An artist behind a sculpture of a woman submerged in a river says he did not intend for it to be divisive, after calls for it to be removed.

A restriction on the movement of farm animals has been extended further after a rise in cases of an infectious disease.

Commuters will have to use a bus replacement service for four days while Network Rail carries out landslide prevention work.

A lion has become the first of its kind born in captivity in the UK to make a kill in the wild.

A thief who is ‘stuck in a rut’ is behind bars after stealing Champagne, bottles of wine and smoked salmon during raids at two hotels.

A dentist looking to tackle the ‘massive demand’ for care and a long waiting list is hoping to expand into a residential property next door.

A man who whipped out his phone to snap his drug addict girlfriend in the dock has been warned there will be “consequences” if it happens again.

It seems as if summer is well and truly over after lightning struck a house in Kent.

A car smashed into a telegraph pole on a residential street in a late-night crash.

Tributes have been paid to a loving mum, wife, sister and nan who died after an explosion at her bungalow.

A developer says stumping up £60k it pledged to a council - which approved its plans to build a block of flats - is now “unaffordable”.

A man caught on CCTV sniffing cocaine outside a pub was found to have a knife in his Mercedes.

A dad is desperate to get his uncontrollable seven-year-old off a years-long waiting list for a behaviour clinic before he harms someone.

Plans to create a wetland to mitigate wastewater polluting a river and nature reserve have been approved amid drinking water contamination fears.

A long-awaited slip-road off the A2 branded “absolutely daft” by critics faces more delays – six years after it was first approved.

Plans for new homes on a horse grazing field have been hit with objections amid fears it will add to problems the “small village” already faces.

A van driver has been arrested after allegedly deliberately ramming into other vehicles on a busy A-road.

Plans to build 140 new homes have been approved three years after the scheme was initially submitted, despite concerns over safety and loss of land.

An arrest has been made after a man suffered facial injuries in an alleged attack on a residential street.

A biker was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a car, which saw a road closed for more than two hours.