A man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries and a woman was arrested on suspicion of driving offences.

About 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is also home to wineries.

The motorist was handed a fine of 900 euros (£784), stripped of two points from his driver’s licence and banned from driving for three months.

Leading alcohol health experts urged the UK Government to take steps to “protect the public”, including the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) – a policy which sets the lowest price an ...

Irish president Michael D Higgins has welcomed the Princess Royal to his official residence in Dublin. Anne is visiting Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in what has been described as “a ...

A large number of police officers have been seen on the bridge according to an eye-witness. They also saw two police cars and police van. It is not yet known what the incident is but Dorset Police ...

A business director accused of dumping 27 tonnes of waste which blocked off access to homes and businesses on a country lane has denied all the allegations against him. Darren Sheen, 40, entered not ...