内容摘要：, who continue the country's astonishing run of high-quality entries in the midst of a war with Russia.

, who continue the country's astonishing run of high-quality entries in the midst of a war with Russia.

The warning follows recent court proceedings that saw a Peel resident fined £950 and given seven points on his driving license for riding an e-scooter in September.The man was convicted of having a vehicle in a dangerous and unroadworthy condition, having no road insurance and no driving licence.

While regulations were proposed in 2023, which would have banned e-scooters from pedestrian pathways, but allowed them to be used on roads and cycle lanes, they werefor the Department of Infrastructure.Under the terms of those draft laws, riders would be limited to speeds of up to 24km/h (15mph) and would have to be over 14 years old.

A long-awaited £10.5m renovation of a historic town hall in Kent will "reawaken" the Grade I listed building.Once the works are completed in 2025, Dover's Maison Dieu will be permanently open to the public for the first time in its 800-year history.

The project includes restoring the work of Victorian neo-Gothic architects Ambrose Poynter and William Burges.

The Maison Dieu team said the project will create "a sustainable future" for the building by bringing "redundant spaces back into commercial use".The government’s new pension credit awareness drive will help identify households not claiming the benefit, and encourage them to apply by 21 December.

That is the final date for making a backdated claim for pension credit, in order to receive the winter fuel payment.About 1.4 million pensioners already receive pension credit but up to an estimated 880,000 households eligible for the support fail to claim.

Many incorrectly believe they are not entitled, have been ruled out owing to savings, or say they do not like to accept what they regard as handouts.You can check your eligibility for pension credit via