Commuters and tourists warned as busiest routes between Wales and England to close for upgrade work.

Travel warning as Severn bridge and tunnel to shut

London Trams passengers, including those travelling to the Wimbledon tennis tournament, are facing disruption as some staff are due to stage a walkout later. Maintenance workers who are members of the Unite union will strike from 20:00 on Sunday until 8 July, and will do so again from 11 to 15 July, in a dispute over pay.

Tram disruption warning as strike action is planned

Asylum seekers have urged a council to provide free bus passes so they can afford to go out. Two refugees told an Oxfordshire County Council meeting their "eight pounds a week" government allowance was not enough to allow them to travel to activities including voluntary work. One man said he...

Asylum seekers lobby council for free bus travel

The co-leader of the Green Party Adrian Ramsay and Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage faced audience questions on Friday evening in a Question Time Leaders’ special programme. From small boats, to leaky homes and Brexit - we examined some of their answers. Green Party’s Adrian Ramsay: Does the...

Rail fares, small boats and Brexit - Green and Reform claims tested

A new operating theatre has been given the green light at a Leicester hospital. Plans for a temporary extension to the maternity unit at Leicester General Hospital were approved by the city council on Wednesday. According to the application, the one and a half storey modular building will not add...

Plans for new hospital building given green light

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

A pharmacist who admitted to selling drugs without a prescription for his own financial gain has received a suspended sentence. In April, Gerard Cullinan, of Hillside Crescent in Belfast, pleaded guilty on behalf of his company Castlereagh Pharmacy Ltd to selling or supplying painkiller co-codamol and opioid fentanyl without a prescription between January 2017 and June 2020.

Pharmacist sold drugs without prescription

Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, according to local media reports. The sailors were said to be on a fishing trip when they retrieved the bottles around 320 nautical miles from Tangalle,...

Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

Two men and a woman remain in custody for questioning, Cumbria Police say.

Three arrested and drugs seized in police raid

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The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

All areas have regulations in place, but they can currently only be enforced by police officers.

Council to spend £600k on installing ANPR cameras

A coroner has said ambulance services must carry an antidote to a poisonous substance after a 22-year-old mother took her own life. Fern Foster, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had autism and died in July 2020 on the day she was informed that her child might be placed for adoption by social services.

Coroner asks ambulance service to carry antidote

The lead actor in the original detective series Bergerac has said he was offered a cameo role but turned it down. John Nettles, who is 80, said he was "too old" for the role. The original BBC series, which was based in and depicted Jersey and aired from 1981 to 1991, featured Nettles as Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac.

Bergerac star John Nettles turns down remake role

A cafe which was built without planning permission in a Bradford conservation area must be demolished, the city council has said. The Chai Village, which is a cafe constructed using a shipping container, a seating area and a large LED screen, was built on a vacant site on Thornton Road in 2022.

Demolition order for cafe built without permission

Parliamentary candidates were asked the impact on public services and the road network.

Fears town may not cope with 10,000 new homes

Firefighters find three separate areas of fire involving an electrical cable beside the rail line.

Train services hit after line-side fire

Some bank customers are still waiting for payments to go through after a glitch hit several high street lenders on Friday.Thousands of people who bank with HSBC, Barclays, Nationwide and Virgin Money were told that the problem had been fixed, after an issue hit the system that operates payments between individuals and firms.However, while many people saw payments clear before the end of the week, others have told the BBC they are still waiting.Peter Carroll, who runs public affairs company Tendo and banks with Virgin Money, said that 12 of his 16 employees have still not been paid.“We keep being...

Bank glitch customers still waiting for payments

Nyah Mway died after police mistook his replica gun for a real firearm and shot him in the chest.

Boy, 13, shot dead by New York police had replica gun, authorities say

A power station's final order of coal has arrived by rail, marking the end of an era for the site, and bringing a new name to the locomotive pulling the load. Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire is home to the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station, which is set to shut at the end of September.

Power station's last coal delivery arrives by rail

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

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'The travel pass fee is reasonable for over-60s'

How does Northern Ireland stack up with the rest of the UK and Ireland when it comes to free...

'The travel pass fee is reasonable for over-60s'

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