Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

A record number of criminal investigations into water companies have been launched as part of a crackdown on sewage dumping – with more than ...

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The UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said “fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material” were found in some Aedes vexans mosquitoes collected in wetlands on the River Idle at ...

The yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives. Leanne Lucas launched Let’s Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness ...

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Work has begun to fix the crumbling medieval city wall in Magdalen Street, Norwich, which is suffering from persistent woody stemmed shrubbery.

The average UK house price increased by 6.4 annually in March, from 5.5 annual growth in February, according to ONS figures.