From coal merchant to hero of the seas. Samuel Plimsoll’s story lives on in Sheffield thanks to a plaque on Regent Street.

A dispersal order has been put in place in a town centre in Surrey to tackle anti-social behaviour. Surrey Police put the ...

Police have closed a road between two Broadland villages for more than 13 hours while they deal with an "incident". The A1062 ...

Northern Ireland midfielder Joely Andrews says that her side "have to bounce back" against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday ...

A Devon man has died in a crash on the A38, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said the single-vehicle crash ...

A church in Knaresborough is taking part in a trial in which 91 solar panels on its roof could help power nearby homes and businesses, including the fire station. The scheme will see the ...

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Book 9 in the Poldark saga re-joins the characters in 1812 - about ten years after the point where BBC TV's hugely popular series concluded. Read by Richard Goulding. We use cookies to give you the ...

Steve Cousins, aka the "Rock Showman", was taking a school trip on an educational fossil walk at Saltwick Bay when he noticed the imprint in a sandstone rock. He said: "The kids were all very excited.

Scarlets' URC quarter-final defeat by Leinster brought an end to Welsh rugby's domestic season but the problems and controversies for the game in Wales continue.

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