Columbus, OH

Plans to move emergency care and some children's services from Scunthorpe General Hospital are to be reconsidered. Originally, overnight care, where children require a more than 24 hours stay in hospital, was to be moved to Grimsby's Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital. Following a consultation, it is proposed that paediatric...

Hospital to reconsider plans to move services

The building in Mappleton, near Hornsea, will be fenced off and replaced with temporary facilities.

Toilets in danger of falling into the sea

Fly-tipped waste was dumped across a Derbyshire district more than three times a day over the past year, a council says. Council officers in Bolsover were called to clear up 1,200 incidents of fly-tipped waste in the 12 months to April this year. Items including tyres, asbestos and household waste...

Fly-tippers strike three times a day, council says

Police have issued a CCTV image as part of an appeal for information after a Barclays bank branch was covered in red paint and had windows smashed as part of protest by a pro-Palestine group. Avon and Somerset Police said there are four people they want to speak to about...

CCTV appeal bid after Barclays branch targeted in protest

A shop caught selling illegal cigarettes four times has been closed. UK Mini Market, in South Moor, County Durham, was served with a three-month closure order at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. Durham County Council said officers had been sold illicit cigarettes at four test purchases between September 2023 and...

Shop shut after illegal cigarettes seized

Tributes have been paid to a commentator who covered football and speedway for more than 40 years. Edwin Overland, who joined BBC Radio Cambridgeshire in 1982, died over the weekend. He covered hundreds of Peterborough United matches during his career, including the play-off wins in 1992, 2000 and 2011. Peter...

'Genuine legend' football commentator dies

Human bones dated to more than 1,000 years old have been discovered at The Old Bell Hotel.

Thousand-year-old skeletons found in hotel garden

Newark, NJ

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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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Chicago, IL

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Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Two teenagers have died after the motorbike they were on crashed, police have said. Durham Police said it happened on Middridge Road close to the Rushyford roundabout near Newton Aycliffe at about noon on Friday. A force spokeswoman said it was "believed" the pair, who a local councillor said were...

Two teenagers killed in motorbike crash

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

A mountain rescue team came to the aid of one of its leader's dogs which had been bitten by a snake while on a walk. Cocker Spaniel Elsa fell poorly after being nipped on the nose by an adder while with owner Carol Hammond at Thruscross reservoir in Leeds on Friday.

Rescue team save leader's dog after snake bite

The owner of a car left parked in the middle of a public event has been criticised on social media. The annual Cottingham Day celebration on Sunday saw thousands of visitors enjoy fairground rides, live music and market stalls. However, a white Mercedes car remained in a cordoned off car...

Driver criticised for Cottingham Day parking

Thomas County, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Friendship Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist congregation in Thomas County, established near the Florida line a few miles south of present-day Metcalfe. Its first congregants met in a log structure at least as early as the late 1830s. The earliest burial I can find in the cemetery located adjacent to the original church dates […]

Friendship Baptist Church, 1888, Metcalfe

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

Three arrested and drugs seized in police raid

Labour has announced plans to build on the "grey belt", as it tries to meet its pledge for 1.5 million homes.

What is the 'grey belt' and how many homes could Labour build on it?

The clergyman of 30 years takes on a new role and will leave Suffolk for London in the autumn.

St Paul's Cathedral role for 'exceptional' clergyman

A couple died when their pick-up left the road while being driven at "high speed" by a man under the influence of cocaine, an inquest heard. Nathan Stephen Naughton, 26, and his girlfriend Olivia Grace Maltby, 22, were both killed in the single vehicle collision on the A631 Tickhill Road in Bawtry, near Doncaster, on 21 January.

Drug driver and girlfriend died in pick-up crash

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Gulfport, MS

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On June 14, 2024, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 15-year-old Lexi Jade Brown, charging her with attempted murder and first-degree arson. The arrest followed a violent incident in the early morning hours according to a press release from teh Gulfport PD.

15 year old charged with attempted murder and arson after victim wakes up being stabbed

Up to £400,000 will be spent upgrading front doors on council tenants' homes in a Staffordshire town. Alongside a programme of kitchen, bathroom and window improvements, almost 100 front doors on low-rise blocks in Tamworth will be replaced, Tamworth Borough Council said. It follows a two-year scheme of safety...

Council to spend £400,000 upgrading tenants' homes

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City to tackle fly-tipping with new £50k funding

April proved to be the worst month on record with 1,085 incidents recorded across...

City to tackle fly-tipping with new £50k funding

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