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'Illegal vapes' seized in North Staffordshire 'candy shop' police swoop

Trading standards have been informed

19-year relationship comes crashing down as dad arrested and 400-plus texts sent

David Gorton was barred from the family home

Popular caravan park near M5 allowed to stay after 'unreasonable' battle

The council will now have to pay out

'Unsafe' material not removed from all Cambridgeshire and Peterborough buildings 10 years after Grenfell tragedy

One person said they were 'slightly concerned' to see it still hadn't been removed

Parking charges to be introduced at nine Bristol car parks next month

Bristol City Council has put charges planned for Westbury Hill car park on hold

Reform UK under criminal investigation amid allegations of donation rules breach

Legacy - the stories that must be told: ‘What he did is diabolical, sickening and inhumane’

'He seemed to want the deposit and want me out. Everything I seemed to ask for didn’t happen'

Transport Secretary does not believe air traffic control issue was ‘unavoidable’

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'His actions didn’t just break rules, they broke families'

Sylvia Osler's daughter said: 'What he took from us was irreplaceable'

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'It feels like Auntie Babs' life meant nothing'

Her loved ones have been left devastated

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'I have not fully grieved my dad dying as this is now overshadowed by how he was treated'

Billie-Jo Chapman said: 'I have had to remind myself that I have not done anything wrong. I am a victim, and Mr Bush is the one that should feel the guilt, hurt and pain that others and I have felt in the last two years'

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'The pain this has caused is never ending’

Valerie Coates will never forgive Robert Bush for his mistreatment of

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'He has put us all through so much trauma at our most vulnerable'

Lynn Farmery's husband tragically died after contracting Legionnaires Disease on following a holiday

Legacy - the stories that must be told: 'He has picked the most vulnerable of society'

Shane Atkinson's family said they were open and honest with Robert Bush - and he took advantage of them

Pauline Quirke's son provides health update amid mum's dementia battle

The Birds of a Feather actress was diagnosed with dementia in 2021

John Winton inquest: Date to be set over death of father-of-two struck by bin lorry in Limavady

The 51-year-old lost his life while working for his local council

Merseyside brothers 'targeted in international murder plot'

Eight arrests have been made after an international plot to kill a pair of Merseyside twins was foiled

Chichester planning applications from September 2 to September 9

The following planning applications have been made to Chichester District Council and South Downs National Park Authority between September 2 and September 9.

Carrick up for ‘magical’ Champions League but derby timing ‘not ideal’

United play Sabah, then Manchester City on Sunday ‘To win the Champions League was the ultimate’ Michael Carrick is excited to lead Manchester United on their return to the “magical” Champions League but admitted playin…

Wales’ Pisa results are a crisis we can no longer ignore

Finola Wilson is an education author and director of Impact Wales, an education consultancy that works with schools across Wales and beyond.

Ex-Birmingham judge would have been sacked over 'sexualised behaviour' to women

Employment judge (EJ) Christopher Gaskell resigned in March while under investigation - but would have otherwise been dismissed

30 poignant photos from Hartlepool funeral of adored PC Matthew Blades

Hundreds gathered in Hartlepool to pay their respects to Cleveland Police PC Matthew Blades who died in the line of duty on the A66 in Middlesbrough in August

Family stranded in Lanzarote as NATS tech outage cancels thousands of UK flights

Nathan Elliot, 35, is stuck in Lanzarote, Spain with his partner, Fallon Swallow, 37, and two-year-old daughter, Blaise Elliot, and in-laws, Mark and Deb Swallow, after the National Air Traffic Services' (NATS) system f…

Michael Rosen's Nice! comes to Theatre Royal Wakefield on beloved author's 80th birthday year

​Cherished children’s author Michael Rosen comes to Wakefield tomorrow as part of a tour celebrating his 80th birthday year. He talks to John Blow.