An 18-year old man has been arrested following a serious sexual assault on a woman in a village in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said the attack happened on Bridge Street in Uffculme, near Cullompton, at about 15:40 BST on Friday. The force said a man from Tiverton was arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual...
Storm overflow spills have halved in a Devon village thanks to the installation of new equipment, South West Water (SWW) has said. North Molton in north Devon recorded 101 spills in 2024 compared with 202 in 2023. The utility said a new reinforced concrete storm water storage tank, running alongside the existing storage, provided extra...
Louise Parry BBC News, Hertfordshire Justin Dealey BBC News, Hertfordshire Justin Dealey/BBC A falconer arrived to tame the hawk after the resident managed to trap it A Harris’s hawk that has been repeatedly attacking villagers has been captured by a resident with the same name. Steve Harris, 40, told the BBC he had managed to...
Three people have died after a house fire in a village. Firefighters, police officers, and paramedics were called to the blaze at the former station house in Beswick Close, in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday. Northamptonshire Police said three people later died. Three police officers needed hospital assessment after breathing...
Simon Dedman BBC Political Reporter, Essex Reporting fromWethersfield, Essex John Fairhall/BBC Jacqui Braithwaite says the affect of the asylum centre has been negligible In March 2023, the government decided a former air base one mile from a small rural village in Essex should be used to house male asylum seekers. Two years on, what is...
