A nursery worker who raped and abused young children in his care has been jailed for 24 years. Nathan Bennett, 30, preyed on the two and three-year-olds at the Partou King Street nursery in Bristol.

National Highways has warned motorists of overnight closes on the A47 at Thickthorn and between Brundall and Acle this week.

The UK Health Security Agency said it had been notified of 13 cases in the Canterbury area of Kent between Friday and Sunday.

The Annatar gift shop in Lowestoft, which marked 30 years of trading this week. Image: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) The tranquil settings of the Annatar gift shop has welcomed customers to its store ...

Stormont’s Finance Minister wrote to the Treasury last week seeking a financial intervention over energy costs.

Jessie Buckley’s family have said they are proud of the Kerrywoman after she won the Oscar for best actress on Sunday night. She became the first Irish actress to win the prize, taking home the award ...

Barry Fitzgerald got the ball rolling in 1945, winning the best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in the musical comedy Going My Way, while Brenda Fricker did likewise in the best supporting ...

Researchers said the breakthrough could lead to a ‘bio-upcycling industry’ that uses waste materials to make things like flavourings ...

A school pupil is the second person to have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent. The student was in Year 13 at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham and is understood to have died ...

A drone hit a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international passenger traffic, causing a large fire.

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More than 100 Labour MPs are among those calling on the Prime Minister to intervene in the assisted dying Bill’s passage.