2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (274+ words) A new booking system at recycling centres in Nottinghamshire will be introduced for van owners. From 2 January, van owners will need to re-register to book an appointment to visit recycling centres, with drops limited to six visits a year. Nottinghamshire…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (639+ words) "As a community, we've just been told over the years, you've got to be better. You are guests in this country; you won't be treated equally," said Faisal Mahmood, a community leader from Peterborough, on growing up as a Muslim…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1022+ words) Police had fingerprint evidence linking a high-profile councillor to a poison pen letter up to 12 months before he went on to target another politician in a "persistent and wicked" hate mail campaign. Well-known Liverpool anti-poverty campaigner Gerard Woodhoue, 63, was given…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (526+ words) An artist who says she was raped by someone she knew when he pressured her into sex is hosting an exhibition to spark open conversations around consent. It took Magdalena Boryn five years of blaming herself before someone pointed out…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (957+ words) Cyclists say recklessly ridden and illegally souped up e-bikes have become a danger to them on the capital's bike lanes and roads. Morwenna Hughes was riding on a conventional bicycle on a busy, two-way cycle lane in Hammersmith when an…...

8+ hour, 9+ min ago   (458+ words) Laptops, phones and bikes are top of the shopping list for thieves as students head off to university, according to insurer Aviva. They are the items most likely to be on student insurance claims - after being stolen from digs, cars,…...

20+ hour, 42+ min ago   (105+ words) A woman has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a man was injured in "an incident involving a chemical substance" in Crawley, police said. Emergency services were called to an address in Fletcher Close, Southgate, on Sunday,…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (564+ words) Patrols by private security guards are to begin from Monday at three Essex locations that asylum seekers frequently visit, a council has confirmed. Six trained and uniformed "security operatives" would patrol Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford centres seven days a week,…...

10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (918+ words) "It's like your son being killed - he's here but he's not." Leroy Douglas was just 24 when he was jailed in 2005 for stealing a mobile phone and handed a minimum prison term of two-and-a-half years. More than 20 years later, he is…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago   (249+ words) Two people arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old girl in Warwickshire have been released on bail, police say. It comes after emergency services were called to a house on Long Street, Atherstone, at about 11:50 BST on Friday…...