A grieving son has penned a Christmas song in memory of his mum, after discovering heartwarming, handwritten notes in her home.

A seal pup, which is only a few days old, has been rescued from a beach after being discovered with a damaged flipper and ulcerated eye.

The Nightmare Before Christmas trail puts a scary spin on the festive season with ghosts, ghouls and twisted elves.

A hospital trust has been ordered to make “immediate improvements” with staff shortages and “overcrowded” A&E departments leading to safety concerns.

A bus company has announced it will extend its maximum fare scheme for another six months after seeing higher take-up.

A former police officer found snoring at the wheel after a drinking session was reported to the police by his ex-wife.

Secret Drinker visits a pub bucking the trend by putting its drinkers before diners

Diggers have demolished a rundown outlet centre which closed earlier this year due to rising costs, leaving 25 members of staff without a job.

A major route has been blocked after two cars and a motorbike crashed on a roundabout leaving one person injured.

A fuming mum-of-six has been forced to put a paddling pool in her children’s bedroom to catch rainwater after the ceiling fell in.

A man has taken over the pub his parents used to run, and says it’s fantastic to be back in a place with such “special memories”.

Roadside verges will pile up with litter and urine-filled bottles for a year following a council’s decision to skip a six-monthly clean, it is feared.

A blaze at a derelict building is believed to have been started on purpose, with firefighters rushing to the scene.

A man pulled from the sea yesterday following a search and rescue mission was pronounced dead shortly after, police have confirmed.

Wheelchair users are calling for vital upgrades to a 3km stretch of the King Charles III Coastal Path which they say is “completely inaccessible”.

A person is understood to have been pulled from the sea following a search by rescue crews.

Worried residents say traffic-calming measures are needed in their small but busy street as speeding drivers have become a “menace”.

The pub was having a paintjob, but nothing could knock the gloss off Secret’s Drinker’s lunch at a shabby chic seaside haven

Two adorable lion cubs hand-reared by Kent animal park owner Damian Aspinall have moved to a public enclosure for the first time.

New details have been revealed of continued works and closures on the A2, which continue beyond the New Year.