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All dogs in England will need to be microchipped to help tackle the growing problem of strays roaming the streets, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson announced today.

Each year more than 100,000 dogs are dumped or lost at a cost of £57 million to the taxpayer and welfare charities.

The Government is bringing in compulsory microchipping for all dogs from 6th...

Acting BBC Director-General Tim Davie has announced plans to launch more free training days for women who have specialist or expert knowledge and who want to share it in TV and radio interviews and reports.

Following the success of the first ‘Expert Women Day’ that was held in London last month, four further events are now planned for Salford, Glasgow (which will host...

Work will be starting on Monday to create a new walking and cycling link between Paradise Road and Garfield Terrace.

The project, which has been developed in partnership between Plymouth City Council and Sustrans and supports the Plymotion initiative to improve walking and cycling links across the city, should be complete by the end of March.

All roads will be kept open for...

At around 9.20am on Saturday 12th January a dog walker found a female’s body on the beach at Westward Ho!, near to Golf Links Road.

Police were called and the body was initially taken to the lifeboat station.

Formal identification has not yet taken place though it is thought to be that of a 31-year-old woman who had been living in the area, although is not local to North...