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A man has died after a tractor drove across fields and crashed into parked cars after a vintage car show in Gloucestershire.Emergency services were called to the site of the Severn Vale Vintage Club annual show in Fiddington, near Tewkesbury, at 11.25pm on Saturday. A man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene, while a passenger sustained "serious injuries" and was given first aid by a member of […]

The author of a new book about Prince Andrew has called for "more accountability from the Royal Family and more transparency" after encountering what he claims was considerable secrecy while researching his book.Andrew Lownie has spent four years working on Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York - a book unauthorised by Prince Andrew - and submitted hundreds of Freedom of Information requests to government departments. However, […]

A major incident has been declared as about 100 firefighters tackle a blaze at Holt Heath near Wimborne in Dorset.The public have been warned to stay away and the fire service said it was trying to protect nearby properties by surrounding the blaze. Twenty homes have been evacuated as a precaution and locals told to keep windows and doors shut. Image: The fire covers an area about 1000m x 800m […]

Police have made 200 arrests in London after crowds turned out for a Palestine Action demonstration - despite the group being banned.Organisers Defend Our Juries said up to 700 people were at the event in Parliament Square and claimed police were preparing for the "largest mass arrest in their history". The group said those arrested included former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, NHS workers, quakers and a blind wheelchair user.The […]

A second person has been arrested after a man was found dead on a bench near the canal in Northampton.Robert Brown, 57, was found with a fatal arm injury near the River Nene in Northampton town centre at 6.30am on 1 August, Northamptonshire Police said. A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of his murder on Friday and is still in custody, the force said on Saturday.Another 38-year-old man had […]

Hundreds of arrests have been made across the UK as part of a "week-long crackdown" on asylum seekers taking jobs for delivery firms.A total of 1,780 people were stopped and spoken to over suspected illegal working activity between 20 and 27 July. Some 280 were arrested as a result - in areas including Hillingdon in northwest London, Dumfries in Scotland, and Birmingham.Some 89 of those have been detained pending removal […]

Outside the Best Western Brook Hotel in Norwich around 300 anti-migrant protesters sang along to Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond's song about good times never feeling so good, but that wasn't their message for the migrants living inside the hotel.In a town where average rents have increased faster than the rest of England, and hospital waiting times are some of the worst in the country, many who turned out complained about […]

A man has been charged with stealing flowers left as a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham.Parviz Jafari, 45, was arrested on Saturday after police received reports tributes had been stolen from the city centre. Officers attended the scene, near Black Sabbath Bridge and a mural painted in Osbourne's honour, and after making inquiries, identified Jafari as a suspect.He was arrested, charged, and will appear before magistrates on 3 September, […]

A four-year-old boy has died after being struck by a bus outside a hospital in Kent.Zaahir Jan had been visiting his grandmother at the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother Hospital in Margate when the incident happened just after 4pm on Thursday.Kent Police said the bus, a white single-decker vehicle, was travelling near the entrance to the A&E department when Zaahir left the hospital on foot and was struck.He was taken inside […]