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Residents of two Queen's Park streets in north-west London say HS2 tunnelling that began in August has caused their Victorian homes to sink and crack.

A Wandsworth resident asks why their council tax will rise by £1,171 next year, which the council attributes to cuts in the borough's funding, and whether it can be challenged.

Chichester residents report concern over rising racist and homophobic abuse after members of a theatre cast were targeted, including an actor's reported experience.

A Labour councillor in Colchester, Essex, accused private security guards hired to monitor asylum seekers of overstepping by detaining two teenage girls over alleged shoplifting.

York attraction visitor numbers fell 17% in the first half of the year, with parking costs, hen parties and crowding cited, as the council raised parking prices.

Changes to who decides planning applications in England take effect next week, with one councillor warning the new rules reduce democratic oversight.

Wichita police said the woman accused of killing two people by driving onto a Kansas soccer field was not an illegal immigrant and had no criminal record.

UK local authorities are being encouraged to use new powers allowing £100 fines for playing music, vaping or littering on buses.

A Daily Mail reporter joins Metropolitan Police drone operators, as the force credits drones with helping cut London mobile phone thefts by 21 per cent in a year.

Growing piles of discarded fridges containing toxic gases and oils are straining UK councils, which lack a clear solution for disposing of them.

New York City has accused online car marketplace CarGurus of misleading consumers about vehicle prices listed by dealerships.

Sports presenter Jake Humphrey has criticised proposals for the Norwich Apex Data Centre, an AI facility planned near a nature reserve in Keswick, Norfolk.

Labour is reviewing local council power-sharing arrangements with the Greens and may end them unless local Green parties reject a 'Zionism is racism' conference motion within a week.

Protests broke out in Austin, Texas, after a white woman who recently moved into a historically Black neighborhood told HBCU students to stop parking outside her home.

Timothy Miller, 76, wore a burqa to Portsmouth Magistrates' Court to deny charges of concealing his identity by wearing one at a protest last month.

London's travel watchdog found crime victims on the capital's public transport often don't report incidents, citing indifferent staff and a fragmented, confusing reporting system.