A 16-year-old student mechanic has started her own business to help fuel her dream career choice and prove the doubters wrong.

Bosses at the country’s biggest glasshouse grower of fruit and vegetables where millions are produced every year is slashing its energy use.

A suspect has appeared in court charged in connection with a serious assault understood to involve a pitchfork.

Fines for dumping household rubbish and other waste are set to more than double in the battle to tackle fly-tipping.

A huge £30 million expansion of two hospital emergency departments has finally been completed this week after three years.

A Caribbean restaurant owner says he will not move despite being evicted amid a rent row with the council.

An ambulance patient has died after a multi-vehicle smash en route to hospital.

A jury inquest will be held into the death of a dad who reportedly fell into an open manhole while working on a new-build estate construction site.

An autistic boy who is “usually happy-go-lucky” was left shaken after another pupil held a knife to his throat in a primary school canteen.

Four men and a woman have been arrested after police stopped and searched two vehicles in the early hours of the morning.

The first steps have been taken in a major project to raise the curtain again at one of the country’s oldest theatres.

The National Lottery scheme gives visitors entry to castles, museums, gardens and more for the price of a lottery ticket or scratchcard.

Chart-topping X Factor winner James Arthur is the latest artist to be announced as part of a seaside concert series.

A ferocious thug repeatedly stabbed a man in the street before shouting at those trying to save him “let him die.”

A tipper truck has been seized after mounds of contaminated waste was fly-tipped.

Three people have been arrested by police including armed officers after a man was stabbed in a quiet cul-de-sac in the early hours of the morning.

Works to fix a landslide that forced a railway line to shut for more than a week have been completed, allowing trains to start running again.

A man who had hidden cocaine in his pants during a night out started “sweating profusely” when police questioned him.

A busy A-road was blocked following a two-car crash

A 22-year-old has been charged after two men were stabbed near a beachfront.