Jane Durrant News Today

A FAMILY have asked Wirral Council to stop sending them council tax bills more than a year after their mum passed away.

A missing email from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) could cost one farming couple more than £35,000 in lost environmental scheme support. Jane and Derek

Quaint streets in Lacock in Chippenham, Wiltshire, have appeared as backdrops in Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice.

Lacock is a ‘dying village’ with more than a dozen empty homes which have sat vacant for years, according to a concerned resident.

Lacock is a ‘dying village’ with more than a dozen empty homes which have sat vacant for years, according to a concerned resident.

A CHRISTMAS Day knifeman drove into an ambulance while four times over the drink drive limit. Milen Mlandenov, 39, had called paramedics on December 25 for help with his drink problem having that day sunk a litre-and-a-half of vodka, Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard. He had already gone to his doctor about his alcoholism. He had spoken to the 999 crew about harming himself. Prosecutor Emma Charleton said: “Whilst paramedics are in the house, Mr Mlandenov walks into the kitchen, picks ...