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How the Mendips helped fool the Nazis with 'top secret' operation
BBC News· 12 hours agoHidden at the top of the Mendip Hills are the remains of a top secret 'city' from World War Two....
'I've been running polling stations for 41 years'
BBC News· 12 hours agoA man who has been in charge of polling stations in Nottinghamshire for more than 40 years says he has no plans to stop any time soon. "I've been...
Nottinghamshire power station's final coal delivery arrives
BBC News· 12 hours agoA power station's final order of coal has arrived by rail, marking the end of an era for the site, and bringing a new name to the locomotive pulling the load. Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire ...
Rothley: Village polling station moved to new location
BBC News· 12 hours agoA polling station in Leicestershire has had to be moved ahead of the upcoming general election....
New play project at Leicestershire libraries rolled out
BBC News· 12 hours agoA scheme offering free play support for families and young children in Leicestershire has been...
'My addiction wanted me dead - I thought nobody else felt the way I did'
BBC News· 13 hours agoA student who was drinking more than a litre of vodka every day has described how his life was...
'Pride of fleet' heritage locomotive celebrates 30 years' service
BBC News· 13 hours agoA volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of their diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in...
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford given family tree offer
BBC News· 13 hours agoPickford's House museum in Derby has offered to trace the family tree of its England goalkeeper namesake in exchange for delivering Euro 2024 glory. Dr Alex Rock, Derby Museums operations director ...
Newspaper headlines: Princess Anne drama and Glastonbury madness
BBC News· 13 hours agoHeadlines on local websites and newspapers in the West of England have been dominated largely by...
Bereaved families hold Bristol rally to call for drug law change
BBC News· 13 hours agoThousands of homemade flowers have been left on a city centre green space this week by bereaved...