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Police have asked people visiting a moorland nature reserve to park carefully after 999 crews were unable to reach a member of the public who had called for help

Staffordshire Moorlands Police issued an appeal on Facebook urging the public to park appropriately after an incident at the Roaches in Upper Hulme, Staffordshire.

The force did not share what the nature of the incident was.

A police spokesperson said: "The Roaches is a lovely place to visit and to enjoy its beautiful scenery. However, we are asking people to park in accordance with the parking regulations and to park in appropriate areas.

"This is because emergency services were unable to reach a member of the public who had called for assistance due to the amount of poorly parked cars.

"We want people to enjoy the Moorlands but to do so respectfully and responsibly."

Similar issues were reported earlier this year in the Peak District, when "selfish parking" blocked gritting lorries and emergency services trying to respond to an injured walker.

Over half of the drinks purchased in 10 pubs were short measures, a council's trading standards team has found.

Officers from Oxfordshire County Council posed as members of the public at a number of venues across the county in February and March.

The inspections aimed to ensure pubs were complying with laws on serving alcoholic beverages.

The team found that of the drinks ordered, 12 of 16 glasses of wine, no pints of beer, and one of two shots of whisky were less than the legally required amounts.

The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 mandates that establishments selling alcoholic beverages must serve them in specified measurements.

These include half pint and pint for beer, 125ml, 175ml, or 250ml for wine, and 25ml for spirits.

The council said the average cost of a 175ml glass of wine purchased had been £7.05, and 2.2% short of a full glass, resulting in a potential loss to the consumer of up to 15p.

It added that one glass of wine purchased had been under by 13ml, meaning a potential loss of as much as 52p to the customer.

Jody Kerman, head of trading standards, said the inspection "showed that customers could be losing out if it's not served correctly".

"Ensuring that every pint of beer and glass of wine served in Oxfordshire pubs meets the required standards is crucial for maintaining customer trust and satisfaction," he said.

"Our trading standards team is committed to making sure residents get exactly what they pay for."

The council said businesses that had served short measures had been provided with guidance, and new measuring equipment had been obtained where necessary.

A climber who fell 15m (50ft) on a mountain on the Isle of Skye has been rescued after suffering multiple injuries.

Skye Mountain Rescue said the incident happened on Tuesday on the north-west ridge of Sgùrr nan Eag, a 924m (3,000ft) munro in the Cuillin range.

A coastguard helicopter carried 10 team members part way up the hill before the rescuers continued on foot to reach the casualty.

The man was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and has since been discharged.

The rescue team said they had responded to almost 20 call-outs in May.

A woman sent a letter to herself to highlight the postal delays that had affected her area.

Rachel Burns, from Wigmore in Luton, said she sent a first class letter on 4 April and received it on 15 April.

The 57-year-old said residents had one delivery in March and three deliveries so far in April.

A Royal Mail spokesperson responded: "Due to resourcing challenges, deliveries were impacted in March but have since improved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Ms Burns said some people had missed hospital appointments due to delays.

"It's not good, especially when you pay all that money and it does not arrive."

Fellow Wigmore resident Jo Bottrill, 54, said she and residents had experienced slower postal deliveries since last summer.

She said the £1.70 cost of first class stamps was "extortionate".

Neil Kidwell from the Communication Workers Union said: "I have spoken to the local CWU representative who said they haven't got a designated postman and it is a case of managing a really poor situation."

He continued: "There are huge challenges nationally and locally.

"In general there is a massive shortfall in resourcing across the country."

In December, Royal Mail was fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail.

At the time, Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services said it had carried out "substantial" reforms to try to deliver improvements.

The company announced plans in 2022 to cut 10,000 jobs following ongoing strike action and financial losses.

A Greek takeaway in Leeds city centre has been refused permission to serve food into the early hours because of "serious concerns" over crime and public disorder in the area.

Apollonis, on Duncan Street, faced objections from police and the council over its application to open until 04:00 BST on Fridays and Saturdays and 02:00 BST Sunday to Thursday.

The venue, run by Apollonis Greek Food Gyros Ltd,  is in a Cumulative Impact Area designated by the council as suffering from high levels of alcohol-related crime.

PC Andy Clifford told Leeds City Council's licensing sub-committee hearing that they were seeking an "an outright refusal of the licence".

A licensing report stated that the area was designated as a "red zone" which meant it was "considered highly saturated and experiences particularly high levels of crime, disorder or nuisance."

Susan Duckworth, the council's principal licensing officer, said her department had been trying to help the venue operators apply for the licence.

But despite concerns over alcohol-related disorder in the area, they had not shown how they would manage crowds or drunk customers, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Mrs Duckworth said: "I really strongly feel they would not be capable of organising their business in a way that would help with the problems we have with nuisance and disorder in that part of the city."

Councillors unanimously voted to reject the licence application after deciding to proceed in the venue operators' absence.

Work to replace tram tracks in Sheffield will get under way this bank holiday weekend, and run through the half-term holiday.

Passengers are warned to expect disruption to services from Saturday until Friday 30 May.

The work at Langsett Road in Hillsborough will affect Blue and Yellow routes between Malin Bridge/Middlewood and Cathedral.

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) said the work would lead to quieter and smoother journeys.

The tram stops out of action during the work are: City Hall, West Street, the University of Sheffield, Netherthorpe Road, Shalesmoor for Kelham Island, Infirmary Road, Langsett/Primrose View, Bamforth Street, Hillsborough Interchange, Malin Bridge, Hillsborough Park, Leppings Lane and Middlewood.

A replacement bus timetable will be in place during the school holiday.

The SYMCA said £110m of improvements would be made by 2027, including a new tram/train station at Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham.

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A Sussex castle is to hold an event to share its renovation plans after it was forced to close due to structural issues.

