Livestock farmers have offered a cautious welcome to the UK-US trade agreement on beef. Adam Quinney, who farms at Sambourne on the Warwickshire-Worcestershire border, said the agreement, reached last week, …
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A Dalek-style anti-crime kit that has reduced shoplifting in a town centre will now be rolled out for the summer. Temporary CCTV pods, which had been trialled in a Northampton …
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A sanctuary that helps sick and mistreated horses says damage caused by vandals has put the animals and people nearby at risk. A group has started fires, broken fences and …
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A drug dealer caught "red-handed" with cannabis with a street value of more than £1,600 in his living room has been given a suspended sentence. A search of Callum Knight-Hook's …
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A wildlife park has welcomed a female pelican as part of its breeding scheme which aims to secure the bird's population across Europe. The pink-backed pelican, which was born at …
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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 …
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A 100-year-old World War Two naval veteran has recalled "getting a bit squiffy" as he turned 21 amid the VE Day celebrations on his ship. Tom Berry, who was born …
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The Vatican has put Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí on the path to sainthood in recognition of his "heroic virtues". Gaudí – who has been dubbed by some as "God's architect" …
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A company that made "room modules and bathroom pods" has gone into administration, putting 141 people out of work. A further 76 employees of Elements (Europe) Limited in Telford have …
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France's National Assembly has voted to abolish low-emission zones, a key measure introduced during President Emmanuel Macron's first term to reduce city pollution. So-called ZFEs () have been criticised for …