CANDIDATES vying for election to the Doon Valley ward have made their case to voters. Prospective councillors were asked about their priorities should they be elected.

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 ...

Raj Sidpara, 50, previously admitted the manslaughter of Tarnjeet Riaz, 44, but denies murdering her on May 6 after a night out.

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 ...

Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for an Oval Office meeting with ...

The deal to buy 70 stores came after Homebase appointed administrators on Wednesday but left 2,000 workers and 49 stores still at risk.

Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing their size, research suggests. Experts said that most consumers prefer sweeter tomatoes and higher sugar content increases the value of ...

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 ...

Car insurance can be a minefield, and new research has shown that nine out of ten insurers won't pay out to drain a car after misfuelling - the easy mistake of putting petrol in a diesel engine or ...

A “fairytale” picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by a conservation charity. Built by Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Princess Louise, around ...

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

A convicted murderer sexually assaulted, tortured and beat a retired horsewoman to death, a court heard. Brian Whitelock, 57, attacked neighbour Wendy Buckney, 71, with a kitchen knife, a broken table ...