Parish councils could contribute towards the cost of keeping libraries open, under new proposals. Cheshire East Council has proposed introducing a ‘tier system’ for its libraries, with some to remain open full time as community hubs but others would have their opening hours reduced to two days a week.

Parish councils set to top up library costs

Developers are not in breach of planning regulations, an investigation has found. Earlier this year, Swindon Borough Council investigated whether Robin Gardens - a Taylor Wimpey development - breached rules regarding the redevelopment of Abbey Stadium, Swindon. The permission granted said the houses should not be built until work on...

Developers not in breach of regulations - council

The leader of one of the West's largest councils has said he is "livid" with the new government's proposed housing targets. Plans published on 30 July show an 81% increase in the numbers expected to be built in Wiltshire Council's area, up to 3,500 per year. Wiltshire Council's Conservative leader,...

Council leader 'livid' with new housing targets

Government plans for devolution deals involving neighbouring local authorities have "no detail at all", a Dorset council leader has said. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner wrote to councils last month inviting them to work with the government on plans to give them more power in their local areas. Leader of...

Devolution plans 'lack detail', council chief says

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The developer says a "significant proportion" of the new properties would be affordable homes.

Up to 400 homes planned for edge of town

The leader of an organised crime group (OCG) involved in supplying Class A drugs in Nottinghamshire has been jailed for 13 years. Mark Malone, 36, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug and to possession of a firearm and ammunition when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.

Crime group leader jailed over drugs supply charges

The family who raised Imane Khelif, the boxer whose Olympics have been overshadowed by a gender eligibility row, has told the BBC "Imane was born female and has lived as a female". Her uncle, Rachid Jabeur, told BBC Arabic that he thought Khelif’s tough upbringing in Algeria has given her...

Boxer Khelif's uncle describes her tough upbringing

More than two years ago one of the "most important places in Europe" for wildlife was destroyed by fire. A blaze, started deliberately, ripped through 10 hectares of the Neston reedbed marshland on the Wirral Peninsula in March 2022. Three 15-year-old boys were handed nine-month referral orders for arson and...

'Nature bouncing back' after marshland fire - RSPB

Police had constituted several teams to investigate how she came to be in the forest.

US woman found chained to tree in India tied herself, say police

BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist at Chateau de Versailles. There would be no medal for Team Ireland's Daniel Coyle in the Olympic individual showjumping final at the magnificent Chateau de Versailles venue outside of Paris. On a brutally tough course for the final, Coyle and his horse Legacy looked to...

Coyle ‘proud’ despite missing out on Paris medal

Campaigners against a 170-home development on the outskirts of an Oxfordshire town have described their "upset" after outline planning permission was granted on appeal. Vistry Homes' proposals for a site east of Warwick Road in Banbury were refused by Cherwell District Council in 2023 but have now been allowed by the Planning Inspectorate.

Rural campaigners 'upset' over plan for 170 homes

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

A look at Lesotho, where more people take their own lives than anywhere else in the world.

The small African country with the world's highest suicide rate

The 53-year-old is in custody after police received a complaint about a post that incited hatred.

Woman arrested over hate-related Facebook post

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

A woman in her 20s is found with fatal injuries in Ipswich.

Woman's stabbing prompts murder investigation

A wildlife trust is looking to restore some of its peatlands which were historically burned to help heat homes. Cumbria Wildlife Trust conservation manager David Harpley said the group wanted to restore about 14 acres at Burns Becks Moss in Killington, near Kendal. The land is degraded because its peat...

Wildlife trust plans to restore peatlands

A "large-scale operation" was housed in the building on Sunderland's High Street West, documents say.

Cannabis farm clean-up needed ahead of demolition

Sections of a huge RAF transport aeroplane have been lifted from a fort by crane ahead of its journey to a museum. The last surviving Blackburn Beverley is being dismantled at Fort Paull, near Hull, so it can be moved to Solway Aviation Museum in Carlisle. "Big Bev" is so...

Council to vote on Sussex cricket ground plans

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