A 41-year-old prison guard who sexually assaulted two women, including trapping one his victims legs and touching her, has avoided a prison sentence.

Residents have been left saddened by the felling of a “beautiful” tree after a council deemed it unsafe. Dover District Council (DDC) said a substantial branch fell from the horse chestnut in ...

Here is a list of the proportion and number of pupils currently eligible for free school meals in every local area of England. The figures range from nearly half of pupils in Manchester (47.2%) to ...

Proposals to build extra homes behind an Indian restaurant have been turned down, but the owner has now put forward his own housing scheme.

A stray cat has given the final gift of safety to her kittens before she was killed on a road. Four kittens are now being cared for by an animal charity in Cornwall after she saved three of them – ...

Residents have objected to a farm’s application to host a music festival after saying previous events were days of “utter lawlessness and debauchery”.

A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his wife who was stabbed as she pushed their baby in a pram on the street. Kulsuma Akter, 27, died after being stabbed several times in Bradford city ...

Political activist Tommy Robinson was bailed after denying harassing two journalists through his social media accounts. Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, pleaded not guilty to ...

Outsourcing firm Mitie has agreed a takeover of Lord Ashcroft-founded specialist services firm Marlowe in a deal worth around £366 million. Under the terms of the cash-and-shares deal, Mitie will pay ...

A disabled woman is facing a £110 fine after an emotional stop at a Mercure hotel on her way home from hospital following her cancer diagnosis.

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 47.9 last month, improving from 46.6 in April.

The figures come as the Government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.