Travellers on the busiest routes between Wales and England could face disruption in July as both the M4 Severn Bridge and Severn rail tunnel will close for repairs. Trains between south Wales and Bristol, London and England's south coast will be affected by the Severn Tunnel's 16-day closure between Wednesday 3 July and Friday 19 July.

Travel warning as Severn bridge and tunnel to shut

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Plans for new train services between London and Manchester have been unveiled following the cancellation of HS2’s northern leg.Operator London Northwestern Railway is seeking permission to extend its existing services – which run between the capital and Crewe – to Manchester Victoria via the West Midlands.It is seeking to use the same track space on the West Coast Main Line that Virgin Trains and Lumo have announced open access bids for.The best way to provide new journey opportunities to Manchester is simply to extend existing servicesIan McConnell, West Midlands TrainsA decision on which services can be launched will be made...

Plans for new train services between London and Manchester

Two men are arrested and a crime scene is in place after a woman was attacked at the M32 Skatepark.

Woman raped in early hours of morning in skatepark

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

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

Hospice cuts will be 'agonising for families'

 A man who had his “skull split open” in a machete attack carried out by a gang including Jay Slater has broken his silence on the desperate search for the teenager who vanished in Tenerife.The missing 19-year-old was part of a group of eight people who attacked Tom Hilton, then 17, with a machete, golf clubs and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire, in 2021.The apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, was handed an 18-month community order with 25 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work for his role in the violent disorder.  He then went on holiday...

Jay Slater machete gang attack victim hits out at internet trolls and urges them to help find teenager

A man who stabbed his stepfather to death in an unexplained attack before terrorising the occupants of another house has been jailed. Andrew Hall, 59, murdered Geoffrey Ives, 75, at his home in Heywood, Greater Manchester, on 29 January 2023 and then broke into another property. Hall was jailed for...

Man who stabbed stepfather to death jailed

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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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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A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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CJ Coombs

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

A man has been arrested following a report of a serious sexual assault in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident happened at the Dammas Lane car park in Old Town, Swindon, with the area cordoned off on the day. The man in his 20s was arrested on Sunday...

Rape arrest after car park cordoned off

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway says the milestone is down to volunteers' hard work.

Railway locomotive celebrates 30 years of service

At present families must apply for free school meals, meaning some eligible pupils miss out.

Free school meals auto-enrolment trial announced

 This is the horrifying moment a predator followed a teenage schoolgirl before sexually assaulting her in broad daylight.Police have shared the chilling footage of Irtiza Abbas targeting a 15-year-old as they appeal for other victims to come forward.The 25-year-old, who has been jailed for two years for assaulting two young women, can be seen closely following his female victims in two separate incidents in Birmingham.The attacker loitered near Aston University before following a lone student in January.He followed the 22-year-old along Dartmouth Middleway for a while to make sure she was alone before he grabbed her and assaulted her.A...

Moment ‘serial’ predator targets schoolgirl before being chased off by her father

Two brothers who launched a "brutal" attack on a stranger on the street have been jailed after their initial sentence was deemed too lenient. Kenneth Brown, 27, and Shaun Brown, 25, had initially been spared jail for the attack in Carlisle city centre, which left their victim with a broken hand, fractured nose and black eyes.

Brothers jailed for 'brutal' attack after review

Buford, GA

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There's been a whole lotta shakin' goin' on in Northwest Georgia over the past 30 days. And, yes, some of it likely has been in the barn. A total of six earthquakes have been recorded in the northernwestern portion of the state over the past 30 days, according to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS).

6 Earthquakes Shake NW Georgia in 30 Days

The prosecution's closing speech argues that Gavin Plumb did not buy chloroform to clean his carpets.

Willoughby rape plot not just fantasy, trial hears

Birmingham, AL

The US Sun

NATIONAL Express has axed a Pride bus from one of its routes — over threats to its drivers. The rainbow-liveried double-decker was launched in 2019 to help celebrate “diverse communities and culture”. But the vehicle has now been removed from one of its scheduled circuits in Birmingham...

Fury as National Express axes ‘rainbow’ Pride bus from route after ‘haters’ threaten drivers

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New rail service plan to plug HS2 scrappage gap

London Northwestern Railway hopes to extend its services between London and...

New rail service plan to plug HS2 scrappage gap

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