Herstmonceux Castle Estate was forced to shut in November 2023 after structural issues were identified which required "immediate attention", including repairs to the south wall of the building.

The castle will now host an information morning on 26 April sharing initiatives including rewilding the estate and educational plans for Bader College, based in the building.

The plans come as Herstmonceux Observatory, also based in the estate, was previously told it would not have its lease extended beyond the end of 2026.

A castle spokesperson said the event "provides an opportunity to learn about several initiatives" including the renovation works, educational plans and a project to rewild the estate.

The free event will also offer access to the castle grounds and gardens for visitors arriving between 10:00 and 12:30 BST.

Teams leading the projects will provide presentations before a question and answer session in the castle ballroom.

In 2023 The Canadian Queen's University, which runs Bader College, was forced to return its students to Ontario after parts of the building were deemed "unsafe".

The castle is also used as a venue for weddings and other events.

The current phase of repairs is expected to be completed this autumn, a spokesperson for the estate said.

In February, campaigners raised further concerns over the future of the Herstmonceux observatory, formerly owned by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Queen's University, which has owned the observatory since the 1990s and leases it to the Observatory Science Centre, said it is "planning for the site's future".

Police investigating damage caused by vandals to an art trail in Brontë country have appealed for help finding four suspects.

Two marble butterflies, part of an installation of dozens of similar sculptures at Penistone Hill Country Park, near Haworth, were smashed in the attack, with the damage reported to have happened between 19:45 BST and 20:15 BST on Monday.

Officers said they wanted to trace a group of four people thought to have been in the area on motorbikes or e-bikes at about the time the damage took place.

CCTV inquiries into the vandalism were continuing and Keighley Neighbourhood Policing teams would be carrying out patrols in the area, a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said.

Shanaz Gulzar, creative director of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture team which was behind the trail, previously described the vandalism as "sad and disappointing".

However, she added that the trail would still open to the public on 24 May as planned.

The butterflies which were damaged were part of the Wild Uplands arts trail– a temporary exhibition due to run until October.

Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, the trail features the works of four artists.

The damaged sculptures near a pond had already been repaired, Ms Gulzar said.

The 75 butterflies are the work of Pakistani-born artist Meherunnisa Asad, in collaboration with Peshawar-based atelier Studio Lél, known for reviving centuries-old stone-work techniques.

When the planning application for the trail was considered last year by Bradford Council, there was one objection over concerns it would be targeted by vandals.

However, planners said that was not a valid reason for a refusal of a part of Bradford's City of Culture 2025 celebrations.

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A solar farm has been approved for green belt land near a village in Derbyshire, despite concerns about the loss of countryside.

North East Derbyshire District Council's planning committee approved Ethical Power Development Limited's planning application for land south of Green Acres, off Langer Lane in Wingerworth, during a meeting on Tuesday.

It said "very special circumstances" outweighed any potential harm to the countryside, adding noise and increased traffic would be temporary and not be detrimental enough to warrant refusal.

Wingerworth Parish Council had objected to the application over concerns about the impact on the environment and nearby homes.

'Too near houses'

The scheme involves a 7.5 megawatt solar array with panels no taller than 3m (10ft) on seven hectares of agricultural land, creating clean energy for 2,760 properties.

As many as 18 residents submitted 21 representations to the district council objecting to the scheme, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Debbie Ping, who spoke during the planning meeting on behalf of her mother, said: "This development, I believe, should be on a brownfield site.

"It's far too near houses, and it will give an industrial look to the space between Wingerworth and part of Langer Lane, which is the Chesterfield borough part.

"The green belt really should be an absolute last resort, and I do not believe in this case that it is appropriate."

The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) objected on the grounds it would be an inappropriate use of green belt land, while Chesterfield Borough Council also raised concerns over the visual impact and its contribution to the country's energy needs.

However, the district council's environmental health officer, the Environment Agency and Derbyshire County Council all raised no objections.

The planning committee voted by six councillors to three, with one abstention, to approve planning permission, with conditions, including a land contamination assessment, a site investigation to establish any risks from any mining legacy, restricted construction times and that the land be restored after 40 years.

An Ethical Power Development spokesperson said the company was "proud and excited to bring forward this solar proposal".

They added: "As well as producing clean energy, the project combats the ecological crisis by exceeding the biodiversity net gain policy with uplifts of 107% hedgerow, 68% habitat and 10% watercourse units."

A history centre that is under construction will "attract new audiences" to Crewe and be part of the town's ongoing regeneration, a council has said.

Two new sites in Chester and Crewe are set to open next summer, as the county's archives relocate to purpose-built sites.

Cheshire East Council's deputy leader said the new building was going to be "stuffed with stories" about families and the region.

He added it was part of the town's ongoing regeneration as the authority wanted to "make Crewe fit for the 21st Century".

Cheshire Archives is a shared service between Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington councils.

The archives have been based in Chester, but are now being divided between the two new sites.

Michael Gorman, the deputy leader of Cheshire East Council, told BBC Radio Stoke there was a "real appetite" for local history in the area.

"Think of the success of programmes like Who Do You Think You Are?

"People love stories, they love stories about their family, stories about their town, city, region and this building is going to be stuffed with stories."

'A lot of ambition'

But he added that it was also one of a number of regeneration projects in Crewe including the development of a new youth centre and a "meanwhile use" for a site that had been earmarked for a leisure development but was scaled back in recent years.

"There's a lot going on in Crewe, there's a lot of regeneration projects," said Mr Gorman.

"Our aim is to make Crewe fit for the 21st Century.

"We're talking to the government about really developing Crewe as a new small city by the year 2050, so we've got a lot of ambition and we've got developers that we're talking to and we want those developers and those investors to match our ambitions for Crewe."