Learn how Jamaica's parishes developed from Spanish regions to British rule, growing from 7 to 22 and later reduced to the 14 ...

Our tour of Britain’s seaside towns continues in Whitby, where macabre associations and top-notch fish and chips have kept ...

A Cornish parish, famous for being the setting of popular TV series Doc Martin, has launched a plan to build affordable homes for local people. The proposal has support from the area's Lib Dem MP Ben ...

Over 100,000 Entergy New Orleans customers across the Eastbank, St. Bernard Parish, and Metairie were plunged into darkness Sunday afternoon due to a widespread power outage. Midcontinent ...

The term 'Zoy' has various meaning in Somerset place names - in Chedzoy, it is simply “island;” in Weston Zoyland, it is “the island of sowy;” and in Middlezoy, it is “flowing island".

Plymouth is not seeking to take over any part of Cornwall in local government reorganisation, the city council has confirmed. It follows comments from the Liberal Democrat leader of South Hams ...

The West Feliciana Parish Council again delayed action March 10 on a new zoning map for the parish, but rejected a requested zoning change based on the current zoning regulations.

With only five weeks to go before the Cornwall Council, Truro City, town and parish council elections on May 1, here's everything you need to know about the first local government vote in the ...

The Jefferson Parish Council, which oversees Grand Isle on Louisiana's coast, will decide Wednesday whether to use President Donald Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of ...

Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee heard 83 families in the parish were in need of housing. A vote to approve the application was won by eight votes in favour, with one abstention and ...

Parish President Kenny Havard, right, signs the oath of office book held by Stewart Hughes, Clerk of Court in January 2024. Havard is trying to get West Feliciana Parish to adopt a new zoning map.

NEWQUAY, ENGLAND -- Cornwall in the far southwest of England is more known for its surfing than boxing, but Brad Pauls is bucking the trend. When Pauls floored Nathan Heaney twice on his way to a ...