内容摘要："The completion of vital conservation work in the Upper Gallery and the launch of our first dedicated learning and engagement space are milestone moments.

"The completion of vital conservation work in the Upper Gallery and the launch of our first dedicated learning and engagement space are milestone moments.

found more than six million non-compliant products were seized over three years.Dudley was identified as one of the 10 areas with the highest number of products seized between 2022 and 2024, of the 133 out of 136 local trading standards authorities that responded to BBC freedom of information requests.

The BBC discovered thousands of records of retailers selling vapes to children, and sales of illegal vapes were a factor in hundreds of shop closures.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency strongly advises consumers not to use illicit vapes because the true content is unknown.At least 31,177 non-compliant products were seized by Staffordshire County Council, where trading standards manager Tony Shore said it was not known what chemicals they contained.

He said: "A lot of the ones that we're seeing – they're bright colours; the flavours that they are being flavoured with are attractive to young people, and those are the ones that tend to get bought by young people."Richard Overton, deputy leader of Telford and Wrekin Council, said: "Some of them are oversized, which means they're illegal because of the number of puffs you can take on those products.

"Some people in the community would think that's a good thing because they're trying to save money, but actually to have an illegal vape could be dangerous because they're not licensed."

Nearly 10,000 were seized across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, data showed.Southeastern, which also runs services to East Sussex, said from 18 May it would be introducing the new timetable, which it hoped would support further growth and space for an extra 10 million customer journeys during the next 12 months.

Scott Brightwell, Southeastern's operations and safety director, said: "Our railway is growing. The changes we're introducing this May will deliver more space where it's needed most and newer, more comfortable air-conditioned trains."We're also working to improve on-time running and reliability to keep cancellations among the lowest in the country."

More connections are being added for the stations between Ashford International and Maidstone East to Charing Cross, and there will be more calls at East Malling and Barming stations in the late afternoon and early evening to meet increasing demand.More carriages are also being added to key peak services including the 05:46 Dover Priory to London Victoria, 07:02 Ramsgate to Cannon Street and 07:50 Sevenoaks to Charing Cross.