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Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s ...
Josep Bofill Blanch was working as a vaccinator for NHS Grampian in north-east Scotland when he approached the woman in 2021.
The cross-party group of MPs warned that some LGBT veterans facing financial crisis are ‘suffering from severe mental health issues’.
A taxi driver who is believed to have received one of the longest sentences for the disorder that followed the Southport attack last summer has lost a bid to appeal against his prison term.
A PRE-SCHOOL in Bridgwater has retained its ‘Good’ Ofsted rating five years after its last inspection. Wembdon Sunshiners Pre-School, based at The Green at Wembdon, was inspected on July 1, 2025.
Kirsty Carless, 33, had shown no remorse for the fatal attack on Louis Price, 31, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury said as he sentenced her on Thursday.
Millions of litres of chlorinated water were emptied into a waterway near Barnsley over nearly a month, killing hundreds of fish.
A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a 61-year-old man accused of murdering his ex-fiancee at a luxury hotel in Surrey. Samantha Mickleburgh was found dead at the Pennyhill Park ...
Nearly one in five adult prisons in England and Wales have had serious concerns raised about their performance, the highest number since the current system of inspections began. Some 22 jails – 18.5% ...
Sir Ashley Fox, Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, has said that the welfare system is ‘growing unsustainably’ and could reach £100 ...
Beijing’s Miyun district became one of the hardest hit areas by storms that dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain in the area over a few days.
A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer camp which led to eight children being taken to hospital. Police responded to a report of children feeling unwell ...