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Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but kept collapsing on shoots. "It was really embarrassing and I couldn't do it anymore," she says.From the age of 13, when she started her periods, she was plagued by excruciating pain but she was …

At a time of intense demand for housing, the number of long-term empty homes in Bristol and surrounding areas is on the rise.

Forty eight young curlews are being released back into their natural habitat as part of efforts to protect the species.

Operation Gnome, as it is called, is part of work to attract more business and tourism to their "gnome-town" of Whitchurch.

He said it had been a "truly remarkable collective effort", also thanking Andy Burnham MP and Ian Byrne MP "for their unwavering support throughout", as well as his fellow directors of the Hillsborough Law Now campaign "especially Pete Weatherby KC, whose relentless determination to ensure this legislation remained true to …

Brody Leach from Shrewsbury was last seen by friends at 03:54 BST on 26 June, close to the town's Porthill Bridge.

Barry Panter, 75, died two days after the crash on 13 February 2025.

Angry residents who were evacuated from a structurally unsafe tower block have slammed a review into the incident as "not for them".

The partner of a convicted sex offender with a history of drugging and sexually assaulting women was found dead in his home after an overdose of alcohol and sleeping tablets, an inquest heard.

"One of the nurses in Greece said it is like a pandemic there every year, with all these young people seriously injured on quad bikes. "

A woman raped when she was 16 by her acting tutor, who had a role on the Netflix show Sex Education, said he made her feel dirty and ruined her dream of acting. Oliwia Wudarowicz, who has waived her right to anonymity, began having acting lessons from Alexander Westwood in …

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.

If the squad makes it through to the round of 16 after facing DR Congo later, they will play in Mexico City on 6 July at 01:00 BST.

Earlier this month, Johnson referred the question of whether Menon should face contempt of court proceedings to another judge, Justice Nicklin. A court order published on Tuesday said Nicklin believed there was enough evidence to suggest Menon may have acted in contempt of court and it was in the public …

A story I covered alongside political reporter, Dan Martin at BBC Radio Leicester. This resulted in my first ever BBC byline!

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.

In 2021, soon after giving birth to her son, William - now four years old - Jennifer discovered he had inherited DEB when a bath caused the skin on his leg to tear away the day before he was set to have his baby pictures taken.

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.