A 90-year-old ban on beating carpets on a seashore is among a raft of byelaws to be scrapped by a council. Various types of "nuisance", including "sounding a noisy trumpet or wantonly singing", were ...

From Monday, daytime rolling closures are set to be put in place on the A10 on weekdays until 26 September during road stud ...

World number one Scottie Scheffler moves to within two shots of leader and US Ryder Cup team-mate Ben Griffin in the Procore Championship.

Jersey's government has not received any direct revenue from the TV show Bergerac, a Freedom of Information request (FOI) has ...

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Mr Hall used to work as an engineer but swapped his full-time job for a summer of music in Zante He had worked as a telecoms engineer since 2020 but said it had not been a difficult decision to switch ...

Four former Royal Marines have set off on a 1,664 mile (2677.95 km) motorcycle ride to raise awareness of suicide prevention. The team began their journey on Sunday from Plymouth and will go to each ...

Roles were reversed for BBC presenter Susan Hanks when she was interviewed by students who decided to make their own version ...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at why Barcelona's first home game of the season is not taking place at their Nou Camp ...

An alien, Wednesday Addams and the Michelin Man were among the unlikely visitors to Wiltshire this weekend. The Icons of the ...

The two-day festival, In the Spotlight, is the first major public showcase led by new theatre director Alan Pollock, who grew ...

Among the library's staff was the Iraqi-born historian Alphonse Mingana, who posthumously achieved fame after it was recently ...