Drivers have spoken of their frustration after temporary traffic lights were causing long queues to 'by pass a parked digger'. A section of the road on Redlam close to the Tesco Express has been ...

Burnley Council's ruling executive has accepted a £200,000 grant to step up its anti-smoking drive. The borough has one of the highest rates for smokers in the Lancashire at 19.6 per cent, meaning one ...

Ireland must rely on results elsewhere to snatch the championship crown and are in serious danger of finishing third.

Sir Christopher Chope said arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) had gone “rogue”, including National Highways when it rolled out smart motorways, and the Sentencing Council, whose recent guidance has prompted ...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by US President Donald Trump, a ...

A second union representing Scottish Water workers has announced strike action in a dispute with executives over pay following a breakdown in talks. Unite said an initial 24-hour walkout will take ...

Former Manchester United footballer Brandon Williams has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after being caught doing almost 100mph. Williams, 24, was spotted driving at high speeds and in an erratic ...

A teacher who groomed and sexually abused a teenage pupil has been described as a “cold, calculating child predator”. Judith Evans was jailed for two years at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for a ...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta spoke of his pride after defender Myles Lewis-Skelly was called up by England. The 18-year-old academy graduate only made his senior debut for the club in September but ...

Police have launched an appeal after a cash machine was stolen from a Longridge Co-op store, in a ram-raid burglary. At around 3am today (March 14), a JCB digger drove into a Co-op store in Berry Lane ...

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Illegal cigarettes and vapes, worth around £2,000, have been seized after a multi-agency day of action in Plungington.