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The South Pennines straddle the border where Yorkshire and Lancashire collide, and seven million people live within an hour's drive.

Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal.

Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun. Meanwhile, British police on Thursday evening announced the arrests of two more suspects in the case.

A man weeps outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich as he looks at floral tributes following the attack on Lee Rigby Around a dozen sat in silence in St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Woolwich, offering their prayers for Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, of Middleton, Greater Manchester.

A 29-year-old man and 29-year-old woman have both been arrested by Counter Terrorism officers on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

A NEW restaurant is coming to Basildon town centre as part of long-term plans to boost the town's late-night economy.

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains used his position as a GP to assault more than two dozen women A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.

POLICE at Eastleigh are appealing to two missing 14-year-old girls to contact them or their families as a matter of urgency.

THREE men have been cleared of raping a 16-year-old girl after picking her up in a car on a Burnley street.

The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to killing Andrew Heath by starting a fire at his Worcester home in December 2011.

NURSERIES in Droitwich, Bromsgrove and Redditch have been closed by police this morning and five people arrested after a child reported being sexually assaulted.

Dr Sheikh Hojjat Ramzy, director of the Oxford Islamic Information Centre, said he wanted to express his "utter condemnation and disgust" at the attack.

Merton residents can take advantage of Walk England and Transport for London's Spring into Summer weekend offering 35 free walks with an expert guide to help Londoners discover the wealth of hidden gems across the capital.

The nation's big cities are riding out the first years of the post-downturn era with plenty of company - boosting their population via a youth movement.s. The nation's big cities are riding out the first years of the post-downturn era with plenty of company - boosting their population via a youth movement.

A modern luxury glass apartment building, left, sits across the street from an older red brick apartment, the home of photograher Arne Svenson.

An anonymity order preventing the media from naming triple child killer David McGreavy, who impaled the bodies of his victims on railings, has been overturned by the High Court.

CHILDREN in Rhythm Time music classes across Redditch and Bromsgrove are raising money for a good cause this week by trying on hats.

A MAN has been charged with producing cannabis with a potential street value of A 10,000 after the police found plants in a house.

Buy this photo ON THEIR BIKES: Ride of Respect participants Derek Bradshaw, Daniel Clarkson and Nicola Campbell Picture: OX59176 Denis Kennedy THOUSANDS of motorcyclists are preparing to show their support for the nation's troops in Oxfordshire's first Ride of Respect.