A town will no longer get its first McDonald’s as plans for a luxury gym on the same site have been approved instead.

A raging Mercedes driver brandished a 2ft hammer in a row with pedestrians who thought he almost hit them.

Plans for a new luxury gym are set to be approved by councillors tonight - but rival operators insist they are not worried.

The closure of a popular town centre wine bar has been described as the “end of an era” by regulars.

An “unusual” formation of bumpy clouds was spotted over the Kent skyline glowing a vibrant red at sunset.

The devastated family of a nan who died after she was hit by a taxi say she was “loved by every person who ever met her”.

Police are investigating after a woman in her 60s and a dog died after being hit by a black taxi.

A young girl forced to swerve her scooter off a pavement to avoid overgrown trees was left with a “smashed-up face” after falling to the ground.

Is it game over for Secret Drinker in the pub with the turbo-charged barmaids?

A fed-up resident fears a brick could go flying through his window the next time a car crashes into his garden wall.

Dozens of people have signed a petition urging a school to remove a gate installed to stop pupils from using a toilet block during lesson time.

A hated contraflow system on a dual-carriageway is now set to be in place until the end of October – and could return when new fans are installed.

One person has been taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash involving a van on a busy A-road

A holiday park boss has defended exterminating foxes wreaking havoc on his land - saying the “vermin” were even stealing items from campers.

Four people have been taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash

A grieving mother has been left heartbroken after flowers left at the site of her son’s death to mark three years since his suicide were stolen.

A pensioner with a fetish for listening to women urinate claimed he was “desperate” from a stomach upset when caught using ladies’ cubicles.

A man has been taken to hospital after a crash involving a motorbike and a car on a major route

A cash-strapped council has been urged to drop the asking price of its new beach huts as almost 75% remain unsold months after going on the market.

A full survey of an iconic beachfront bandstand that needs “very expensive” structural work is taking place.