Plans to spend £350,000 on changing bin lid colours to avoid confusion have been unanimously approved by a council. East Suffolk Council met on Tuesday night to discuss changing green garden bin lids ...

The Anchor Inn hosted a range of acts during this year's Sidmouth Folk Festival, but some neighbours complained it was too loud A Devon pub could have a noise limit enforced after neighbours ...

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Melissa Andreatta has handed Scotland Under-23 defender Georgia Brown her first A squad call-up as the head coach names her squad for this month's friendlies against Morocco and Switzerland. Brown, 23 ...

Burkina Faso's military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of "spying and treason". They are three Europeans, a Malian, and four ...

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Armed robbers wearing boiler suits and masks stole money from a security van in County Tyrone, police have said. The group, armed with suspected firearms, threatened security staff who were at a cash ...

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal organic frameworks. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy ...

Aryna Sabalenka overcame a rusty start in Wuhan as she fought back to beat Rebecca Sramkova in her first appearance since winning the US Open. The world number one secured her first Grand Slam trophy ...

Hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas have arrived at an army training centre outside Chicago to support US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Trump has branded Chicago a "war zone ...

A trespasser who caused rush-hour chaos to passengers travelling via Clapham Junction has been jailed for eight weeks. A total of 38 trains were delayed or cancelled after Anthony Andre, 42, ...

Schools in Weston-super-Mare were told to 'go into lockdown' yesterday after reports of a man roaming with a weapon in the area, Somerset Live reported Schools in Weston-super-Mare were told to 'go ...