A mum-of-four who caused the death of a pensioner by dangerous driving after hitting him and “just driving off” has been jailed.

Part of a 146-room hotel will be used to temporarily deal with county and family court cases while its previous home fixes concrete problems.

A lawyer has been ordered to fork out more than £10,000 after a tribunal found he had deliberately lied about carrying out work while uninsured.

Two men have been charged with supplying class A drugs after police spotted a person behaving suspiciously in a town centre.

A huge backlog of civil court cases has meant some claims are taking up to three years to be heard.

A convicted sex offender used social media apps including TikTok to groom a child.

A mum accused of trying to cover up a fatal shooting has revealed details of her relationship with both the killer and victim.

A motorist has appeared in court accused of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a collision on a major road.

A 73-year-old pensioner who was banned from owning animals but found with neglected dogs, cats and a canary has avoided jail.

There are calls for a county councillor to stand down or have the whip removed after he was convicted of drink driving.

A police investigation into the supply of class A drugs has seen several hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cocaine seized.

A dog owner has been fined after breeding at least 10 litters of Pomeranian puppies in two years, and not taking care of them properly.

A dad-of-two on trial for murdering a child rapist said he "exploded" when the paedophile bragged about his past.

Two men are due to appear in court after police were called to a retail park following reports of suspicious behaviour.

A prominent politician has pleaded guilty to drink driving and having no insurance.

A 34-year-old driver who was spotted driving erratically on the motorway has avoided a prison sentence but lost his licence.

A murder trial has heard the victim had been convicted of indecent assault of an child in 1984.

The victim of an alleged murder was stabbed twice with a large kitchen knife, it has been revealed.

A housebuilder has been fined thousands of pounds after a subcontractor fell from unsafe scaffolding and died.

A property letting agent was said to be acting as “hired muscle” when two sex workers were robbed of “every last penny” at a brothel.