after neglect by hospital - coroner

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

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

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

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

A Teaching Regulation Authority panel bans Paul Welch from ever working as a teacher again.

Ex-teacher permanently barred over indecent images

Community company reopens premises after the former owner applied to turn the building into a house.

Pub saved from closure is village's 'beating heart'

Officers say a man suffered facial injuries during an assault and may have been hit with a bat.

Police dismiss claims man was stabbed during attack

A parish council could be disbanded after a vote overwhelmingly supported its dissolution amid allegations of bullying and "misbehaviour". A poll for Newby and Scalby Council near Scarborough on Friday found nearly 97% of voters supported the motion that the council be dissolved and new councillors be elected. It came...

Parish council could be disbanded after poll

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Wellington Town Council signs 'devolution deal'

The town council has agreed to take over responsibility for maintaining parks and green...

Wellington Town Council signs 'devolution deal'

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