A former prison officer who was attacked by an inmate while she was on duty is campaigning for mandatory protective gear for all prison staff in the UK. Claire Lewis, 50, from Washington in Sunderland ...

Israeli ministers have agreed to ramp up the war against Hamas in Gaza, an official said, with plans to capture more territory in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and call up tens of thousands of ...

Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said on Monday. More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit ...

The winners for The Malmesbury Civic Awards 2025 are: Jack Ranger-Walsh, Atlas Anderson, Haroun Akhtar, Julia Bowen, David Shelley, Malmesbury Carnival, and Julia Bowen. The winner of the Paul Smith ...

Since then, Tesco Express and Starbucks have both opened branches at the premises and Anytime Fitness was announced as the final occupant last year. While an official opening date for the town’s ...

A fundraiser set up to support the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died following a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead has raised more than £13,000.

A female police officer has been sacked because she was 'associating with someone entirely inappropriate'. PC Gabriella Gilchrist was found to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour for ...

Residents have been left “heartbroken” by pictures of a derelict hospital that closed years ago. In early March urban explorer Urban Seal visited the old Devizes Community Hospital and shared pictures ...

A small plane has crashed into a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California, killing two people and a dog on board the aircraft ...

The Carriers Arms in the Warminster village of Stockton is the latest pub in the county to be offered protection under the Community Asset scheme.

Former vice president Mike Pence repeatedly invoked the US Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday. Mr Pence ...

Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people between them have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 14 people missing and three dead, state media said on Monday.