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Councils are ignoring explicit instructions to approve planning projects from ministers - as the scale and cost of their resistance to development is revealed for the first time.

Some 40% of people in the UK believe the country will be at war within five years, and more than two-thirds fear they would be unable to cope in a conflict, according to a new poll.

A coroner has called for action after the death of baby Madison Bruce Smith, who died after he was placed in an "unsafe sleeping position" in his cot by an unregulated maternity nurse.

Police are investigating whether an Islamist group with possible links to Iran is behind an arson attack on a Jewish ambulance service in north London.

England has recovered from drought after four months of above average rainfall, but officials are concerned about future dry spells.

A Nazi-obsessed teenager who launched a far-right axe attack on a random stranger has pleaded guilty to attempted murder.

It is "outrageous" that a convicted fraudster tracked down by Sky News in Tenerife is still on the run, the Speaker of the House of Commons has said.

HS2 trains could run at slower speeds than originally planned as part of a drive to keep the costs of the major rail project down.

An Iranian man who was charged after allegedly attempting to enter the UK's nuclear submarine base has been released from custody pending further inquiries, the Crown Office has confirmed.

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