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A newly-discovered dinosaur with an “eye-catching sail” along its back and tail is to be named after record-breaking yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur. Istiorachis macaruthurae...

The British seaside town of Bournemouth has a complex relationship with migration. It needs migrants to work in the tourist industry, which is vital...

Two Labour-run councils are considering legal action to stop the use of hotels to house migrants in their areas after Epping council won a...

The police watchdog has closed its investigations into the circumstances leading up to the decision to charge TV presenter Caroline Flack with assaulting her...

Campaigners have issued a fresh call to ban smacking across the UK after a poll found more young adults think it’s unacceptable. All corporal...

“It’s an interesting moment,” was how one government source described the High Court ruling that will force an Essex hotel to be emptied of...

The bank holiday weekend for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland is just around the corner, but what does the weather have in store? Like...

A council has won its bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Essex. Epping Forest District Council sought...

Children who vape are three times more likely to go on to be smokers, according to new analysis which linked youth vaping to a...

There is one thing scarier than markets lurching around. And that’s markets lurching around without a very compelling explanation. Just yesterday, the yield on...

TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content – at a higher rate than two years ago. The...

Redundancies are to begin on Tuesday at the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, which is to close after the government refused to offer the owners...

Drivers are being warned they could face long delays on major routes over the August bank holiday period, while train journeys will be impacted...

In a small hut next to Newlyn Harbour at the bottom of Cornwall, the next generation of fishermen are quite literally learning the ropes....

Chrystal Hendry finished her psychology degree in 2021 and was excited to move to the next phase of her life – working towards becoming...

Well-wishers are being urged to send 100th birthday cards to a Second World War veteran who served in the Arctic Convoys to make his...

A body has been pulled from a river in the search for a missing 12-year-old boy. The body was found in the River Swale...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of racially abusing a Bournemouth player during the first Premier League match of the season. Antoine Semenyo...

Smoke from wildfires in Spain and Portugal has brought hazy conditions to the UK, breaking up last week’s spell of very hot weather, forecasters...