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A West Oxfordshire volunteer charged with wounding with intent is planning to apply for his case to be dismissed.

“I’m the biggest idiot,” said a 27-year-old who cornered a motorcyclist and stole £300 of tobacco and cigarettes from him four years ago in…

A large-scale drug grower and shoplifting gang who targeted 47 branches of the same supermarket chain were among those jailed in Norfolk this week.

John Bate, who has died at age 87, was as much a part of the old Memorial Arena as the many legendary athletes and entertainers who performed there.

The Michigan State Court of Appeals issued an opinion Friday saying the cities of Warren and St. Clair Shores did not violate the Headlee Amendment when it used part of tax monies gathered to fund pensions for police and fire retirees for healthcare for the pensioners.

One of the country’s leading equestrians avoided jail after her lawyers argued that sending her there would leave her Olympic dreams “shot to ribbons”.Isabelle

A medical officer, commonwealth games organiser and housekeeper for a historic hall are among the Powys residents on the King’s birthday honours…

The owner of a music studio described as the birthplace of heavy metal is to receive a royal award.

Cheshire High School Honors Veterans- “We are the dead,” run the chilling words of John McCrae’s “In Flanders Field.”The poem, written in the aftermath of World War I, was read aloud by Cheshire High School student Neve Stanziale as part of the school’s events commemorating Veterans Day...

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