DO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S PROGRAMMES HELP OR HINDER THE NATURAL WORLD?

I strongly agree with Martin Hughes-Games with reference to the series Planet Earth I and II... READ MORE›

AMBULANCE CHAOS AS BUSIEST EVER PERIOD SEES HUNDREDS OF CALLS ON HOLD

Ambulance services have been forced to declare critical incidents amid unprecedented pressures which have seen hundreds of emergency calls put on hold... READ MORE›

OUR TREES ARE NOW A GROWTH INDUSTRY

An ad break during TOTY showed a real-life badger nosing around a coffee machine as part of the John Lewis Christmas ad campaign... READ MORE›

SOCIAL CARE SPENDING FALLING BELOW ?554 MINIMUM IN MOST AREAS

A number of councils, including Dartford, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Liverpool, Lancashire, Hampshire and North Lincolnshire, pay providers a local weekly rate well below ?400, while others are above ?600... READ MORE›

BUSINESSMAN RACIALLY ABUSED BIN MAN WHEN LORRY BLOCKED HIS BENTLEY OUTSIDE ANNABEL'S, COURT HEARS

Jurors heard Mr Thomas told Halabi he didn't want to fight, as a female passenger got out of the Bentley and asked the pair to stop... READ MORE›

WHY HAVE CHINESE INVESTORS BOUGHT 'THE MOST FAMOUS PUB IN THE WORLD'?

If anything, they will be transported from Buckinghamshire and planted 5,000 miles away in China... READ MORE›

'THE MOST FAMOUS PUB IN ENGLAND' BOUGHT BY CHINESE INVESTMENT COMPANY

The establishment then became so famous in China it is now to become the model for a chain of British pubs in the People's Republic... READ MORE›

CHINESE BUY PRESIDENT XI AND DAVID CAMERON VISIT PUB

A village pub made famous by the visit of China's President Xi Jinping and David Cameron is bought by Chinese investors... READ MORE›

EATING DISORDERS: WHAT IS TREATMENT LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE?

NHS Digital figures show that hospital admissions for eating disorders in England are increasing... READ MORE›

GINGERBREAD HOUSE OF WADDESDON MANOR UNVEILED

A gingerbread model of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire has been unveiled by the National Trust, after biscuit architects took 500 hours to make it... READ MORE›

GPS MONITORING TAGS TRIAL COULD HELP CUT RISING PRISON POPULATION

The MoJ guidance says there is real potential for electronic monitoring to act as a tool that could help stabilise demand on the prison estate... READ MORE›

SOME 22,000 VIRUS RISK DENTIST PATIENTS RECALLED BY NHS

NHS England said the dentist failed to wash his hands and change gloves between patients... READ MORE›

ANCIENT COINS HOARD FOUND IN FIELD

Related Stories Metal detector enthusiasts in Buckinghamshire have uncovered what is thought to be one of biggest hoards of ancient coins ever found in Britain... READ MORE›

DOCTOR MICHAEL SALMON GUILTY OF INDECENT ASSAULTS

Related Stories Former doctor Michael Salmon has been found guilty of indecently assaulting girls at a hospital where Jimmy Savile abused patients... READ MORE›

M1 FATAL CRASH COACH DRIVER BAILED

Related Stories A coach driver arrested after a crash on the M1 in Bedfordshire in which three men died has been bailed... READ MORE›

CHILDREN'S HOMES 'LACK SECURE PLACES'

It block books beds in secure children's homes to use for young offenders who are too disturbed or too violent to be kept in youth custody... READ MORE›

TESTS BEGIN IN DENTIST VIRUS PROBE

Desmond D'Mello Low infection risk The death of a woman treated at the practice in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire is also being investigated by police... READ MORE›

COUNCILS CANCEL SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS CONTRACTS WITH LAW FIRM OVER 'GLOATING' TWEETS

Westminster, Cambridgeshire, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Hertfordshire suspended their contracts with the firm or said relations would be ended within months... READ MORE›

SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY, PARIS'S FAMOUS BOOKSTORE WHERE WANDERING WRITERS ARE WELCOME

PARIS -- Shakespeare and Company, the small, crumbling bookshop on Paris's Left Bank, may be the most famous bookstore in the world... READ MORE›

AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY

Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE CRACKS DOWN ON MISOGYNYA

Nottinghamshire Police is recording incidents such as wolf whistling, street harassment, verbal abuse and taking photographs without consent within the hate crime definition... READ MORE›

POLICE TRIED TO KEEP IDENTITY OF 'GAY' JIHADI SECRET TO PROTECT HIS HUMAN RIGHTS

The disclosure came as Kristen Brekke, Adeel Ulhaq and Forhad Rahman were found guilty at the Old Bailey of helping get Aseel Muthana to Syria... READ MORE›

SNP ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT AN ENGLISH MP

The minister who represents Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire was there to support David Mundell the Secretary of State for Scotland... READ MORE›

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ACCUSED OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST OVER FARM SUBSIDIES

Lord Gardiner, who will be involved in reforming EU farming support post-Brexit, receives ?49,000 a year in payments, it has been revealed... READ MORE›

MOTHER HOPES TO DONATE WOMB TO HER DAUGHTER

Her 25-year-old daughter, Sara, who lives in Sweden, was born without reproductive organs... READ MORE›

16 FREE DAYS OUT WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS

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THE UK'S FIRST 'MILLION POUND TOWNS' OUTSIDE OF LONDON

For the first time the average price of a house has reached over 1million in towns outside of London... READ MORE›

