6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (400+ words) Conservationists who have helped reintroduce a butterfly back into England have been awarded £150,000 to expand the project over the next three years. In total, 46 Chequered Skippers were released into Rockingham Forest close to Corby, Northamptonshire, in May, using a donor…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (541+ words) Transport campaigners in the South are urging the prime minister to visit the region to see for himself how rural areas are struggling with limited bus services. Susan Dorsett is leader of Hampshire-based group the Knightwood Valley Park Campaigners, and…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1085+ words) Becky Jones was just 21 when she was told she had a terminal brain tumour and months to live. She had not long met her partner and dreamed of a career in policing, but suddenly the future was looking bleak. Now…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1011+ words) Bill Lewis describes life on the streets as lonely, destitute and tough. That is, in part, why he is sceptical about whether the prime minister will succeed in ending rough sleeping. "I doubt that's going to happen," he reflects. Andy…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (276+ words) A driver had his Volkswagen car seized for trying to block a road at an illegal car cruise. Leicestershire Police said it had received intelligence that a large group was planning to gather in Castle Donington on Saturday night which…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (272+ words) Two wildlife visitor centres run by a charity are to close, with one being turned into an education space and the other being upgraded. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire said the Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre at Rushden…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (393+ words) Equal rights have been fought for in many different ways across the world, and sometimes those battles against discrimination have taken a quiet, subtle form. An exhibition about how cartoons and textiles have been used for gentle protest has opened…...