A minister has vowed to rid England of “toy-like” disposable vapes which have become “a menace on our streets”. MPs backed plans to ban some vape products from June next year, which environment ...

The King has held an audience with one of the possible contenders to become the next archbishop of Canterbury. Charles welcomed the Right Reverend Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich, to Buckingham Palace ...

A man beat his partner and may have slept while she died on the floor next to his bed, a court has heard. Raj Sidpara, 50, admitted the manslaughter of his partner Tarnjeet Riaz, also known as ...

Rapper Nelly will not face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St Louis-area casino, a prosecutor said. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” St ...

A PLOT of land in Bridgwater once used as a landfill site by Somerset Council is up for sale, with the potential to support employment in the area.

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has denied asking Iranian agents for help after he escaped from prison. The 23-year-old told Woolwich Crown Court the Middle Eastern country’s security services wanted to ...

A FIRE that engulfed a bridge over the River Parrett in Bridgwater was started ‘deliberately’. The fire, which was started on the afternoon of Monday, November 11, began inside a storage container. A ...

The UK and Romania have signed a defence treaty as the two nations continue their efforts to support war-torn Ukraine. Defence Secretary John Healey and his counterpart, Angel Tilvar, signed the ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to ...

An 18-year-old man accused of killing three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport and producing the deadly toxin ricin will go on trial next year.

Billionaire Elon Musk will join Mr Trump in Washington, according to a Trump aide. The SpaceX owner, who was handed a ...