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 ...

Daniel Aruebose was reported missing earlier this year after authorities discovered he had not been seen for several years.

A THREE-KILOMETRE ‘protection zone’ is in place after bird flu was confirmed at a premises in the Borders. The area, to the south of Midlothian’s Penicuik, incorporates Lamancha. A 10km ‘surveillance ...

Stone Roses singer Ian Brown said his bandmate Gary “Mani” Mounfield was “a brother to me” and a “beautiful human being” as he arrived for the bass player’s funeral. Mounfield died last month at the ...