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The new leader of Ashfield District Council has been revealed after its former boss was found guilty of fraud and tax evasion offences.

New plans for Mansfield Connect have been submitted for planning approval.  

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library will mark the 60th anniversary of its opening with a special event on Thursday.

Two weeks on from the launch of Ashfield's Operation Nexus, officers have continued their proactive crackdown on antisocial behaviour (ASB).

A new partner is being sought to design and build the A46 Newark Bypass scheme, just months after the Government said it wanted to cancel it.

Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision are appealing for a witness to come forward.

Patients are calling on health bosses to reconsider plans to close the hydrotherapy pool at King’s Mill Hospital.

An offender who repeatedly stabbed a man with a drill bit has been jailed.

Mansfield Town’s Sky Bet League One match at home to Leyton Orient on Saturday 26 September has been postponed.

A baby girl whose body was found on a shoreline in North Wales may have been in the water for weeks, police have said.

A former prep school teacher has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of gross indecency against a boy she tutored.

A burglar has been sentenced to 18 years in jail, with a further five years on licence, for the manslaughter of a pensioner whose house he broke into.

A British man who has been detained in India for nearly nine years without conviction has been released on bail, according to human rights organisation Reprieve.

Two senior executives at different top-level Premier League clubs have told Sky Sports News they would be "staggered" and "amazed" if 15 clubs were prepared to vote to expel Manchester City from the league, with such a move akin to a "self-inflicted commercial disaster".

Pep Guardiola has posted a message of support to Manchester City's players, staff, fans and ownership saying: "We will get through this together. I love you all."

Lewis Hamilton has launched an impassioned defence of Frederic Vasseur as Ferrari's team principal and suggested he would like to instead see other structural changes at the team.

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua taunted each other about the fight negotiations at a raucous first press conference in London.

Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, her family has said in a statement.

Naomi Campbell has overturned a ban on her being a charity trustee after a tribunal ruled she had been "deceived".

A set of unheard archive Oasis recordings have been pulled from sale after the band filed legal proceedings against a former sound engineer, his son and the auction house.

The BBC licence fee should be reformed so it is no longer "linked to a TV" and coupled with a price drop, MPs have recommended.

A British man who has been detained in India for nearly nine years without conviction has been released on bail, according to human rights organisation Reprieve.

Glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a "devasting year" marked by intense heatwaves and low snowfall, according to a study.

A UK-French pilot scheme known as "one in, one out," set up to cut the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, has been scrapped.

A court in Paris has found six men guilty of manslaughter in connection with the deadliest small boat Channel crossing.

John Healey, the chancellor, has summoned the bosses of Britain's biggest banks for a pre-budget summit amid industry expectations of a tax raid later this month.

Goldman Sachs is committing up to £500m in funding to a specialist SME housebuilding lender in the wake of figures casting fresh doubt on the likelihood of the government achieving its new homes target during this parliament.

Ministers have awarded a seven-figure contract to scrutinise Tata Steel's request for hundreds of millions of pounds of extra taxpayer funding amid doubts over the timetable for constructing a new electric arc furnace (EAF) in South Wales.

Ted Baker, one of Britain’s best-known fashion brands, is staging a high street comeback more than two years after its remaining standalone stores shut their doors for the last time.

Ex-Premier League player Andros Townsend has laughed off an incident that saw him run over by a pitch roller.

AI videos of fruit and vegetable characters unleashing gory violence are spreading extremist ideas and helping normalise graphic violence, researchers claim.

A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.

Two drivers of Mercedes-AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company after they allegedly suffered burn injuries from the AMG logo on their driver's seat.