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Grace Millane: Solo backpacking didn't kill her, say bloggers
Three women bloggers who have travelled the world share their experiences of solo backpacking.
Categories: Essex
Cold comfort – vulnerable groups frozen out of initiatives to keep people warm, report warns
Many disabled people and families with children on low incomes are frozen out of schemes to support fuel poor households, a major new report warns.
Categories: York
Commons stir as Labour MP picks up mace
Speaker John Bercow asks Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle to leave the House after he breaches protocol.
Categories: Sussex
Everton 2-2 Watford: Lucas Digne's late free-kick rescues point for hosts
Lucas Digne's 96th-minute free-kick rescues a draw for Everton in a fiercely fought Premier League contest with Watford.
Everton 2-2 Watford: Lucas Digne's late free-kick rescues point for hosts
Lucas Digne's 96th-minute free-kick rescues a draw for Everton in a fiercely fought Premier League contest with Watford.
Categories: Merseyside
Human rights in learning disability inpatient units examined
Joint Committee on Human Rights hears from people with learning disabilities who have been detained
Categories: Parliamentary News
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson urged to 'calm down, calm down' by minister
The quip by minister Jake Berry was a nod to Harry Enfield's "Scousers in the pub" sketch.
Categories: Merseyside
Rochdale bongs replace Big Ben on BBC Radio 4 at Christmas
The Rochdale town hall chimes are being used as a special "festive replacement", says BBC Radio 4.
Categories: Manchester
Aydin Eldeniz death: Coroner records open conclusion
The death of Aydin Eldeniz was initially the subject of a murder inquiry, an inquest hears.
Categories: Essex
Rolandas Poskus death: Hull murder accused 'acted in self-defence'
Mantas Pundzius denies murdering Rolandas Poskus, who was found dead in grassland in Hull.
Categories: Humberside
Birmingham church stab accused 'died of insulin overdose'
John Delahaye was due to stand trial for attacking a church elder and two other men with a knife.
Categories: Birmingham
Website blunder 'shows council contempt' for Newhaven
A test page on a county council planning website talks of "building something nasty that nobody likes".
Categories: Sussex
New light-based technology reveals how cells communicate in human disease
Scientists at the University of York have developed a new technique that uses light to understand how cells communicate in human disease.
Categories: York
Cyber Crime Tip of the Week: HTTPS
Categories: Nottinghamshire
Crossrail delay: £1.4bn bailout as autumn 2019 launch delayed
The £15bn route, Europe's biggest infrastructure project, has been delayed for a second time.
Crossrail delay: £1.4bn bailout as autumn 2019 launch delayed
The £15bn route, Europe's biggest infrastructure project, has been delayed for a second time.
Categories: Berkshire
Woman 'beaten to death by partner' at Louth home
Marie Gibson was hit with a baseball bat and stabbed with a shard of glass from a mirror, a court hears.
Categories: Lincolnshire
Cardiff City and Aston Villa fans jailed for pub brawl
Violent clashes erupted following Cardiff City's 3-0 win over Aston Villa.
Categories: Birmingham
Smelling the forest, not the trees: Why animals are better at sniffing out complex smells than individual compounds
Animals are much better at smelling a complex “soup” of odorants rather than a single pure ingredient, a new study has revealed.
'No third party involved' in Tresco barman's death
Police have been unable to corroborate claims Josh Clayton was involved in an altercation, an inquest hears.
Categories: Somerset