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Confusion over 'Britain's shortest cycle lane' that is barely the length of a bike

Baffled locals have branded the tiny markings, that would take around a second to ride along it, as 'stupid' and 'useless'

Daily Mirror

Council blasted for installing tiny cycle lane barely the length of a bike

Locals brand new cycle lane ‘bizarre’ and ‘a waste of money’

The Independent UK

Pensioner racks up £42,000 in library late fees after returning book 58 YEARS too late

David Hickman, who was born and raised in Dudley, was just 17 when he borrowed ‘The Law for Motorists’ from the library in 1964 and returned it 58 years later

Daily Mirror

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Police investigate as binman dies on job in 'incident involving refuse collection lorry'

Police in Coventry are investigating the circumstances of a 'deeply distressing' incident after a bin man tragically died while carrying out collections this morning

Daily Mirror

‘It will scare the kids’: Locals hit out at council’s spend on ‘awful’ King Charles mural

The street art was erected on hoardings in Northampton town centre to mark the beginning of the reign of King Charles III

The Independent UK

UK town builds enormous wall around River Severn to hold back flood waters in heavy rain

Flood barriers have been erected in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and other towns across the country as heavy rain is predicted for Tuesday and river levels remain high

Daily Mirror

‘We’re striking to save it’: Meet the picket line paramedics warning ambulance service at ‘breaking point’

Striking NHS workers accuses goverment of having ‘hollowed out’ the health service

The Independent UK

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Hundreds at third vigil for boys killed in frozen lake tragedy as candles lit in memory

A third vigil has been held in Birmingham for the four boys who tragically died after falling through the ice on a frozen lake, with hundreds turning out to mourn the youngsters

Daily Mirror

Mother killed alongside her two young children in Northants was NHS staff nurse

A 52-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of murder as forensic teams examined the victims’ property.

The Independent UK

Kettering ‘triple murder’: Tributes paid to ‘loved’ NHS nurse found dead with her children

Head teacher praises ‘delightful, caring’ youngsters as police quiz man arrested ‘covered in blood’

The Independent UK

Pharmacists handed new powers to use alternative types of penicillin for Strep A outbreak

The government has given out Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for three penicillin medicines, which can be used by pharmacists if they don't happen to have the exact formulation on the prescription

Daily Mirror

Four boys who died falling into Solihull lake are pictured as families pay tribute

Two brothers - six-year-old Samuel Butler and eight-year old Finlay Butler - their 11-year-old cousin Thomas Stewart and Jack Johnson, 10, tragically died after plunging into the frozen lake in Solihull on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Fundraisers for families of 3 boys who died in frozen lake days before Christmas

The three youngsters - Jack Johnson, 10, an 11-year-old named locally as Thomas and an eight-year-old - died after falling through the icy waters of Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Solihull cop tried to 'punch through ice' to reach boys who died after falling in lake

Superintendent Richard Harris of West Midlands Police said officers had rushed into the icy water "without regard for their own wellbeing" as the tragedy unfolded on Sunday

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Pharmacist begs government for Strep A drugs as he's 'never seen this shortage' before

Amo Sohal, who owns Kitsons Pharmacy in Worcester, says the spike in Strep A cases has led to soaring demand for penicillin and amoxicillin. He is calling for the Government to help

Daily Mirror

Dad whose wife and daughters died in flat fire condemns 'cruel crime against my family'

Police have launched a triple murder probe following the fatal fire, which tore through a flat in Fairisle Close, Clifton, Nottingham at 3.17am on Sunday.

Daily Record

Young mum dies two days after fatal house fire that killed her two babies

Fatoumatta Hydara was put on life support at Queen's Medical Centre two days after her two children, Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh, aged one and three died from the blaze which broke out on November 20.

The Independent UK

Former royal staff member says Prince Andrew was ‘always most troublesome’

Evelyn Muir-Bell, 103, worked for the Royal Household in Windsor Castle for 20 years

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'Prince Andrew was always in trouble' says oldest living member of royal staff

Evelyn Muir-Bell worked for the Royal Household in Windsor Castle for 20 years

Daily Mirror

Homeowners build 2-floor building without planning permission and refuse to take it down

Planning chiefs allowed Madam Pal Singh to erect a single-storey garage at his semi-detached home in 2019. But authorities gave them until July to demolish the new building after an appeal was lost

Daily Mirror

Man who built detached house instead of garage on his driveway is ordered to tear it down

The resident claimed that the differences between what he was given permission to build - a single storey garage - and what he built - a two-storey home - were only "minor"

Daily Mirror

'Britain's dullest man' creates calendar for 2023 - celebrating the nation's car parks

Kevin Beresford - Britain's self-professed 'dullest man' - travelled the length and width of the UK to find the best car parks and compile them into a 2023 calendar

Daily Mirror

Woman bullied as a child gets own back as she's crowned first ginger Miss England

Jessica Gagen has got her own back on bullies who cruelly teased her when she was younger for her red hair as she makes history by being crowned the first ginger Miss England

Daily Mirror

Man found with fatal stab wounds in crashed car - police probe murder

Richard Hopley died in hospital after he was found in a car which had crashed in Metchley Lane, in Birmingham, suffering from stab wounds

Daily Mirror

Crossbow man barricades himself in as siege enters THIRD day and police buy McDonald's

The continuing siege in Tamworth has entered its third day with a man thought to have a crossbow refusing to leave the property as officers continue to try and engage with him

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