Jon Griffiths News Today

Almost all the best new culinary developments were at the level of the cozy round-the-way joint, the kind of welcoming place where locals gather for a good, casual meal. So we’re calling 2022 the Year of the Neighborhood Restaurant.

THE community has thanked a long-serving firefighter who is hanging up his hat after 30 years of service.

Plans for a water tower toppled Tuesday when Cumberland Township supervisors rejected a proposed ordinance change.

John Mills, 27, downed Jack Daniels before screaming at the recruit, who had joined the famous Coldstream Guards that day - to expose himself, Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard.

Major Anthony Philpott, 58, has been fined £3,400 and severely reprimanded after pleading guilty to a count of disgraceful conduct when he touched a female soldiers bottom during a game of beer pong.

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Private Peter Harries, 28, (pictured) believed he was messaging a child called Chloe while using the app Kik, but he was actually talking to two undercover police officers

FIREFIGHTERS spent a combined total of nine hours tackling two major fires in one day, including at Kimberly-Clark. Crews were called to the factory in Barrows Park Road after dust from machinery led to a a fire in a machine. Firefighters spent a total of six hours at the site, helping to extinguish the blaze and stop it spreading across the factory. Later that day crews were called to a fire onboard a boat used to service Barrows offshore windfarm. Crews on another boat saw smoke com...

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionThe Met Office warned heavy rain combined with melting snow on higher ground was likely to cause flooding An amber rain warning has been issued for parts of northern and central England as Storm Christoph approaches. The Met Office told people in Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England to expect heavy rain and potential floods. Yellow warnings have been issued for England, Wales, Northern Ireland a...

A man in his 50s was taken to hospital after the collision, which took place in Dalton. Police said a Ford Transit van and Volkswagen car collided near to Billings Road. The North West Ambulance Service said the van driver sustained injuries not thought be life-threatening while the other driver suffered minor injuries and was not taken to hospital. Group manager Jon Griffiths was among the firefighters dispatched to the scene just before 11am on Wednesday. He described how firefighte...