Singer Barry Manilow has revealed he has a cancerous spot on his lung and will undergo surgery. The musician, best known for hits including Copacabana, Mandy and Looks Like We Made It, said he is ...

A major incident was declared after reports of a hole emerging along the Shropshire waterway in the early hours of Monday morning.

Singer Chris Rea, whose songs include the festive hit Driving Home For Christmas, has died at the age of 74, a spokesperson for his family said. The Middlesbrough-born musician was diagnosed with ...

Sir Keir Starmer is “very happy” with his Cabinet and will be sticking to his “red lines” with the EU, Downing Street insisted, after Wes Streeting appeared to back joining a customs union with the ...

Collections normally carried out on a Friday will now take place on Sunday, December 28, and Sunday, January 4. Recycling centres and waste transfer stations will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing ...

Stone Roses singer Ian Brown paid tribute to bandmate Gary “Mani” Mounfield as “always a beautiful soul and spirit” as hundreds gathered for the bass player’s funeral.

Some of the biggest names of British 90s music attended Manchester Cathedral on Monday for the funeral of Stone Roses bass player Gary “Mani” Mounfield. Bandmates Ian Brown and John Squire – as well ...

The animal welfare strategy, launched on Monday, includes plans to ban trail hunting, for fear it is being used as cover for chasing live foxes.

Bradford Park Avenue are helping children find their voice in a bold new creative initiative. The Northern Premier League side are merging literature and football this season, with ambitions to help ...

Two people lie on the ground looking up at a London skyscraper in the latest artwork thought to be by graffiti artist Banksy. The work shows a child in a beanie hat and wellingtons lying on the floor ...

Ten people have been helped to safety after a 50-metre-long sinkhole breached a canal in Shropshire, leaving several narrow boats stranded. Emergency services declared a major incident after receiving ...

Singer Jessie J has said she’s not going to “sit down and be quiet and cry” due to her cancer diagnosis, adding: “I’m going to sing Bang Bang as loud as I can”. The 37-year-old, whose real name is ...