1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (443+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham is taking part in the Great North Run to raise money for a homelessness charity. Mr Burnham, wearing a Number 10 bib, was running in the half marathon to raise money for Changing Lives, which he visited…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (334+ words) A funeral will be held on Thursday for a police officer who was killed in a horrific collision on the A66 and described as “giving everything to everybody”. The service for Pc Tom Clough, 38, in Redcar, Teesside, comes a day after…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (562+ words) This round-up of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact checking charity which works to give people access to reliable information they can trust. Fake images of Portsmouth small boats protest shared online Two images which…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (91+ words) Sidmouth Herald Police attend multi-vehicle crash on Hulham Road in Exmouth Hulham Road in Exmouth is closed in both directions following an accident. Traffic is reported to be slow between Marley Road and Dinan Way while the incident is dealt…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (181+ words) Police are appealing for help to identify a van driver following the death of a cyclist in Devon. The incident happened in Broadwoodwidger at around 10.35am on Tuesday, August 11. A cyclist was found off his bike on the road leading into…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (569+ words) Hundreds of protesters have descended on Portsmouth vowing to prevent migrants who arrived in a small boat being taken to a processing centre in Kent. They were attempting to block routes away from Eastney Marina and vowed to stay all…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (564+ words) The chief constable of Police Scotland has paid tribute to the two Cleveland Police officers who were killed in a crash on the A66 last month, saying their deaths had “resonated across the UK policing family”. Jo Farrell was speaking at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) Shoppers are being warned about a potential sausage shortage in the UK as employees at a supplier go on strike. Workers at Pilgrims Europe’s Enniskillen production facility started striking at 6.30am today (September 2). The strike, which comes amid a dispute over…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) Andy Burnham will call for more public control over water, energy and transport in his first appearance in the House of Commons since becoming Prime Minister. Mr Burnham will use his Commons debut as Prime Minister on Tuesday, his first…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (293+ words) Discarded bodyboards are being given a new lease of life to help protect coastal habitats in Devon. The Environment Agency is repurposing the boards, collected at Devon’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs), for use in surveys on intertidal mudflats, where…...