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A council has asked people for their views to shape a new policy to control houses in multiple occupation, and huge numbers want to see tougher rules.
Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.
Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.
A teenager has told a court of the moment his stepbrother allegedly tried to kill him in a knife attack while lying on his bed about to play a game.
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art will comprise more than 200 objects including garments, accessories, jewellery and paintings.
Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his “dear friend” and “incredible” artist Sir Brian Clarke after his death aged 71.
Plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where trials are heard by judges were unveiled on Wednesday.
Exhibition co-curator Christopher Riopelle, the Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, said: “More than any of his contemporaries, Renoir was committed to chronicling ...
Revamp of a half an acre of Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex, will trial planting that can cope with more extreme conditions.
Households and businesses nonetheless remain resilient, and the UK banking system is equipped to support them if conditions worsen.
Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd chief executive, said one of the main causes of the delays was starting construction work before designs were finalised.
UK Power Networks will be upgrading the electricity cables along New Barn Road, in New Barn, starting on Monday, July 21. It will be replacing the underground high-voltage cables along an 800-metre ...