Small village is left in disarray after explosive row erupts between councillors over who controls the parish website – sparking mass resignations, more than £100,000 of community funds on hold and a police probe The dispute in Spooner Row in triggered mass resignations by councillors The ongoing row means £102,000 of community funds remain unspent A small village has been

‘Our silent thoughts are nobody’s business’: Catholic woman who was twice arrested for silently praying near abortion clinic says she fears police are becoming ‘ideologically driven’ – as she vows to carry on doing it on a weekly basis A Catholic woman who was twice arrested for silently praying near an abortion clinic has said silent thoughts ‘are nobody’s business

Huge piles of rubbish are overflowing on the streets of east London as council workers go on two week-long bin strike Mounds of rotting rubbish is piling up in Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets Businesses paying £400 for rubbish collection and staff making trips to tip  Huge piles of rubbish are overflowing on the streets of east London as council workers

Calm before the storm: Britain braces for Storm Agnes as map shows where heavy rain and 80mph gale force winds will lash the country this week Wind warning in place from 10am Wednesday until 7am Thursday for much of UK The low pressure system could lead to ‘flying debris and damage to buildings’ Britain’s first named storm of the season

By Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie Senior journalist Annika Smethurst’s house was raided by police. Credit: Illustration: Matthew Absalom-Wong Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The public servant in charge of Australia’s internal security lobbied hard for the power to censor the media’s reporting of national security issues after

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The organisation that governs the Danish language is preparing to add gender-balanced words to the next edition of its dictionary, in a push for more equality through language that is playing out around the world. The official Danish spelling dictionary, the Retskrivningsordbogen, will