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The vast majority of local authorities in England generate a surplus from their parking charges according to figures analysed by the RAC Foundation .

The motoring research charity's data from 2011-12 shows English councils had a total current account surplus of £565 million from their on and off street parking operations.

This figure is a £54 million increase on the £511...

The London Fire Brigade said today that the number of incidents involving people being stuck or trapped in objects like handcuffs and toilet seats has risen over the last three years. The new figures have prompted calls from fire chiefs for people to think carefully before dialling 999.

The Brigade has attended over 1,300 incidents involving people being trapped or stuck, often in...

Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30 per cent in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating the disease, according to figures published by Cancer Research UK.

These latest figures show that more than 96 per cent of men now survive testicular cancer in the UK, compared with less than 70 per cent in the 1970s. These improvements are largely thanks to the drug...

At an event at Jane Austen’s House Museum today, Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, confirmed that Jane Austen will appear on a forthcoming Bank of England banknote: the next new character following Sir Winston Churchill.

Commenting, the Governor said: “Jane Austen certainly merits a place in the select group of historical figures to appear on our banknotes. Her novels have an...