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

Families in the South East are the most likely to make complaints about education and children's services provided by their local authority. That is according to the Local Government Ombudsman's annual report. It said that area made up 35% of the enquiries it received from people in the region, compared...

South East families make most education complaints

This year's festival in Scarborough is no longer going ahead, organisers have announced.

Music festival cancelled due to low ticket sales

The Independent

 A grandmother was allegedly struck in the face with a Taser by a police officer at Manchester Airport moments after he kicked her motionless son, the family’s lawyer has claimed.Shameem Akhtar, 56, believed for a moment that both her sons – Fahir Amaaz, 19, and Muhammad Amaad, 25 – had been “killed” by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after they were allegedly Tasered and later knelt on by officers, said their solicitor Aamer Anwar.Speaking at a press conference in Manchester city centre on Tuesday, Mr Anwar also revealed the “tirade of alleged racist abuse” from a male airline passenger that...

Police officer ‘hit grandmother in face with Taser’ in Manchester Airport incident

A medical tribunal has found a doctor's fitness to practise to be impaired for writing false prescriptions. Dr Marc Whitehouse admitted to writing prescriptions while impersonating a chief medical examiner on five occasions between March 2016 and December 2018. At a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, it was also...

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

There have been no objections to the Sunniside scheme, despite previous parking concerns.

Plans for 75 new homes in city centre approved

Up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager Jay Slater “who touched the lives of so many people”.Family and friends packed into the chapel at Accrington Crematorium to pay their respects to the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died while on holiday in Tenerife.Many others watched in the drizzle outside as the proceedings were relayed on a specially erected big screen.At the wishes of his family, most wore the colour blue in his memory including his work colleagues from PH Build Group, where he was an apprentice bricklayer, who wore T-shirts with ‘Forever 19’ on the front.Funeral...

Jay Slater’s friends and family wear blue for funeral of ‘forever 19’ apprentice

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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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The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Muhammud Aaidun said he felt “honoured” to help out at Berkswell Windmill, which dates back to 1826.

Volunteers repaint sails of historic windmill

Jodie Beer is jailed for six years for trying to take cocaine, pills and phones into Parc prison.

Prison officer smuggled drugs in juice cartons

The owner of Holiday Inn has called for calm to be restored after rioters attacked several of its UK hotels housing asylum seekers over the weekend.InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) said on Tuesday: “This is a troubling and challenging situation, and we hope for calm to be restored as soon as possible.“The safety and security of our colleagues and anyone staying in our hotels is always our priority.“We continue to work closely with the authorities at a small number of properties, and the Home Office are in the best position to answer further questions.”At least 10 police officers were injured, with...

Holiday Inn owner urges calm after attacks on two hotels housing asylum seekers

A fish and chip shop destroyed in a large fire could have its restaurant reinstated. Members of East Suffolk’s planning committee are due to discuss the Sole Bay Fish Company’s bid to restore the building in Blackshore Quay, Southwold. No objections to the proposals were submitted but a...

Fish and chip restaurant ruined in fire could reopen

A man who claimed his puppy was injured and scalded as a result of accidents has been jailed and banned from keeping animals for a decade. Dontae West, 19, from Hilliards Croft, Birmingham, was sentenced at the city's crown court for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. In 2023,...

Dog owner jailed over injuries to his puppy

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A SAVVY woman has shared how she transformed her grubby and mouldy caravan. Hayley Rubery took to social media sharing why she bought the rundown caravan for just £500 on Facebook Marketplace. She revealed that she purchased the caravan after she began renovating her 300-year-old home and needed somewhere...

I picked up a mouldy old caravan on Facebook for £500 & now live there full-time, I transformed it with B&M buys

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."

Yeovil Hospital is able to scan patients much quicker due to a new CT scanner.

Hospital gets new CT scanner to cut treatment time

When Team GB's Kyle Kothari reflects back on the journey to his first ever Olympic Games, he feels proud. The 26-year-old is preparing to go for glory in the men's 10m platform dive, the same event in which Tom Daley won bronze in Tokyo. But, in many ways, being in...

Diving for Olympic glory after career-threatening injury

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(MA) Meet Winks, an adorable and incredibly strong puppy with a heartbreaking origin. Winks was found unmoving on the side of a road with severe injuries. He had several very infected wounds and was barely holding on when his rescuers rushed him to the vet. Once there, x-rays revealed the horrifying truth that Winks had been shot numerous times around his face and neck. These injuries resulted in him having his eye removed. Despite that, Winks has made a miraculous and full recovery. He certainly does not let his handicap slow him down at his new foster home. Winks was truly given a second chance at life, and now all he needs is a family to call his own.

10-Month-Old Dog Who Was Hit In Face Several Times Now Searching For Family

A man is jailed for repeatedly biting a 19-year-old's face on a bus.

Teen left with scarring after man bit her on face

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Cash-strapped council pins hopes on 'family-style' children's home

With council budgets across England under strain, some are looking for innovative ways to save money. Behind the front door of a typical-looking house in a...

Cash-strapped council pins hopes on 'family-style' children's home

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