51+ min ago   (631+ words) Villagers trying to prevent their homes from being demolished have been granted permission for a judicial review into a council's regeneration plans. In December 2025, Durham County Council's £10.7m project to demolish houses on three of Horden's numbered streets and build 100 new…...

52+ min ago   (938+ words) On 19 May Labour's Tahmina Saleem was appointed as the new leader of Luton Borough Council, replacing Hazel Simmons who had been in charge since 2007. So why is Saleem now facing a leadership challenge at an extraordinary meeting being held less…...

52+ min ago   (630+ words) The demolition of three blocks of flats in Coventry is a sad moment for former residents who grew up there. As diggers move in to clear the flats at Ferrers Close in Tile Hill, Stacey Queeney, who spent her formative…...

52+ min ago   (580+ words) Bus passengers have expressed frustration over a new bus timetable they say has led to delays. Bosses said changes to Guernsey's bus schedule brought in on 7 September aimed to include more frequent services. However, some passengers have complained the changes…...

52+ min ago   (274+ words) A new booking system at recycling centres in Nottinghamshire will be introduced for van owners. From 2 January, van owners will need to re-register to book an appointment to visit recycling centres, with drops limited to six visits a year. Nottinghamshire…...

53+ min ago   (133+ words) Voters in Ramsey will have the choice of six candidates when the Isle of Man goes to the polls on 24 September to elect 24 members of the House of Keys. Robert Cowell, Nigel Dunmore, Lawrie Hooper, Juan McGuinness, Janine Shimmin, and…...

54+ min ago   (300+ words) Residents in a south Oxfordshire hamlet have said traffic trying to avoid roadworks has turned their lives "upside down". A closure on the A4074 at Mapledurham over the last two weeks has seen articulated lorries and heavy traffic cutting through its…...

54+ min ago   (879+ words) After years of uncertainty, permission has now been given to build a new busway between Cambourne and Cambridge. Known locally as the C2C, it has been in the planning for more than a decade and has been the subject of a…...

55+ min ago   (820+ words) Proposals to put 300 properties on a golf course have been removed from a Northamptonshire council's plan to build up to 47,300 new homes by 2043. But a potential 1,000 homes are still earmarked for the village of Long Buckby, near Daventry, where residents…...

56+ min ago   (1022+ words) Police had fingerprint evidence linking a high-profile councillor to a poison pen letter up to 12 months before he went on to target another politician in a "persistent and wicked" hate mail campaign. Well-known Liverpool anti-poverty campaigner Gerard Woodhoue, 63, was given…...