BBC News

Abi Chesterton spotted the disused cabin, "looking sorry for itself", on a dockside in Maryport, Cumbria, when on holiday in 2022.

A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in the 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain and reducing biodiversity.

Two years ago, Erin Cooper was 26 weeks pregnant and packing to go on holiday when she started bleeding. "I was terrified. In the back of my mind, I thought my baby was dead," she says. The intensive care nurse, from Bedfordshire, held an ambulance technician's hand the entire way …

A nature recovery project has had an amazing impact on wildlife, a group of volunteers have said.

Changes to grammar school entry tests in Gloucestershire are unlikely to stop children receiving private tutoring, parents say.

The organiser of a town's Pride event has praised the "support" of locals after facing abuse on social media.

A man whose twin died with prostate cancer has said the news that tens of thousands more black men will be invited to screening has come "three years too late" for his brother.

A woman was "capable of making rational judgements" when she strangled her elderly mother to death, a court has heard.

Staff at a confetti company were "screaming" and "happy dancing" when they realised popstar Dua Lipa used their petal confetti at her wedding.

As a young jobseeker, how can you stand out? Emily Huns, head of careers and entrepreneurship at the University of Sussex, advises young people to submit "fewer high-quality, authentic applications" rather than "identical, poorly researched" ones. "[Employers] don't want an AI-generated version of job applicants," she tells the BBC. "Human-centric …

Are you finding it hard to get a job? More than a MILLION young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training. These young people from Sussex told us how they've found it.

A farmer who had to spend £25,000 more this year on fertiliser due to the war in Iran has said people in his industry are feeling "despondent."

Calf triplets have been born on a Shropshire farm - a one in 100,000 chance, the National Farmers' Union estimates.

Young people in the South East have said being "ghosted" and rejected by employers has made them feel "lost" while seeking their first full-time jobs. UK job vacancies fell by 28,000 (3.9%) to 705,000 between February and April, the lowest in five years, latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates …

Tyler Fairman, 26, was one of five people struck by a Vauxhall Astra in Market Place, Arnold, on 9 May. He died in hospital three days later.

Mathias was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition aged 13, when she started losing her hair. For the next 17 years she kept her hair loss secret, using a series of wigs that irritated her scalp and often made her head bleed.During the Covid-19 pandemic, she found the confidence to leave …

Twenty cows have arrived in an urban nature reserve to carry out annual conservation grazing.

Several Metrolink tram services across Greater Manchester will see two weeks of disruption due to network upgrades from this weekend. The work will be taking place between Victoria and Rochdale between Saturday and Friday 29 May.

Beckett, from Leicestershire, lost his dad Nick in February from a suspected progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological condition which presents similar symptoms to Parkinson's.

A police officer fell into Bristol Harbour and drowned on what his friend described as "a normal night out", an inquest has heard.

The city is built on soft sandstone, making caves relatively easy to carve out, which led to many being used by private households and businesses throughout history.

A fire that killed an 81-year-old woman in Shrewsbury started because of an overheated phone battery, an inquest has heard.

A man who murdered a chef in Shrewsbury has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years.

A man with a number of physical and mental health conditions has begun a legal challenge in the High Court against a council's decision to remove his exemption from paying council tax.Andy Mitchell, from Taunton in Somerset, along with many others in the country, has recently been moved from "legacy" …

Archaeologists and volunteers unearthed the flint in Newtown Linford on Saturday and Sunday, with more digs planned later this year in Stanton-Under-Bardon, and Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves.

Their arrival marked the end of a 400-year absence of beavers in Shropshire - and the birth of the pair's kit that winter was another big milestone.

A friend of a woman killed in a house explosion has described her as a "truly lovely person" who was part of the local community.

The success of the Renters' Rights Act depends on long-term funding for councils to properly enforce the rules, housing campaigners have warned.

Alan Cook, 39, and Hannah Ali, 32, have camped at a park in Derby since November, having overcome their heroin addictions, which followed significant trauma.

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, Blaby District Council, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and Rutland County Council (RCC) started collections in either March or April.