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Actor guilty of assault the day after jail release

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Church earns gold award for eco efforts

New bus timetable changes rolled out

Nissan supplier factory pledges more than 180 jobs

Personal data stolen in cyber-attack on council

Man jailed over barber shop petrol attack

New A1 bridge found to have defects

Appeal for relatives to unlock graveyard's secrets

SEND hub made permanent amid new school delays

'I go to bed because I can't afford the heating'

Cocaine dealer hid drugs and £31k in hotel ceiling

Woman stole card and £800 from good Samaritan OAP

Decision due on special educational needs hub

Man seriously injured in hit and run

Campaigners say rail timetable 'bad for region'

Plain clothes police target festive shoplifters

'Intimidating' youths spark town dispersal order

Cannabis farmer was 'paying back people smugglers'

Ex-mineworker calls for share of pension surplus

The punk hit that nearly topped Christmas charts

Three teenagers guilty of man's murder

Kingfisher bank built after nest washed away