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Multi-million pound home of oil tycoon looks to install 72 solar panels

14 March 2023
Multi-million pound home of oil tycoon looks to install 72 solar panels

Ambitions plans to build a small solar farm at a historic home have been submitted amid concerns they'll be too prominent.

20 jobs to be created in £220k town centre units makeover

14 March 2023
20 jobs to be created in £220k town centre units makeover

Four disused town centre retail units are to be done up and re-let, creating 20 new jobs.

Self-build homes planned on greenbelt land

14 March 2023
Self-build homes planned on greenbelt land

Outline planning permission is being sought to allow four self-build homes on the site of a former nursery.

'To close barracks now would be ridiculous'

13 March 2023
'To close barracks now would be ridiculous'

A huge increase in government defence spending has raised hopes for a Army barracks threatened with closure.

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Appeal for memories as NHS marks its 75th anniversary

10 March 2023
Appeal for memories as NHS marks its 75th anniversary

Memories and photos are needed to help a council stage an exhibition in honour of the NHS and its staff.

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'All you know is you are helping someone somewhere'

10 March 2023
'All you know is you are helping someone somewhere'

An emergency service run entirely by volunteers has helped the air ambulance save countess lives over the past 10 years.

Station to get new footbridge and lifts

10 March 2023
Station to get new footbridge and lifts

A new footbridge with lifts is due to be installed at a railway station to improve access for people with mobility problems.

'Losing our post office will be a disaster'

10 March 2023
'Losing our post office will be a disaster'

Villagers say they are worried about the future of their two post offices.

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Derelict fisherman's lodge to become holiday lets

09 March 2023
Derelict fisherman's lodge to become holiday lets

Holiday-makers will be able to catch lakeside accommodation in an old fisherman's lodge after plans were approved by an inspector.

'We are doing everything we can to avoid closure'

09 March 2023
'We are doing everything we can to avoid closure'

A charity's staff have been warned about redundancies but the chairman of its trustees says all hope is not lost.

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Launch of new children's hospice services

09 March 2023
Launch of new children's hospice services

Families caring for a child with a terminal illness will now be able to seek support as a hospice extends its services.

School's bid to replace sloping sports pitch

08 March 2023
School's bid to replace sloping sports pitch

Schoolchildren will get the chance to play on a level playing field with a new 3G surface after years of battling up and down hill.

Why M25 will become 'highway to hell'

08 March 2023
Why M25 will become 'highway to hell'

Motorists are facing even more disruption as motorway maintenance workers consider strike action.

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Last bolt added to new health centre

08 March 2023
Last bolt added to new health centre

Progress is being made on a new £13.5m health centre due to open this autumn.

Pioneering woman honoured on stage

08 March 2023
Pioneering woman honoured on stage

A new play remembers the first woman to win a Nobel prize.

'Why don't they answer my calls?'

07 March 2023
'Why don't they answer my calls?'

Councillors have been ticked off by a resident for not answering her calls or emails.

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Need for voter ID 'could skew the results'

07 March 2023
Need for voter ID 'could skew the results'

More than 5,000 people in one borough alone may find themselves refused a ballot paper in this May's elections.

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Look out for beasts and monster doughnuts

07 March 2023
Look out for beasts and monster doughnuts

A town is writing a new chapter with the launch of its first book festival.

Teacher asked ex-pupil about her period and invited her to do drugs

06 March 2023
Teacher asked ex-pupil about her period and invited her to do drugs

A maths teacher has been banned from the profession over inappropriate relationships with former pupils.

'The timing of the hearings is appalling'

06 March 2023
'The timing of the hearings is appalling'

People have one final chance to influence a government planning inspector over proposals to build thousands of homes.

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