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Medway Council will begin offering members of the public an opportunity to question councillors during cabinet meetings. The local authority will allocate 20 minutes for public questions on every cabinet …

"My heart and soul died when Rifaat was killed," says Hajjah Umm Mohammed, the mother of a Palestinian paramedic who was one of 15 emergency workers killed by Israeli troops …

A man said a lack of care for his 96-year-old mother following a stroke after she left hospital, left her bedridden and without dignity in her final days. Vivien Lester …

Artists and creatives are pushing back against a recent trend using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate "starter pack" images of people as toys – which they say may be in …

Guernsey's Development and Planning Authority (DPA) has made "limited changes" to its Island Development Plan (IDP), following public consultation. The proposed Vazon Local Centre site has been reduced in scale …

A drone has caused reindeer, some of them heavily pregnant, to "panic and run" in the Cairngorms. The animals, members of the UK's only free-roaming reindeer herd, were spooked in …

The birth of a second mountain bongo in captivity in the UK has been described by zookeepers as "a major success" for the breeding programme. Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire …

A number of attacks and threats against rough sleepers in a town has sparked a police investigation and left a charity concerned somebody could die. Five homeless people suffered violence …

Wildlife experts are "very excited" at the prospect of bringing back elk to the East Midlands – and to the UK – for the first time in about 3,000 years. …

Water company Severn Trent has said it will spend £4m repurposing its site in Edgbaston to establish a Midlands hub creating new jobs and relocating others. The refurbishment will see …