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There was applause in the House after MPs voted by 366 to 161 to give the Marriage Bill a third reading The Government's controversial plans to legalise gay marriage have cleared the Commons despite efforts by Tory backbenchers to derail the legislation.

Fire crews from Stourport and Kidderminster were first to arrive at Pelican Foods, Barracks Lane, Sandy Lane Industrial Estate at 10.20pm where they found a severe fire.

A WORCESTER man has been charged with attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm with intent following a double city knife attack.

Detectives are treating the death of a 20-month-old girl as murder and have named her mother as a suspect.

Mr Smith said: "When you were talking to the jury last week and today why didn't you tell them about that?" JURORS have heard how the alarm was not set at the home of Mr Nowak and Catherine when he returned with her family after learning of her death.

THE fire service's deputy chief has warned Southend's cluster of fire stations could be under threat as part of the cost-cutting programme.

Over the last year more than 1,000 county pensioners, out of an estimated 100,000, have been helped to claim more by the charity.

Eight members of the same family have pleaded guilty to running a complex series of illegal waste businesses from a former small-holding near St Austell.

The incident occurred between 10.30pm and 11pm on Thursday, 2 May in the Smannell Road area, near to Cricketers Way.

A HEARTBROKEN couple, who tried for six years to have a baby, are searching for an answer as to why their young son died suddenly in his sleep.

Nathan Rosin, 22, of Dock Road, Tilbury, and Joe Edwards, 26, allegedly broke into concrete block fIrm Thermolite, based in Motherwell Way, Grays, on January 28.

A WOMAN, whose life was a "complete disaster zone", has been given a last chance to mend her ways and stay out of trouble.

THE story of three young boys who died in a blizzard on Darwen's moors has inspired a renowned musician to compose a piece of classical music.

AN MEP has urged Winchester City Council to reduce air pollution in the city by cutting the number of car parks.

The 21-year-old, of Corn-brash Rise, Trowbridge, will be competing in the regional leg of the pageant, against 20 other women, at the regional round at the De Vere Village Hotel in Swindon on Sunday.

DIDCOT'S iconic cooling towers should live on as an adventure park and giant mural, according to a woman inspired by a redundant power plant in South Africa.

Shopper Alec Chant was flummoxed when his packet of crisps from a Sainsbury's Basics multipack contained nothing but air.

A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.

The building was completely wrecked and was cordoned off with blue and white police tape across the front gate this morning.

Julie Bell was discovered at her home in Doswell Way, South View, Basingstoke, by her daughter Shona Bell on March 10 this year.