Plans to demolish a factory to make way for 125 new apartments have been approved. The majority of the former Tentec site in Guns Lane behind West Bromwich High Street has been empty since the engineering firm moved to the i54 business park near Wolverhampton in 2017. The planning application...

Factory to be demolished for 125 apartments

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

A plan to use an empty Grade II listed mansion, previously used by the BBC, to provide assisted living units has been approved. Caversham Park, in Reading, Berkshire, was used by BBC Monitoring and BBC Radio Berkshire until 2018. Reading Borough Council planning officers supported the proposal to use Caversham...

Conversion of listed mansion site approved

More than 800 new homes are set to be built on the outskirts of a Cheshire town. Cheshire East Council has given the go-ahead for the plans, approving three separate housing applications for land off Minshull New Road and Flowers Lane near Leighton Hospital in Crewe. The authority also approved...

Approval for 800 new homes, but few are affordable

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A man found dead along with a woman at a house in Staffordshire has been named as a paramedic who starred in a Channel 4 TV show.Police have launched a murder inquiry after the pair were found dead in a house in Alpine Drive in Hednesford, Cannock, around 12.30pm on Tuesday.They have been named by police as 24-year-old Daniel Duffield, from nearby Cannock, and 22-year-old Lauren Evans, from Bridgend in South Wales.Mr Duffield was a paramedic for West Midlands Ambulance Service, and appeared in series 11 Channel 4’s 999: On the Frontline.His friend and colleague Ellie, who appeared alongside him...

Man found dead alongside woman is revealed to be paramedic who starred in Channel 4 show

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

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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.

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Slough Borough Council moved out of St Martins Place on Bath Road in 2019.

Council's former HQ mistakenly listed for sale

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Biker gets one last ride to his funeral in motorbike hearse

Bin collections are set to change for hundreds of people in Derby. Derby City Council is changing the wheelie bin set-up in eight streets in Mackworth and New Zealand, where the council said it is prone to fly-tipping and contamination of waste. At a meeting on Thursday, it was agreed...

Bin collection changes planned for hundreds of homes

An Italian restaurant where police found suspected class A drugs is due to have its licence reviewed this week. A “significant quantity” of drugs was found at Puccinis in Shirley Road, Southampton, on 3 May, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said. A 29-year-old woman and five men,...

Restaurant where police found drugs faces licence review

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

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

Wet 'n' Wild owner Serco Leisure confirms the sale, but does not reveal details of its new owner.

Waterpark sold to unnamed developer

The first steps are to be taken to clear buildings to make way for a new spectator stand at Blackpool Football Club's Bloomfield Road stadium. Blackpool Council has agreed to begin demolition of some of the premises on Henry Street it has acquired as part of redevelopment which includes a new East Stand at Blackpool FC.

Demolition set to start for new stadium stand

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According to Shakey's website, this pizza parlor is only in California, North Carolina, and Washington state in the U.S. now. This was my family's go-to pizza joint when my father was stationed with the Air Force outside of Omaha, Nebraska. We liked it so much, that when we were transferred again, it was hopeful we'd find another one.

Shakey's Pizza Parlor and nostalgia: the first franchised pizza restaurant also landed in Missouri

A former police officer has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of two rapes. Aron May, who served as a PC with West Midlands Police, was sacked by the force in May after his conviction at Worcester Crown Court in April. The 40-year-old, from Shropshire, had carried...

Former police officer jailed for two rapes

The ambulance service confirms that one of the two people found dead was a member of staff.

Man found dead inside house was paramedic

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

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

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Plans approved to replace crumbling pub with flats

Eleven flats will replace the Waggon and Horses on the corner of Lewisham Road and Halfords...

Plans approved to replace crumbling pub with flats

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