A legal bid to overturn the government's plan to build a village's third prison has failed. Residents in Ulnes Walton, near Leyland, already live near HMP Wymott and the high …

The pesticide metamitron has been banned in Guernsey after traces of the compound were found in the island's largest raw water storage reservoir, Guernsey Water announced. The chemical was found …

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 man has died after the car he was driving crashed in Barnsley on Sunday morning. Officers were called to reports of a collision involving one car on Hunningley Lane …

Sometimes in war it is the smallest sound that can make the loudest statement. In Gaza's Nasser hospital, a five-month-old girl struggles to cry. Siwar Ashour is hoarse. Her voice …

A coroner has said he is concerned there are not enough radiologists in England following the death of a 17-year-old amateur boxer. Christian Hobbs died from an undiagnosed heart condition …

Plans for a statue of a writer who spent most of her adult life in west Dorset have been given the go-ahead. Sylvia Townsend Warner was a contemporary of Virginia …

Train passengers have been warned of disruption while a track renewal scheme takes place over Easter. Greater Anglia said rail replacement buses would be running across Essex on Sunday and …

York Mosque and Islamic Centre has praised Pope Francis for his commitment to "peace, justice and compassion". It was announced on Easter Monday that the first Latin American leader of …