Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said.

A hidden cross-border tunnel used to smuggle migrants and contraband between the US and Mexico will be sealed, Mexican border ...

A woman who first visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone as a tourist has won an award with embroidery she created with the ...

A man has suffered serious injuries after being punched in the head outside a pub, police say. Officers were called to East ...

A 14th Century house has been bought by the artists who work there to "save it" from being sold into private ownership.

The future is "uncertain and unclear" in Gaza after a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began, BBC Middle East Correspondent Rushdi Abualouf has said. "People don't know if it's a real ...

Residents living in a row of houses were asked to leave following a blaze. Six fire engines were called to a house in a ...

More than £15,000 has been raised for a care charity by Jersey Post. The island's postal service said its 2024 charity of the ...

Environmental and student research projects in Guernsey have received £40,000 in funding. The Nature Commission said it ...

South West Water said it was confident it would have enough water resources for the region for the next 25 years. The firm was speaking at a meeting of West Devon Borough Council's Overview and ...

A colourful new mural has been unveiled at an east Leeds park celebrating the local community and the vibrancy of nature and ...

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a knife attack in Dover. Emergency services were called after a woman in ...