Residents reported hearing 'explosions' earlier this morning

Events

Panic! At The Disco first entered our lives way back in 2005 when "I write sins, not tragedies" was released. But, after 20 years, people are only now learning what inspired the group's name

Politics

Tyree Smith told his cousin that he ate part of alleged victim Angel Gonzalez’s brain and an eyeball

Events

Several motorists called 999 from 6.40pm on Saturday to report an object on the road

Events

In its next mission, NASA will map the entire sky in search for the building blocks of life

Technology

Everton had a 94th-minute penalty overturned against Manchester United after VAR deemed Harry Maguire had not fouled Ashley Young and recommended an on-field review.

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump wants all and sundry to be either a part of the United States or to bow down to it, and it's possible the UK could do either one of those

Politics

Manchester United escaped Goodison Park with a point after a stirring comeback against Everton and following a controversial VAR decision in the final seconds of the clash

Politics

An employment tribunal has ruled that Sarah Hopley was discriminated against due to her disability

Politics

Can you get the answers right in our quiz?

Politics

A weather warning is in place for wind throughout Sunday

Events

House prices vary across the region, with some areas requiring a much higher income than others

Economics

Not caring for your car's battery can cause untold problems so it's worth kitting yourself out with one that's got the reliability and lifespan to spare you the hassle

Events

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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A globe-spanning study of the waste industry reveals how wealthy nations dump their garbage on the poor while the rate at which we produce near-indestructible rubbish only increasesYou know the drill: plastic and glass containers go in the blue recycling bin, paper and cardboard in the blue sack, vegetable matter in the green compost bin, and the rest in the grey general rubbish bin. Households up and down the land go through variations of these familiar refuse-sorting tasks each week. But where does it actually all go?Into the trucks that pick them up, yes, but after that? It’s a kind of act of faith that we imagine our detritus that we’ve carefully – or not so carefully – categorised is transported to the right location where appropriate measures are taken to dispose of it in the most sensible and ecological manner. Continue reading...

Events

Musical theatre legend Michael Ball has been with his partner, Cathy McGowan, for more than 30 years - but the BBC Radio 2 star revealed the sad reason why he's never had children

Politics

The latest rugby news from Wales and beyond.

Sport

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Society

Erling Haaland stayed on the bench for Manchester City's Champions League exit in midweek and the striker faces a race against time to be fit to start at home to Liverpool

Politics

Marcus Rashford provided both of the assists for Marco Asensio's goals in Aston Villa's 2-1 win over Chelsea, but Unai Emery believes the on-loan Manchester United forward can do even more

Politics