A council in West Yorkshire has started imposing fines in a bid to clamp down on the illegal use of domestic log burners. Wakefield Council brought in new measures in December to allow environmental health officers to issue fixed penalty notices to stop “excessive smoke emissions”. It came...

First fine issued for illegal use of log burners

Lancashire County Council is introducing the ban after the recent £9.5m revamp of Kirkham’s centre.

Parking ban trialled for town's market square

A quantity of what is believed to be the psychoactive substance was seized in two raids in Telford.

Four arrested in raids targeting monkey dust

A court is told the gang supplied drugs with a street value estimated at more than £110,000.

Eight jailed for county lines drugs plot

Paddlers and swimmers are being warned to take extra care at the beach to avoid being stung by venomous fish. People on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast have reported stings from standing on weever fish, which have spiny backs that can puncture the soles of feet, causing a painful sting.

Beachgoers warned to watch out for venomous fish

More than 10,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized from three shops in East Yorkshire. Officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council's trading standards team raided stores in Beverley, Hornsea and Driffield. As well as cigarettes, 6kg (13lbs) of hand rolled tobacco and a "substantial number" of illegal vapes were also...

Thousands of illicit cigarettes seized

Nazim Asmal lured his victims into his car before driving to remote locations and assaulting them, police say.

'Abhorrent' rapist who posed as taxi driver jailed

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Two 12-year-old boys have become the youngest people to be convicted in connection with the nationwide public disorder. One of the boys admitted throwing a missile at a police van as he pleaded guilty to two charges of violent disorder during two separate incidents in Manchester.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a group that gathered outside a Holiday Inn hotel in Manchester on 31 July.Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how he was filmed by police “kicking the front window of a vape shop” and was seen kicking a bus.The other 12-year-old youth admitted a charge...

Two boys, both aged 12, become youngest to be convicted of violent disorder during nationwide riots

Equipment from a hairdresser's has been found dumped on a grass verge in Lincolnshire. South Holland District Council (SHDC) said the waste, which includes a chair, was found by a farmer on South Drove at Spalding Common on 24 July. It has been cleared by the council, which is now...

Hairdresser's chair clue to Spalding fly-tipping

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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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A check from an Irvine business was intercepted from the mail around May 3, according to the Irvine Police Department . This man is suspected of depositing the stolen check into an ATM account. The investigation is ongoing, but it would be helpful to the investigation to identify this suspect.

Man wanted for stealing a $20K check in Irvine and depositing it at an ATM

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

BBC News NI's political correspondent Gareth Gordon says internal divisions have been exposed again.

Party of 'warring tribes' loses another leader

Charlotte Golunski used all her strength to hold her baby above the surface of the water after the Bayesian yacht sank.

'For two seconds I lost my baby in the sea' - Sicily yacht survivor

Archaeologists have unearthed a "stunning" Bronze Age burial chamber on one of Dartmoor’s most isolated hills. Experts discovered a stone-built box, sometimes known as a cist, at Cut Hill during a three-day dig earlier this month. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal found inside suggests the chamber, used to bury the...

'Stunning' burial chamber unearthed on Dartmoor

The families have been informed, Derbyshire Police confirms.

Five motorcyclists die in two crashes

In the chilly early hours of Jan. 28, 2023, the quiet streets of Walsall became the scene of a heartbreaking incident involving 21-year-old Bailey Atkinson. Bailey was out with a female friend on the evening of Jan. 27, 2023. A car swerved towards them as they walked through Walsall’s market area. Bailey told his friend to run as he fled along High Street. Two stolen vehicles, a Toyota Verso and a Seat Leon, pursued him. The nine occupants of both cars had met up in a supermarket parking lot shortly before, apparently seeking Bailey in retaliation for an alleged assault two months earlier.

‘Tell my mum I love her’: What happened to 21-year-old Bailey Atkinson?

The woman was found fatally injured near Station Way, in Crawley, on Sunday morning, say police.

Murder arrest after woman found stabbed in car park

A man was treated in hospital after the incident outside Pepe’s Piri Piri.

Arrest after woman put in chokehold outside takeaway

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Town issues first £1,000 fine for fly-tipping

Barnsley Council has increased the maximum penalty for fly-tipping in a bid to tackle the...

Town issues first £1,000 fine for fly-tipping

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