Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not being permitted to do so.

Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day.

Prayers, lion dances and firecrackers have marked the Year of the Snake as Lunar New Year festivals got under way around the world. The pop-pop-pop of firecrackers greeted the new year outside a ...

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, health officials said. A 23-year-old man was shot dead in Tulkarem and a 25-year-old man was killed in a strike on Jenin, ...

The Competition and Markets Authority will decide by March 27 whether to refer the acquisition for an in-depth investigation.

The James Paget in Gorleston welcomed delegates from the national New Hospital Programme (NHP) to its site to talk through progress of the hospital’s plans. The hospital will be part of the first wave ...

Water companies United Utilities and South West Water have said they will raise dividends to shareholders as they confirmed consumer bill increases of 32% and 23%, respectively, over the coming five ...

Alison Hitchcock, co-founder of From Me To You Letters, has created a 24-hour letter writing marathon to mark World Cancer ...

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as Ecowas, the body said. It is the culmination of a year-long process ...

Over 20 bicycles were security-marked for free at an event in Great Yarmouth organised by local police to protect people's bikes.

Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has written to Great Yarmouth Borough Council leader Carl Smith urging him and the council to introduce free parking.

Conservatives at Norfolk County Council say the county lost £5.4m because the Labour government ditched the Rural Services Grant. That is money councils received to recognise the extra costs of ...