Stargazers across the UK caught sight of shooting stars in the early hours of Wednesday as the Perseid meteor shower hit its annual peak. Every summer, the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...

A CHARITY set up in memory of a much-loved woman has reached a significant fundraising target. Lucy’s Legacy was created in honour of Lucy Pearson, pictured right, who lost her life to suicide in ...

Darlington Council is marking National Allotment Week by encouraging residents to explore the wellbeing benefits of growing their own vegetables.

York Handmade Brick Company has earned four nominations at the 2025 Brick Awards. The Alne-based firm has been recognised for its work on projects at York Racecourse, Clare College in Cambridge, and a ...

A funeral director is due to enter pleas to 63 charges spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises. Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing ...

TV presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape. West Mercia Police previously said the 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, will face a first hearing at ...

A teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli is set to have his sentence reviewed at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Mr Kohli, 80, was punched and kicked, slapped in the face with a shoe ...

The project, led by Heriot-Watt University and involving researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Napier University and the University of Stirling, aims to help people with hearing loss by ...

Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.

Donate-a-phone schemes and computer workshops will receive Government backing worth £9.5 million, as part of a plan to help older people and low-income households access an “essential for modern life” ...

Live facial recognition will be expanded across the country as part of a Government overhaul of neighbourhood policing. The technology will be deployed to catch “high-harm” offenders, with new rules ...