Business rates will be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April next year, Downing Street has announced. The discount will apply to nearly 32,000 hospitality ...

The 78-year-old Reform UK spokeswoman and former Tory minister was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon on July 9.

Actor Iain Robertson is due to be sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of raping one woman and assaulting others. The former River City star was convicted last month of a total of five ...

An MP is demanding answers from Thames Water following a second summer of hosepipe bans. Sarah Gibson, Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham, has written to Chris Weston, chief executive of Thames Water, ...

A special offer on rail travel has been introduced by Great Western Railway in time for the school holidays. The £49 return travel for families has been launched in time for summer day trips by train.

Two play parks have been transferred to Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council ownership. The areas near Country Park Way, Woodshaw Meadow, and near Windmill Road have been transferred from Wain Homes.

A public emergency bleed kit has been installed in Royal Wootton Bassett. The kit, following a resolution passed by Councillors at the Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council Full Council meeting for ...

The UK has withdrawn remaining diplomatic staff from Iran as the conflict with the US continued to escalate with a 12th night of airstrikes. A statement on the Foreign Office (FCDO) website said: “Due ...

Irish premier Micheál Martin is to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday as pressure mounts on Ireland over alumina exports. The two leaders are expected to discuss Russia’s ...

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney hit out at the ‘hypocrisy’ of the expected appointment earlier on Wednesday.

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has revealed the band initially wanted to “give away” their hit song America, which would become their first and only number one single.