Offbeat

Drivers are being warned to get themselves clued up on motoring rules to avoid falling foul of the law.

People smoking cannabis in their own homes continues to cause problems in some communities across the UK.

Parents and campaigners have slammed Poundland for selling realistic-looking knives and meat cleavers as part of a new range of toy weapons.

The Food Standards Agency has added more items to its food recall list after Listeria and Salmonella were found in a number of products.

Thousands of students make their way back to university this month with hoards of youngsters attending Freshers Weeks.

The crew of a jumbo jet watched in horror as the wheel of a Ryanair plane snapped and detached itself as the Boeing aircraft took off at 150mph.

It's that time of year when we welcome, or not, an array of eight-legged creatures into our homes.

Two Russians have today been charged in relation to the Novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury earlier this year.

There’s nothing particularly extraordinary about leaving your kids in the car when you’re at the petrol station.

As a newspaper we often get information and even complaints about travellers or gypsies moving onto land locally.

People smoking cannabis in their own homes continues to cause problems in some communities across our region.

A British tourist has claimed that her holiday to the Spanish resort of Benidorm was ruined because there was ‘too many Spanish people’.

More than 7,000 UK drivers failed their MOT’s for crazy reasons during the past 12 months, according to research undertaken by Scrap Car Comparison.

A limited number of £5 featuring the face of England captain Harry Kane have entered circulation - and they are valued at a whopping £50,000

Recent changes to the law have now made psychological abuse within a relationship illegal.

The hottest day of the decade could be on its way to the UK – with the mercury set to climb to highs of 34 degrees in parts of the UK on Wednesday July 25.

A Bakewell Pudding that went missing after being ‘lost in space’ above Lincolnshire has reportedly been found in Donington on Bain over the weekend.

Two giant bird-eating tarantulas with a leg span of up to 10 inches could be on the loose, after babies were found abandoned in a car park.

As temperatures reached the exotic heights of 31C across the country this week, sunbathers could be in for more than a tan as horse flies appear to be terrorising the nation.