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Santa Claus is coming to Sutton this Christmas

Santa’s Sleigh is an interactive experience where Santa visits roads all across the town for children to meet Santa at their doorstep instead of at a grotto. The experience will begin from 6pm, and residents will be able to use the Santa Tra

Royal Mail creates singing postboxes for Christmas in London

The postal service has created special festive postboxes that sing to customers. Appearing in London, the Royal Mail will also be popping up across Swansea, Glasgow and Belfast. The red and gold coloured postboxes, decorated with snowm

Drugs and weapons arrests in Widemarsh Street, Hereford

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Dogs sniff out dangerous Japanese Knotweed on M25

Known for its aggressive growth and resilience, Japanese knotweed can shoot to over 2.1m high, suppressing all other plant growth. National Highways called on three sniffer dogs – Fenix the Dutch Shepherd, Spaniels Nica, and Nettle – to ro

TfL announces ‘no service' on certain London buses

The strike by RATP Dev Transit and TfL has announced that routes 13, 23, 28, 218, 295, 414, 452, and N28 will be affected. From 5am on strike days little or no service is expected on the affected routes, including night services. A normal

Leominster's community bakery plan takes step closer

The move comes in the wake of the advertised sale of the Central Bakery, Leominster's only independent bakery, which has prompted the LARC Development Trust, formerly the Leominster Area Regeneration Company, to step in. A meeting last night (

All of the south London criminals wanted on recall to prison

Their photos and information have been shared across various X, or Twitter, accounts run by the Metropolitan Police. Two men are wanted on recall to prison who were last seen in Croydon, Lee Randall and Andrew Mohamed. There are also two c

Best streets to live on in London named by the Telegraph

But now the best 50 in the UK have officially been named and six London streets have made the list. The list was created by The Telegraph alongside estate agent Knight Frank, who looked at the difference between house prices on the streets co

Whole Moo World milk vending machine, Hereford, vandalised

Officer tasered girl twice out of fear in south west London

Pc Jonathan Broadhead fired his Taser at the youngster twice within “approximately eight seconds” of entering her home in south-west London on January 21 2021, after her mother called 999. He is accused of using force “which was not nece

The Academic Ascent | Mayank Kalra, Hampton School

Many things have already changed when you step through those school doors on the other side of that final GCSE Summer. Independence is a large part of the Sixth Form, with an increased emphasis being placed on self-directed learning. Unlike t

Pines and Needles open Christmas tree stores in south London

Pines and Needles has been creating Christmas magic in homes across Britain for more than 20 years. On Thursday (November 23) the business welcomed festive shoppers at its seasonal cabins in Wimbledon, Battersea Park, Brockwell Park and Cry

Madness at Ludlow Castle in 2024: how to get tickets

The ska-pop legends will be playing at the castle on July 27 and will be supported by the indie rock band the Zutons. The announcement comes after the venue confirmed its first act for the 2024 summer line-up as Anne-Marie, who will play on Ju

Drink spiking in London has quadrupled over last five years

Met Police data shows that while there were 497 offences related to drink spiking in the capital in 2018, the number had risen more than 300 per cent, to 2,066 offences, by 2022. Data for 2023, which runs up to the end of October, states that

Beefy Boys and Alfie McDonald at Ross-on-Wye Christmas lights

Two-year-old Alfie McDonald switched on Ross-on-Wye's Christmas lights today (November 26), as huge crowds filled the area around the marketplace and all the way down Broad Street. Alfie was chosen to switch on the lights after his diffic