The City of Kingston’s sewage treatment plant would exceed capacity during regular peak periods unless the proposed AVR Realty development is reduced in size or the plant is expanded, environmental groups said yesterday. Expert analysis by the Friends of Kingston Waterfront coalition yesterday sent to the city’s planning board indicates that failing to resolve this issue would damag...

The first same sex couple in Shropshire to ?marry? under the new civil partnership legislation tied the knot in an historic ceremony at Shrewsbury Register Office today.

Peter Roscoe and Geoffrey Hardy, of Castlefields, Shrewsbury, signed the register at 8am on the dot, becoming one of the first couples in England to take advantage of the new law as civil partnerships came into force in E...

An 18-year-old passenger who caused a fatal crash by pulling on the steering wheel pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter after prosecutors discovered a confession on his online blog.

Blake Ranking wrote "I did it" on his blurty.com journal three days after the October 2004 crash that caused a friend's death and left another seriously injured. He had previously told investigators he remember...

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An 18-year-old passenger who caused a fatal crash by pulling on the steering wheel pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter after prosecutors discovered a confession on his online blog.

Blake Ranking wrote "I did it" on his blurty.com journal three days after the October 2004...

When New Orleans junior Bob Murrell left Tulane University after Hurricane Katrina hit, he experienced the Midwest and life outside a big city for the first time ? and he did not like it much.

Although Murrell, a computer science major, will return to Tulane next semester, he plans to come back to MU next fall because Tulane's engineering school is closing. Computer science is part of th...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Dec. 20, 2005 - Investigators hoped to haul up the fuselage of a sunken seaplane to find why it broke apart and plunged into the ocean just off Miami Beach with 20 people on board, including three infants.

Within minutes of the crash Monday, rescue workers, boaters and surfers converged on the oil-slicked crash scene. Nineteen bodies were recovered and divers suspend...

At the marina family, friends and fellow sailors warmly applauded the remarkably fresh looking pair as they secured the little boat to the quay. After twelve months Berrimilla was home. She had safely delivered her crew through the storms and mountainous seas of the Indian and Southern Oceans, around the notorious Capes Horn and Good Hope. For the pretty 28 year old lady a rest might have seeme...

A TELEPHONE hotline has been launched for stressed Christmas cooks to save them from meltdown in the kitchen during the festive period.

It aims to give callers advice on how to prepare a traditional roast meal.

The 24-hour service is manned by a team of professional chefs and will run until January 1.

It is accompanied by a website at www.roastrage.co.uk , which answers questi...

KYLIE MINOGUE'S breast cancer battle has inspired a campaigner to take her fight for better screening for the disease to the Scottish Parliament.

When Katie Moffat discovered Kylie's diagnosis was part of the trend of younger women developing breast cancer, she set up a campaign to extend screening.

Miss Moffat, 36, whose mother is also battling the disease, is urging the NHS to o...

MENTAL health issues, including tips on how to get through the festive season, are the subject of a new website launched by the Scottish Executive.

Advice is offered on improving mental well-being, including taking exercise and keeping in touch with friends. The website is at www.wellscotland.info and is part of a programme to improve the nation's mental health.

Launching the site,...