City Council meeting on day before Thanksgiving creates special taxing district. Developer will buy land owned by state's wealthiest person.

Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi (1924 –1992) was shocked when he got to Mecca for the first time in 1955 and discovered that the city had no streetlights. Sheikh Gumi was an Islamic scholar and Grand ...

The former owner of a Middlesbrough food store has been fined after mouse droppings were found during a routine inspection. Al-Makkah Cash & Carry, on Linthorpe Road, was slapped with a zero food ...

Two cyclists, who were wearing balaclavas and armed with a machete, were confronted by a man in a street armed with an axe. The incident was witnessed by an innocent bystander who was left "terrified" ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 September 2007 -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday called on Muslim countries to play a more proactive role in the implementation of the "The Makkah Declaration" and ...

Two women have been seriously injured in a collision in Leicestershire over the weekend. The women, aged in their 60s and 30s, are still in hospital being treated for their injuries following the ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) have plummeted in price by 37.5% in one year with financial experts saying it's a “real blow for owners”. Prices for Britain’s most in-demand used electric and hybrid vehicles ...

Police have launched an appeal to identify a man following a report of a sexual assault in Plymouth. The incident took place at a residential property in the city centre area in the early hours of ...

A Merseyside Post Office has been cordoned off today as police descended on an estate. The branch on Park Lane in Bootle, known locally as the Dodge Estate, has been cordoned off with videos seen by ...