HUGE SINKHOLE CAUSES 380 PEOPLE TO BE EVACUATED FROM NAPLES NEIGHBOURHOOD IN ITALY

Naples residents woke up to a massive sinkhole yesterday morning that led to hundreds of people being evacuated from the area in the Italian city... READ MORE›

HOMELESS TENANT WINS SUPREME COURT BATTLE TO STAY IN LONDON

Titina Nzolameso was offered a property in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, after the government's benefits cap made her Westminster rent unaffordable... READ MORE›

BREXIT MAY SEND EU 'DOWN THE DRAIN'

Mr Gabriel had been confronted by the hecklers in northern Germany... READ MORE›

'RIDING ROUGHSHOD OVER DEMOCRACY': RESIDENTS ON FRACKING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE

Jayne Watson, a former physiotherapist turned parish councillor, had travelled to Kirby Misperton to see how the North Yorkshire decision would play out... READ MORE›

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE ARREST WOMAN IN CHILD SEX ABUSE PROBE

The arrest relates to alleged abuse between 1972 and 1973 at the former Bracken House home in Bulwell... READ MORE›

LONDON AT BOTTOM OF CANCER TABLE

Eight of London's NHS trusts score in the bottom 10 of a patient-experience league table... READ MORE›

TAOISEACH ASKED TO INTERVENE IN TD'S DIAMOND RING DISPUTE

It is understood Ms Hart forward the Taoiseach a letter she sent to Mr Conlan about the ring... READ MORE›

GERALD GROSVENOR BRITISH DUKE AND BILLIONAIRE DIES AT 64

In 1979, when his father died, 27-year-old Gerald Grosvenor officially became the sixth Duke of Westminster, a multibillionaire and Britain's richest resident... READ MORE›

DARREN HAYMAN: NO SLEEP TILL UPPER SLAUGHTER

I liked the sound of the phrase 'Thankful Villages' and it appealed to ideas I have about randomness in music, about setting myself tasks... READ MORE›

BODIES OF BRITONS KILLED IN MASSACRE TO BEGIN RETURNING HOME

The bodies of Britons killed in the Tunisian beach massacre are to begin returning home, when an RAF flight lands at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire... READ MORE›

FROM NORTHERN LIGHTS AND DOG-SLEDGING TO ICE BEDS AND BLISSFUL ISOLATION

Tromso has long been the centre of Norway's winter tourism and it remains the most popular gateway... READ MORE›

'STAR WARS' FIRM ADMITS HEALTH AND SAFTEY BREACHES OVER HARRISON FORD CRUSH INJURY

A film production company has admitted health and safety breaches after an incident in which Hollywood star... READ MORE›

BRITISH PUB BECOMES TOURIST ATTRACTION AFTER XI'S VISIT

The British pub which President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister David Cameron visited in Buckinghamshire last Thursday has become an overnight sensation... READ MORE›

LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN BECOMES CROSSRAIL'S FIRST PASSENGER

Sadiq Khan has become the first passenger to make a station-to-station journey on London's Elizabeth line to mark the project becoming 75 percent complete... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS OF UK LAWYERS REGISTER IN IRELAND IN BREXIT INSURANCE MOVE

Solicitors rush to register with Law Society of Ireland as only those based in EU states can appear at the European court of justice... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY, THE BREXIT ENFORCER, ORDERS HER CABINET MINISTERS TO COME UP WITH BLUEPRINT FOR EU EXIT

Theresa May has ordered every Cabinet minister to come up with a personal blueprint for Brexit amid concerns that civil servants are trying to frustrate Britain'... READ MORE›

International Aid A Way to Show Post-Brexit Britain Hasn't Turned Its Back on the World... READ MORE›

MAY BUILDS NEW-LOOK BREXIT CABINET TO STEER EU DIVORCE

Clearly British humor has no borders, tweeted former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt... READ MORE›

MAY TAKES U.K. HELM, TAPS JOHNSON FOR TOP ENVOY, HAMMOND FOR FINANCE

Theresa May took over as Britain's new prime minister on Wednesday, promising a bold, new, positive role for the country less than three weeks after its... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY SET TO REPLACE CAMERON AS RIVAL QUITS UK PM RACE

As prime minister, I will make sure that we leave the European Union, she said... READ MORE›

BRITAIN TO HAVE FIRST FEMALE LEADER SINCE THATCHER

Either Leadsom or May will be Britain's first female prime minister since Thatcher, who led the country from 1979 to 1990, and the second in British history... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN AFTER BREXIT VOTE

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he will step down after voters moved to withdraw from the European Union... READ MORE›

ONE TOWN THAT VOTED TO LEAVE HAS NO REGRETS AT ALL

European Union money also helped establish Sunderland Software City, a business center that offers support and advice to aspiring software entrepreneurs... READ MORE›

JOHNSON CLAIMS ACCESS TO COMMON MARKET WILL STAY

The Chancellor offered his reassurances in an early morning address before the markets opened, and the Prime Minister is holding a cabinet meeting... READ MORE›

BREXIT EXIT: TORIES EXPEDITE PLAN TO REPLACE CAMERON

Prime Minister Cameron was expected to deliver 'Brexit' remarks later Monday... READ MORE›

HAVING WON SOME BREXIT CAMPAIGNERS START BACKPEDALING

LONDON -- Freed from the shackles of the European Union EU, Britain's economy would prosper and its security would increase... READ MORE›