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Gridlock traffic on city estate

23 October 2024
Gridlock traffic on city estate

Thousands of drivers have been facing long delays due to a set of road works on a busy industrial estate.

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‘We’ve been given one month to pay £14k for safety works’

23 October 2024
‘We’ve been given one month to pay £14k for safety works’

Homeowners and landlords say they have had ‘sleepless nights’ since receiving a bill for £14,000 for fire safety measures needed at a block of flats.

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Body found near supermarket amid search for missing man

22 October 2024
Body found near supermarket amid search for missing man

Police have confirmed a body has been found amid a search for a missing man.

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Supermarket won’t open on new housing estate this year

19 October 2024
Supermarket won’t open on new housing estate this year

Residents living on a new housing development will have to wait a longer for a convenience store to open on their estate.

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Work starts on £2.5m rugby clubhouse eight years after plans unveiled

19 October 2024
Work starts on £2.5m rugby clubhouse eight years after plans unveiled

The construction of a new home for a town’s rugby club has started after eight years in the making and no shortage of controversy.

‘I was diagnosed with cancer two months after life-saving liver transplant’

17 October 2024
‘I was diagnosed with cancer two months after life-saving liver transplant’

The mum of a 19-year-old who has spent the last four years fighting for her life says “she just wants to start living it”.

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Man in 20s dies in crash on M20

16 October 2024
Man in 20s dies in crash on M20

The driver of a Smart car that was involved in two collisions on the M20 has died, police have confirmed.

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Families evacuated from burning block of flats

16 October 2024
Families evacuated from burning block of flats

A funeral home opened to offer shelter to residents fleeing a blaze in a town centre.

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Decision on controversial plans for 650-home estate delayed

15 October 2024
Decision on controversial plans for 650-home estate delayed

Councillors unanimously voted to defer making a decision on a new estate in a village already set for 1,300 new homes.

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‘How we’re transforming one of Britain’s worst schools’

15 October 2024
‘How we’re transforming one of Britain’s worst schools’

Staff say they have already seen improvements after a new trust took on a failing school whose reputation was in tatters.

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‘We’ve had GP taken away and it will take years to get a new one’

14 October 2024
‘We’ve had GP taken away and it will take years to get a new one’

Thousands of fed-up patients will have to wait years for a new GP surgery despite being without a dedicated one since 2022.

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Abandoned research centre to go under hammer at auction

13 October 2024
Abandoned research centre to go under hammer at auction

A former research centre site could fetch more than £850,000 at auction.

Arrest after three men stabbed at pub in early hours

13 October 2024
Arrest after three men stabbed at pub in early hours

A man has been arrested after three other men were stabbed at a pub.

Grandmother’s alarm after hedgehogs ‘killed by rat poison’

12 October 2024
Grandmother’s alarm after hedgehogs ‘killed by rat poison’

A grandmother has sounded the alarm after five hedgehogs were killed after reportedly eating rat poison.

Inside the £14m Kent house with some of England's 'most breathtaking views'

12 October 2024
Inside the £14m Kent house with some of England's 'most breathtaking views'

A luxury £14 million mansion featuring bluebell woodlands and some of England’s “most breathtaking views” has hit the market.

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Smash between two cars blocks main route

12 October 2024
Smash between two cars blocks main route

Motorists are facing delays on a main route following a car crash on a main road through a village.

Cyclist tumbling from bike prompts main road closure

12 October 2024
Cyclist tumbling from bike prompts main road closure

A main route is closed after a cyclist tumbled from a bike.

Teens taken to hospital after e-bike crash near McDonald’s

10 October 2024
Teens taken to hospital after e-bike crash near McDonald’s

Two youngers, aged 14 and 15, have been taken to hospital after crashing their e-bikes in a town centre.

Dozens of jobs at risk as manufacturer starts ‘worrying’ redundancy process

09 October 2024
Dozens of jobs at risk as manufacturer starts ‘worrying’ redundancy process

More than a third of roles at a refrigeration manufacturer could be axed as part of a redundancy process.

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The village being swallowed up by 2,000 homes over seven plots

08 October 2024
The village being swallowed up by 2,000 homes over seven plots

Proposals for a 650-home development include a much-needed doctors’ surgery - but villagers are not happy at the prospect of yet more house building.

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