Developers are seeking permission to build more than 160 canal-side apartments on a Birmingham site that includes a former factory, stables and toll house. The plans, which have been submitted to the city council, would create a new development on Gas Street, near nightlife hubs such as Broad Street and Brindley Place.

Plans lodged for new city canal-side community

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

The plan is being opposed by Kent Wildlife Trust because of its location next to South Blean Woods.

Public meeting over 1,800-home development plans

Plans to turn a Grade II listed hotel into student accommodation have been recommended for approval. Developers want to convert Southampton's closed Dolphin Hotel into 99 bedrooms for students. The hotel, said to have welcomed Jane Austen, Queen Victoria and Admiral Lord Nelson, has most recently been used as accommodation...

Student housing at historic hotel set for approval

Human remains that washed up on beaches have been confirmed as belonging to a missing man. Between 13 February and 8 April, the remains were discovered at Roker and Seaburn, in Sunderland. Northumbria Police said it had now confirmed they belonged to missing Newcastle man Roy Johnson. The force said...

Remains washed up on beaches confirmed as missing man

Birmingham Hospice is looking to cut staff and inpatient beds due to rising costs.

Hospice cuts will be 'agonising for families'

A cyclist was left concussed with a fractured jaw, had three front teeth knocked out and severe cuts and bruises after he was pushed off his bike. Josh Paul, 29, was riding up Sulham Hill in Reading, Berkshire, on 25 June when he said a passenger in a black car leant out and shoved him to the ground.

Cyclist seriously injured after being pushed off bike

A police dog that went missing near Loch Ness on Sunday morning has been found safe and well. Police Scotland said Fergie was being walked off-lead in a remote area west of Drumnadrochit when she ran off after a deer. Police said the German Shepherd was "kind and friendly", but...

Police dog found after going missing while chasing deer

A hospital trust has made wearing masks mandatory again following a rise of patients infected with Covid-19. Since Monday patients, visitors and staff have been required to wear masks in clinical areas unless exempt at Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford. The University of North Midlands NHS Trust...

Masks reintroduced at hospitals over rise in Covid

Yasmin Adams was confined to her cell and appeared "unsettled" prior to her death.

Prison shower changes ordered after woman's death

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A British teenager who has gone missing during a holiday in Tenerife told a friend he had “cut his leg” on a cactus and had “no idea where he was” in a frantic last phone call.Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was last heard from on Monday morning when he called his friend, Lucy Law, after attempting to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.The walk from Rural de Teno park, his last known location, to the south of the Spanish island, would take around 11 hours on foot.Search teams refocused their efforts on Thursday in the north...

Missing teen in Tenerife said he had ‘cut leg and had no idea where he was’

BBC Monitoring and BBC Radio Berkshire previously used Caversham Park but moved out in 2018.

Conversion of listed mansion site approved

The family of missing Jay Slater are sick with worry about their son - but are still holding out hope he may be found alive after disappearing in Tenerife.But the story of an Irish tourist who also vanished on the Spanish island last year to be found alive a few days later suggests all may not be lost in the missing person search for Mr Slater.Reports from last year tell of how Ryan Cooney, who was aged 28 at the time, was last seen leaving his hotel Paraiso del Sol apartments in Playa de las Americas on 9 November 2023....

A glimmer of hope for Jay Slater’s family - an Irish tourist who was found after vanishing in Tenerife

The 17-year-old boy died in hospital after the incident at West Wittering beach, police say.

Boy, 17, dies during school trip to the beach

A man and a woman have been arrested after a man in his 20s died in an attack in the early hours.

Two arrested after man dies following attack

The fire service and police attended the scene and the fire was put out. No-one was home at the time.

Masked men lob petrol bomb at north Belfast home

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

Three arrested and drugs seized in police raid

Figures show this is up from 4% of admissions in 2019.

Quarter of mental health cases linked to cannabis

Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal. Wednesday's landmark ruling...

Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional

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Georgia's population grew beyond the 11 million mark in 2023, reaching 11,029,227 residents according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. With a robust population increase of 2.9% from 2020 to 2023, 315,456 new residents arrived in the state. Georgia was the 10th fastest-growing state in the US by percentage during the reporting period.

Georgia's Population Surges Past 11 Million, Fueled by Migration

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Delayed student flats 'should be completed in summer'

Developers say the Deakin's Yard development in Newcastle-under-Lyme will be completed this...

Delayed student flats 'should be completed in summer'

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