A scheme to try and improve rented homes and help with problem landlords has found more than 2,000 faults in properties since it launched. The city council in Peterborough set…
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UK: Pressure grows on prisons as they near capacity
A number of prisons in the East of England were running out of space, figures revealed. They included HMP Whitemoor, a category A jail in Cambridgeshire, which had four spaces…
UK: MoD lost Machine guns and pistols among firearms-Report
A pistol, rifle and deactivated World War One machine gun were among the items lost or stolen from Ministry of Defence facilities over the past two years. Figures uncovered by…
UK: Ex-royal protection officer guilty over porn probe
A former royal protection officer who “pestered” a revenge porn victim and kept an intimate video and images of her on his work phone has been convicted of misconduct charges.…
UK: Man shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve
A knife-wielding man was shot dead on Christmas Eve in Worcestershire after a standoff with armed officers, West Mercia Police say. The force say officers were called by paramedics to…
UK: Ariana Grande spreads festive cheer in Manchester
Ariana Grande has spread some festive cheer by donating Christmas presents to children in hospitals across Manchester. The American pop star has supported Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital since May 2017,…
UK: Officers injured in deliberate car ramming
Two police officers have been injured after a police car was deliberately rammed in Crossmaglen in County Armagh on Tuesday morning. The officers were on patrol at about 05:30 GMT…
UK: Government calls for pause on Vauxhall plant closure
The Government has called for car giant Stellantis to review its plans to close Luton’s Vauxhall van factory. The move was confirmed by the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds who has…
UK: Car industry consulted over 2030 petrol and diesel ban
The UK motor industry is being consulted over how the phasing-out of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 will work, the government has announced. The ban on sales of…
UK: Storm-hit road to stay shut as trees to be felled
About 40 further trees are to be felled on private land in Gloucestershire after high winds knocked down 70 trees onto a road during Storm Darragh. The A436 has been…