The Liberal Democrats have released figures showing that up to 2,500 English Primary Schools are at risk from Government policies which oblige local authorities to close schools with surplus places - often in rural areas. Kent is one of the worst hit areas in the country, with 87 schools at risk.
Conservative run Hythe Town Council decided on Thursday evening, at its Full Council meeting, to amend its 'fees and charges' and make Allotment Holders fork out an extra £2 per perch.
A major crackdown on the fraudulent use of disabled parking badges in a Sussex city has started. Police and parking attendants will be mounting patrols across the Brighton throughout February to target the illegal use of blue badges.
Supermarket Asda is to penalise motorists without a blue badge who park in spaces for disabled drivers.
A man with learning difficulties needed hospital treatment after being taunted and assaulted by a group of up to 15 children at Newbury train station.
Researchers have suggested that anti-TNF drug etanercept is safe and effective at treating patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Italian scientists from Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova published the results of their study in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.