Ross McGuinness

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ross McGuinness

Boy only ate Heinz Peppa Pig pasta for 12 years - and five more local stories you missed last weekA boy who only ate Heinz Peppa Pig shaped pasta for 12 years features in one of our best local stories of the week. Stoke-on-Trent Live reported how 14-year-old Curtis Maxwell was finally weaned off the pig-shaped pasta with the help of a hypnotist.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ross McGuinness |Emily Cleary |James Hockaday

Three local authorities failed to resurface any of their roads in 2023/24, new figures have shown. Just 3% of England’s local road network received any form of maintenance in 2023/24 - with three local councils failing to resurface any of their roads last year, new figures have revealed. Blackpool Unitary Authority and Tameside Council in the north west, along with the Tory-run London borough of Bexley, did not resurface or maintain a single mile of road last year, according to RAC data.

2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Ross McGuinness |Emily Cleary |James Hockaday

Three local authorities failed to resurface any of their roads in 2023/24, new figures have shown. Just 3% of England’s local road network received any form of maintenance in 2023/24 - with three local councils failing to resurface any of their roads last year, new figures have revealed. Blackpool Unitary Authority and Tameside Council in the north west, along with the Tory-run London borough of Bexley, did not resurface or maintain a single mile of road last year, according to RAC data.

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ross McGuinness

The cost of a TV licence increased on 1 April, but do you think it is worth the money? Vote in our poll. Yahoo UK's poll of the week lets you vote and indicate your strength of feeling on one of the week's hot topics. After the poll closes, we'll publish and analyse the results each Friday, giving readers the chance to see how polarising a topic has become and if their view chimes with other Yahoo UK readers.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ross McGuinness

Two people have been arrested after a young girl was found alone at the junction of a busy road in West Yorkshire. The child, aged between three and five, was found in the Wakefield Road area of Dalton in Huddersfield on Sunday evening. West Yorkshire Police said they received a report at 6.51pm about a child alone in the street. What we knowIn a statement issued late on Sunday evening, the force said the child had been identified and two people had been arrested.