The north-south divide in house prices is widening, according to figures for May published today. Rising property values in London helped push the latest national Hometrack house price index into positive territory, despite seven out of 10 regions posting falling or static prices.

There is a "postcode lottery" over foreign exchange, according to consumer group Which?.

A memorial to the 255 British sailors, soldiers, and airmen killed during the Falklands War was unveiled yesterday.

Warwickshire 557-6 dec Lancashire 197 & 122-3

A team of injured soldiers scaling Everest, including a man from Wiltshire, was stranded at camp as the mountain was battered by high speed winds.

David Cameron's dream of elected mayors in all major cities looked to be in tatters today.

Committee says higher prices would encourage people not to waste resources in times of scarcity

Five years after flooding devastated Tewkesbury, heavy rainfall and rising river levels have put the historic Gloucestershire town on a high flood alert once again.

Worcestershire are set to go on flood watch after the abandonment of their match with Nottinghamshire at rain-battered New Road yesterday.

High winds and driving rain have continued to batter Britain with the south suffering the worst of the April washout today.

Two people have died and six others have been injured in a two-car crash on a dual carriageway.

Warwickshire, pipped to the title by Lancashire on the last day of a dramatic 2011 County Championship, enjoyed a measure of revenge by inflicting a five-wicket defeat on the champions at a damp Liverpool yesterday.

Four firefighters died in a blazing warehouse after being sent into "an obviously dangerous situation" for no good reason, a jury has been told.

This week's heavy rain has not alleviated the drought gripping swathes of the country, the Environment Agency said today.