The company planting a new, 600,000-tree commercial forest says it wants to improve wildlife habitats, open land up to the public and capture carbon. Part of the former Greencroft Estate …

Police have launched a murder investigation and have arrested a woman following the death of a four-year-old boy. The young child was found dead at an address in Dunholme End, …

An investigation has been launched after three male youths harassed a passenger on a bus in Aviemore. Police said the incident happened on an Edinburgh to Inverness Citylink/Megabus service on …

Two teenagers have been arrested after a series of robberies in which police say people using a well-known walking and cycling route were targeted. They were carried out on the …

RSPCA branches have joined forces to take in more than 80 dogs that were found living in squalor. Five springer spaniels are being rehabilitated in Hull, with the team there …

A bull found loose on the streets of Birmingham has begun to settle in to his new home at an animal sanctuary – 170 miles away. The bull was seen …

Ministerial envoys are set to be sent into Warrington Council over concerns raised about its commercial programme and debts. An inspection was ordered by the previous Conservative government after criticism …

Two private schools in south London are to close after 75 years, blaming declining pupil numbers and Labour's introduction of VAT on school fees. Inspired Learning Group (ILG), which runs …

The head of Jersey's Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) has said the decision to change electoral law by reintroducing senators less than a year before the next election goes against …