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A376 diversion and closure to hit drivers for three months

Works on a major road have dragged on

Soaring £14m care costs trigger Torbay children's home plan

Finding homes for Torbay’s young people in care is costing the bay’s council millions

'Safe zone' plea for Coventry street where pedestrian paths are 'treacherous'

Campaigners in Cheylesmore say they face 'more avoidable accidents and injuries'

Residents urged to act as major Derbyshire recycling centre changes come into force

Residents are urged to register as soon as possible to avoid getting caught out at the gate

Bid launched to save Grade II-listed Peak District hotel and restore to its former glory

The Royal Hotel in Hayfield has been closed since March 2023

Derby City Council issued warning by regulator over information failures

The council has issued a public apology

New Tile Mountain 'state-of-the-art' automated warehouse to create 102 jobs

Tile Mountain has unveiled its latest plans for the old Johnson Tiles site

London firm hit with £8.3k court bill over state of this Stoke-on-Trent building

It was set on fire earlier this year

Bulldozers knocking down landmark Stoke-on-Trent building

End of an era!

Aldi installs fencing after homeless encampment on its land

Newcastle Borough Council has welcomed the action

Ofsted finds five key areas in 'need of attention' at North Staffordshire school

Inspectors say children are 'happy at school' but some 'do not achieve as well as they could'

Heatwave linked to increased Royal Stoke ambulance handover delays

'Significant' heat and humidity in June saw increased admissions and problems with equipment at the hospital

Every Bath site earmarked in plan for 5,900 new homes

The list includes a school field, former Homebase and a car park

Ice rink to make Christmas comeback at Clarks Village

It will be open for seven weeks

'Outrage' in village near Bath as new roundabout ditched at 'dangerous' junction

Residents have been campaigning for a new roundabout for more than 20 years and thought they had finally secured victory - until now

Fireworks return to Falmouth after cancellation

It was deemed too risky at the time - but is now being touted as a 'one-off'

Hayle Bypass AI camera installed to detect dangerous U-turns

Six people have been seriously injured and one has died as well as more than a dozen further injuries in the crash hotspot - where a coach did a treacherous U-turn only last week

NI distillers ‘delighted’ with Trump’s pledge to scrap US tariffs on Irish whiskey

Trial begins for man accused of intimidating Newtownards resident with shotgun cartridges as part of Loyalist feud

Brett Sutcliffe denies charges of intimidating 'Witness A' from her home in Weavers Grange, Newtownards, and possessing two shotgun cartridges

Suffocating Plymouth city centre tree saved after huge appeal for cash

'We are so delighted with the outcome'

More than a dozen new homes to be built on Wigston pub which closed five years ago

Calls were made earlier this month for the council to make a decision on the decaying site

Leicester coffee shop named among best in county plans to open new branches

The coffee house aims to open two more locations by March 2027

190-home expansion planned for Leicestershire estate where residents fear speeding drivers

'The lorries go past really fast'

Michelin-starred restaurant with seasonal tasting menu named among best in Leicestershire

It received the prestigious rating nine months after opening