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An amateur skateboarder is set to represent his country for the first time almost 50 years after he took up the sport. Darren Miles, 60, from Plymouth, is to represent Great Britain in the slalom event at the World Skate Games in Paraguay later this month. Miles will take part …

Ruth Foxman has lived in Whelford for 16 years and told the BBC that she felt like a lot of residents were still processing what had happened. “It was very real, it was very frightening, but you kind of just detach from what’s going on – if you’re told to …

The mother of a teenage girl allegedly raped by Katie Price’s then-husband said she felt the former glamour model was “angry” about the allegation and “didn’t care” about her daughter, a court has heard. Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of …

A blue plaque to honour the vet and author of All Creatures Great and Small has been unveiled at his former home. Alf Wight, known to millions as James Herriot, built Rowardennan in Thirsk in 1953, and it became his home for more than 25 years. A plaque in memory …

A prison officer and inmate shared more than 5,000 illicit Snapchat messages during a secret fling, a court has heard. Jade Morris, from Holmer in Herefordshire, was discovered to be having a relationship with convicted drug dealer Jerome Nunes, 35, after he flung a banned mobile phone out of a …

Anton’s sister Sian Tuohey described her brother as a “happy, decent guy” who had been living in Colombia for three years, having settled there while travelling. He spoke fluent Spanish and, not long before contact was lost, had moved to the Fontibon area of the capital, Bogota. The news of …

Two men who admitted violent disorder at an anti-migrant protest have been given suspended prison sentences. Justin Dixon and Deano Ryan were involved in a demonstration in Eastney, Portsmouth, on 6 September, after about 120 migrants who had crossed the English Channel in a small boat were brought to shore. …

Two women who repeatedly stabbed their vulnerable friend before helping themselves to Cheerios have been found guilty of murder. Helen Bloomfield was found dead on a blood-stained mattress at her flat in Braintree, Essex, on 19 April 2024 – a month after the attack. The 52-year-old had been knifed by …

Birmingham Airport has announced a £2bn expansion plan which bosses say could more than double passenger numbers and create thousands of jobs. The draft plan, a spokesperson said, sets out the use of existing runway capacity alongside “significantly enhanced” passenger facilities over the next 15 years. Unveiling an eight-week public …

Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg says he received a phone call from Tonda Eckert to apologise over the Spygate affair. Southampton were kicked out of the Championship play-off final after they were caught spying on a Middlesbrough training session two days before the first leg of the teams’ semi-final clash. …

The family of a cinema projectionist who saved Hollywood posters for 40 years has auctioned off his collection for more than £60,000. Robin Langford kept around 100 artworks from the films he showed, featuring stars including Clint Eastwood, Audrey Hepburn and Raquel Welch. The collection was expected to fetch about …

Two Latvian men have been arrested under the National Security Act after a fence was breached at an RAF base in Cambridgeshire. The alert was raised when a Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) security patrol at RAF Molesworth identified an abandoned vehicle at about 22:00 BST on Wednesday. After searches …

She told officers: “He was standing there head to toe in black, no school uniform whatsoever.” Describing the attack, which took place in a corridor, she said it felt like she had been punched and then shortly afterwards felt a “sharp pain shoot through my back”. When she realised she …

A teenage boy and a man have been stabbed after two masked men entered a house in Leicestershire. Police were called to reports of a disturbance at a house in Station Road, Thurnby, shortly before 00:30 BST on Thursday. They said the man in his 50s and the boy, 15, …

Marston’s Brewery could close in Burton-upon-Trent, under plans revealed by its owners. Carlsberg Britvic said it was proposing to shut the facility together with its primary logistics operation based at that site next summer. Burton-upon-Trent’s connections with the brewing industry date back centuries, with the firm describing its own history …

Assistant coroner Briony Ballard listened to evidence at London Inner South Coroner’s Court before publishing a narrative conclusion on Mia’s death. In a statement read after the conclusion of the inquest, Mia’s parents Adrian St Hilaire and Chanel Spence said families with food allergies should not be “at risk” when …

A man who allegedly stuffed packs of sausages down the front of his trousers at a petrol station shop has been charged with theft. Dubbed the “Sausage Smuggler”, Thames Valley Police said CCTV showed packs of sausages being concealed down a man’s trousers before he left without paying for the …

The planning application is part of Derby’s wider £200m Becketwell regeneration scheme. If approved, construction on the former Duckworth Square site would start next summer, with completion targeted for late spring 2029. St James Securities said the plans for the potential GBR HQ include an extension to Springwell Square and …

He said: “The representatives said they would definitely feed back what I had said. My hopes for the future are that I continue to use my voice as an instrument to do good. “I hope to continue to advocate for disabled children and young people by sharing my expertise and …

A video published by The Sun newspaper in July of that year alleged tests were being dumped in a side room. The video also showed the firm’s laboratory at Park Works to be in poor condition, with rubbish strewn across the floor, its ceiling exposed and bin bags dumped outside. …