Darren Lucas was returning to his home in Abergavenny, Wales, when he said he tripped over a 10ft-long pothole and hit his head on the concrete.

Andrew Ewart-James, 78, bought Home Farm in the Gloucestershire village of South Woodchester in 1977 – and now opens his door to be confronted with scaffolding.

Shocking video footage has emerged showing the moment a rubbish truck full of waste exploded in a London binman’s face after an empty gas bottle was crushed and blew up.

Horrified city councillors announced the u-turn after it emerged that £33.50-a-day charges had driven visitors away from Brighton leaving a £1.16m deficit in the council’s coffers.

The derelict Clune Park in Port Glasgow has been almost entirely abandoned since 1997.

Jeremy Clarkson has persuaded council chiefs to stump up £100,000 to improve roads and footpaths near his new pub ahead of its grand opening this weekend

The NSW Liberal Party has made a desperate move to stop a potentially disastrous outcome in upcoming council elections after missing a nomination deadline for candidates.

The Welsh-speaking heartland of Gwynedd in North Wales is a popular tourist spot where more than six per cent of properties are second homes.

Barry Howard, 75,, from Costessey in Norfolk accidentally drowned in his Toyota Yaris after entering a swollen ford at the River Tas in Shotesham, last December.

A lifeguard and the council he worked for were today found guilty of the manslaughter of a British schoolgirl who drowned during a school trip to France.