Karen Merritt, 69, is retiring after 35 years of working at the village shop in Bere Regis (Image: Andy Jones) Speaking to the Echo, she said: "I am going to miss working and I am going to miss the ...

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 27 December https://t.co/EuA2NgKsTT pic.twitter.com/ZeK8loQF1D The Daily Mirror concentrates on two women who died in Milton ...

Derek Davey has been rescuing gulls for more than 25 years, and whilst eating his Christmas dinner this year he received a phone call which caused him to leap straight back into action.

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

The National Trust’s review of the year’s wildlife and weather sees past drought give way to wet, mild conditions in 2024.

The fund aims to help charities that redistribute food but often lack the means to collect it from farms and get it to those who need it. They could use the money to buy new equip ...

Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show. On April 27 2003, then-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams gave a lengthy address on the ...

A man in his 30s has given his stem cells twice in the space of a decade to help save the lives of two people, becoming one of just 0.7% of donors to do so. Brad Green, from Sheffield, was inspired to ...

BUSINESSES were forced to shut and families had to eat their dinner by candlelight after a major power cut hit Weymouth town centre on Christmas Day.

NHS Blood and Transplant said the organs were provided by 11 donors after death and included a heart, lungs, kidneys, livers, pancreas and bowel.

Record-breaking adventurer Preet Chandi, 36, of Derby, wants to set off in March and hopes to complete the trek in around 70 days.