This year marks a major landmark for the tradition.

A group of activists are urging councillors not to back plans to close stroke units.

Road chiefs have confirmed a plan for a contraflow system along the M20 will be in place from Monday as part of Brexit contingency plans.

Ale lovers will be able to down international beers without burning a hole in their wallets as a 12-day festival sweeps across a group of pubs.

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Australian hard rockers Airbourne have been added to the line-up for a summer music festival.

An event celebrating matchbox label collecting has showed off some historic covers from over the years.

Thieves have been stealing petrol and diesel from parked cars during the night.

Three women were left trapped after a crash involving two vehicles.

Tributes have been paid to an animal lover who helped home more than 6,000 dogs.

Concern for a woman's welfare saw power to a train station shut off.

A man accused of murder after a shooting in a quiet residential street in broad daylight is expected to go on trial for murder in September.

A samurai sword was found by police in an early morning raid as part of a crackdown on drug and knife crime.

A man in his 80s, who was found dead in a woodland lake, is the fifth person to have died in the water in 11 years.

Police are appealing for help in tracking down three men.

A man has charged with burglary and two counts of assault following an incident at a jewellery shop.

A body has been pulled from a lake this morning following what police have described as "inquiries to locate a missing person".

Protests against cuts to vital services for young adults have taken place outside a council's headquarters.

Police and paramedics have parked up by lakes where a body is thought to have been spotted this morning.

Drivers faced disruption on their journey to work after a four-vehicle collision left a motorway partially blocked.