Staff at the Magnus Church of England Academy in Newark, Nottinghamshire, turned children away on their first day back because pupils had broken their new school uniform rules.

The Forestry Commission has scrapped a loophole allowing individuals to gather up to 1.5kg of mushrooms at a time for personal consumption in the Hampshire park.

The Police Federation believes that those with tattoos on their necks, hands and even faces should be able to join up.

Binmen are being physically abused in record numbers by homeowners infuriated with complex recycling rules and restrictive rubbish quotas.

The Conseil d'Etat gave the ruling after a human rights group said the ban contravenes with civil liberties.

Hundreds of thousands of tons of recycling sorted by households are being sent to landfill or incinerators. In some areas, as much as 15 per cent of the rubbish separated for recycling is rejected.

Dentists are needlessly extracting thousands of patients’ teeth because it is quicker and easier than more complex procedures such as performing a root canal.

A court heard Kirsty Cahill, 33, was still at school when she met property developer, Stephen George Farrer, 53, of Canterbury, and was both ‘besotted by’ and wholly dependent on him.

The Republican convention floor erupts in chaos after GOP leaders shut down anti-Trump delegates.

The Pemberton family, who own Trumpington Hall near Cambridge, won approval for the changes – meaning any future gay partner will have a life interest in the estate after their spouse’s death.