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More than 20 hazel dormice have been reintroduced to Leicestershire as part of a project to boost the species' declining numbers. To help them adapt, the animals will be housed …

People in Worthing say it is "sad" that more than a dozen high street shops in the town have closed recently. Fifteen shops closed in the West Sussex town in …

A city centre shopping area is being pedestrianised with the introduction of traffic restrictions. Plymouth City Council (PCC) said a traffic regulation order would be in place for Old Town …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing more difficult choices in the Spending Review on Wednesday. She will set the budgets for all government departments over the next few years. The review …

An anaesthetist who sexually assaulted a young girl who was in hospital for an operation and took intimate pictures of patients has been struck off the medical register. Edward Finn, …

A police inspector who made hundreds of calls on a force mobile phone to sex workers over six years, many while he was working, has been banned from policing. Greater …

Kemi Badenoch said calls for her to resign as leader of the Conservative party after the local elections were "just not serious". The party lost 674 councillors when voters went …

A new police station has opened on the Alder Hey Children's hospital campus in Liverpool. The new base has been established to make officers more accessible to people visiting the …

An ex-professional footballer has praised a team set up for fathers who have experienced the death of a baby. Former Northampton Town forward Marc Richards will be part of a …

Pope Francis wanted to "create a more fraternal world and to work for peace", the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth has told the BBC. The first Latin American leader of …