Home working appears to have led to a bigger decline in after-work drinking in city centres outside London, a Lords committee has heard. Urban economist Paul Swinney told peers that …

A children's Hospital at Home service in south London has helped free up 11,000 bed days for child patients in four years, research suggests. Under the Evelina London Children's Hospital …

Some roads around the Port of Dover will be closed from Monday so works can be carried out ahead of the new entry/exit system (EES) being installed at the port. …

More than two dozen firefighters continue to tackle a blaze at a scrap yard in Kent which broke out more than 24 hours ago. Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) …

Campervans and motorhomes will be banned from parking on a seafront after complaints they were preventing people from being able to enjoy the area. East Suffolk Council will introduce the …

Twelve drug dealers have been jailed for running an "industrial" supply network that flooded heroin and crack cocaine into towns across the East Midlands and Aberdeen. The Nottingham-based ringleaders sprayed …

Millions of bees escaped from an overturned truck in the US state of Washington on Friday, sparking warnings from authorities for the public to avoid the swarm. Emergency officials were …

One of the founders of a charity bookshop which has raised £210,000 over the last half a century has been honoured for his efforts. Tom Peacock, 94, who served in …

More than 100 specially protected archaeological sites and historic monuments have been damaged or vandalised in Northern Ireland over the last five years. Most of the breaches occurred on, or …