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A woman who accused a former Britain's Got Talent contestant of rape has denied plotting with another alleged victim to get a "victory" over him. Andrew Johnston, from Carlisle, competed …

A new exhibition is exploring loss and changing landscapes following the demise of the mining industry. Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike is a three-part display …

A man who tore down walls to throw bricks at police during a riot in Southport has been jailed. Nicholas Mullen, of Kingsley Avenue, Wigan, was seen on CCTV throwing …

Two men have been convicted of chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree, which once stood in a dip next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. It was an incredibly popular landmark, …

France will build a new high-security prison in its overseas territory of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists, the country's justice minister announced during a visit to …

A man and a business have been charged in relation to an enormous fly-tipping incident in Staffordshire in January. The large-scale dumping blocked Watery Lane in Lichfield with a mound …

Proposals for a warehouse scheme have been rejected by councillors – although a final decision will not be made until after a planning inquiry. Equites Newlands (Thrapston East) wants to …

Hundreds of farmers will open their gates this weekend as part of an event designed to showcase the world of farming to the wider public. Open Farm Sunday is organised …

Funding for a carbon capture project in Aberdeenshire is expected to be announced in the UK government's spending review, BBC Scotland News understands. The Acorn Project based in St Fergus …

An Afghan refugee says she hopes to give a voice to women in her home country still living under the Taliban regime. Masuma Anwari's work once lined the walls of …