内容摘要：Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services, said the drone was a useful tool to tackle the crime which was "thoughtless, unpleasant and unhygienic".

Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services, said the drone was a useful tool to tackle the crime which was "thoughtless, unpleasant and unhygienic".

More than 19,000 belongings were retrieved by Southeastern from trains and stations within the year and nearly 25% were reunited with owners - up from 10% last year.The most "forgetful" areas include London (5,762 items), Tonbridge/Hastings (3,672 items) and Ramsgate (2,231 items), according to the train service.

Using unique QR codes to tag and track lost items, Southeastern's lost property lead Aaron Cox said the system is "quicker, more secure and easier to use".The most commonly mislaid items were backpacks (2,056), mobile phones (1,745) and earphones (1,136), according to Southeastern data.Other returned items have included an antique glass owl, tents and a snooker cue.

replacing a paper system that was previously in place.Easter crosses will not appear on a Somerset hill for the first time in years.

Every Palm Sunday in the last few years three wooden crosses have been placed on top of Brent Knoll to mark Easter week.

But following recent "adverse weather conditions" and a lack of volunteers, organisers have decided to cancel the annual tradition this year."It is unjust, inaccurate and entirely misleading and further strike action would be inexcusable.

“We want to reassure the public that we are doing everything we can to resolve issues, to get back to providing a vital service for our residents, and we look to GMB and the workforce to do the same."A memorial for people who have lost their lives since World War Two has been unveiled after a huge community effort.

, near Bristol, was made of donated materials with the help of local bricklayers to honour military personnel who lost their lives in the last 80 years.A group of veterans raised funds for the memorial because they felt the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire was too far away.