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Plans to make it easier for English local authorities to abolish outdated by-laws, and create new ones, will be outlined later by the government.

Private toll roads are not a cost-effective answer to traffic problems, the government is warned by transport campaigners.

Big cash incentives should be offered to people living in areas of England where developers want to build new homes, a centre-right think tank suggests.

Art makes money but when does money make art?

The family of late charity fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson have arrived back in Leeds after a 2,500-mile cycle ride from Istanbul.

A Bahrain-based company run by the man behind a £300m takeover bid of Blackburn Rovers has been instructed to cease trading by Bahrain authorities.

A Bahrain-based company run by the man behind a £300m takeover bid of Blackburn Rovers has been instructed to cease trading by Bahrain authorities.

Two officers and a protester are injured when violence breaks out at an anti-fascist demonstration in Brighton, police say.

Two officers and a protester are injured when violence breaks out at an anti-fascist demonstration in Brighton, police say.

A man is airlifted to hospital after he "partially amputates" his thumb while laying decking in the garden of his Tamworth home.

Publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary reveal the third edition of its reference guide may never appear in print.

Norwich City footballer Chris Martin is arrested and charged with common assault.

Swimmers are safe to go into the River Plym and the sea off the Hoe following a sewage spill.

A car crashes through the front door of a house in Nottingham, stopping "about a foot" from the occupants.

A fisherman finds the body of a woman, believed to be aged in her 70s, in a lake at a South Yorkshire park.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie is sidelined for "at least a few weeks" by an ankle injury, according to the Dutch Football Association.

Notting Hill Carnival draws to a close with revellers enjoying a late spell of sunshine.

A major search is under way for a woman kayaker from Shropshire who is missing off the coast of north Wales.

A man dies in a "crushing" accident involving a lorry at the Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe, the second death at the plant in four months.

A man dies in a "crushing" accident involving a lorry at the Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe, the second death at the plant in four months.