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Councillor Terry Buckle, mayor of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk, drove his car into the store at Lawson Place, Moreton Hall, on Tuesday afternoon.

Sally Stickland, 72, is accused of trying to kill John Stickland, 73, who was found with serious head injuries on a grass verge in West Common, Langley, by members of the public at around 12.45pm on Saturday.

ANDREW Parsons told a jury he lost control and stabbed his wife to death in retaliation after she attacked him first with a knife.

That is what a Big Issue seller accused of being part of a gang who murdered a Southampton man told a court as his defence case was officially opened yesterday.

Robert Barlow died from serious injuries in Reabrook Avenue, near to the Old Potts Way retail park, in Shrewsbury, at 22:50 BST on Saturday.

THE 'Ark' came to Blackburn yesterday preparing the way for a A 2million flood of water-based arts projects along East Lancashire's Pennine corridor.

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CAMPAIGNERS are aiming to force a debate at Basildon Council over the Government's controversial "bedroom" tax which has seen tenants hit by benefits cuts.

Ilkley's newest brewery, which will be located within the grounds of the new Flying Duck Brew Pub in Church Street when it opens, is to support two forthcoming local beer festivals.

DUDLEY has a new top cop after the arrival of Inspector Julie Mason to cover the region's northern sector.

Brian Griffin will talk about his new book The Black Kingdom - an autobiography of his life growing up in the Black Country at the library in St James's Road on Thursday May 23.

VOLUNTARY and community groups are invited to find out more about the cash available to them at a funding fair.

A REPORT has found a severely disabled young woman was failed by medical professionals who missed opportunities to save her life.

Thousands of New Yorkers - including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn - marched on Monday to protest the fatal shooting of a gay man in the neighbourhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.

Following today's verdict, Ben Thompson's wife urged people to be careful when drinking, saying 'I don't want anyone else to go through what I've been through because now I'm left alone' An inquest into the death of Welsh rugby fan Ben Thompson has heard how he was in "good spirits" in the lead up to his death.

Emergency services were called to an address in Mayenne Place, Devizes, at 1pm today after a man arrested earlier in the day indicated there was an explosive device in one of the flats there.

Mr Graham, 51, of Beaufort Mansions, in Stallard Street, died at Royal United Hospital, Bath at 5.27am on November 20, last year, after being stabbed twice by his partner Louise Cox, 45, of Newtown.

Experts found "very strong evidence" of burnt human skull remains at the home of the man accused of murdering April Jones, a jury has heard.

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.

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.