6 h. ago Neighbourhoods where people are most likely to be mugged, carjacked or robbed

The neighbourhoods and town centres where people are most likely to be mugged, carjacked or threatened and forced to hand over mobile phones have been revealed by a new crime map.

Events

20 h. ago Plans revealed for 50 new houses and flats on the site of a former block of flats

Trivallis housing association has just submitted plans for the Mitchell Court site in Tonypandy town centre

Politics

26 h. ago Approval given for new town centre HMO despite local objections

Concerns were raised over access to the site as well as pressures put on local parking for residents

Politics

27 h. ago Four huge free events happening in Greater Manchester this weekend

Events are taking place at the Trafford Centre and Stockport town centre this weekend

Politics

27 h. ago Labour byelection win shows ‘SNP’s balloon has burst’, says Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour leader accuses SNP of misinformation in its campaign and attacks Reform’s ‘dirty’ tacticsUK politics live – latest updatesScottish Labour’s surprise byelection win proves “the SNP’s balloon has burst”, a jubilant Anas Sarwar has said, after the popular local candidate Davy Russell defied predictions to beat the incumbent Scottish National party and fight off Reform UK’s “racist” campaigning in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.Sarwar told a victory rally in Hamilton town centre on Friday morning that Labour had proved everyone wrong following speculation that Reform UK might push it into third place, as the rightwing populist party gained ground in Scotland for the first time. Continue reading...

Politics

34 h. ago These thieves and shoplifters face years of restrictions to protect city and town centres

All five have previous convictions or are still serving sentences and are now the subject of police criminal behaviour orders

Politics

54 h. ago Hero police officer sacked over 'aggressive' arrest of knife

Former officer of Dorset Police, Lorne Castle, was dismissed by the force after it was found he had committed gross misconduct in relation to the arrest in Bournemouth town centre.

Events

54 h. ago East Ayrshire Leisure Trust opens new box office in Kilmarnock town centre

The new box office will serve as a central hub for ticketing and customer enquiries.

Politics

3 d. ago Police release video of arrest that led to officer’s sacking

Pc Lorne Castle was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing held by Dorset Police following the incident in Bournemouth town centre last year.

Events

3 d. ago First look at cool new hub with cinema and roof terrace set to open in Greater Manchester town centre

It promises to be a modern workspace for start-ups and creatives

Sport

4 d. ago Underrated UK seaside town about to get £30 million boost with direct link to huge city

The Grand Central route connecting the English capital and Lincolnshire seaside town of Cleethorpes would stop at Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Thorne South, Crowle and Althorpe stations

Economics

5 d. ago Costa Coffee reveals plans to open third Dumfries store this summer

The coffee kings have confirmed they are planning to open at the Peel Centre retail park on the outskirts of the town.

Politics

5 d. ago Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods as rescue efforts halted

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said

Events

5 d. ago Carlow incident: Gun terror as man with 'explosive on leg' fires into shopping centre

Gunshots have been heard in the Irish town of Carlow as the Gardai rushed to a shopping centre at Fairgreen to 'neutralise' an alleged gunman

Events

6 d. ago This Greater Manchester town is undergoing a huge facelift, but will it change the price of a pint?

The town centre is set to undergo a massive transformation over the course of the next decade

Politics

7 d. ago ‘Beautiful’ woman in her 20s stabbed to death in middle of town centre

‘Beautiful’ woman in her 20s stabbed to death in middle of town centre  Metro.co.uk

Events

7 d. ago Dark history of abandoned town ‘like Chernobyl’ where 70,000 homes stand frozen in time

The housing estate of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga has become a no-go area, with gang violence a regular feature of an abandoned project that is now crumbling into the ground

Culture

7 d. ago Shocking moment biker, 21, drags brave police officer across road as he tries to arrest him over dangerous town centre wheelies

Sergeant Tom Brookes asked Scott Ryall, 21, to pull over after he spotted him doing dangerous wheelies in Bargoed town centre in South Wales on April 8.

Events

8 d. ago Why is this family living in a tent in Stockport town centre?

There are huge housing pressures in Stockport and around the country.

Politics

8 d. ago Popular capital city burger and shakes diners set to expand into West Lothian

The new venue will open in Bathgate town centre later this summer

Politics