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Mayors will be able to introduce tourist taxes across England, the government has announced.

A man has been arrested in connection with the large-scale illegal tipping of waste in Oxfordshire, police have said.

The British Army has paused the use of its new Ajax armoured fighting vehicles after "around 30" soldiers suffered vibration and hearing problems following a training exercise at the weekend.

Multiple London councils have been hit by a cyber attack, with the potential for residents' data to have been compromised.

An Albanian man has been found guilty of chasing a police officer with a chainsaw in an attempt to murder him.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was shot in Sheffield, police said.

Ministers have been briefed on major curbs to the jury service which could see juries only used to decide on cases of murder, rape or manslaughter, Sky News understands.

Heathrow's £33bn proposal for a third runway has been chosen as the plan to expand the airport, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced.

An Inverness primary school has cancelled its Christmas show after being targeted with "racist and abusive messages" online.

The children of murdered Muriel McKay have lost their bid to radar scan a garden where they believe she is buried.