4 h. ago Scots dad makes desperate attempts to save home from devastating fire

"It's unsafe, the roof can fall in any time, you can see inside the house now, and there are tiles hanging on by a thread."

Events

18 h. ago Reform UK's new mayors take centre stage: Nigel Farage's troops join other regional leaders for talks with Angela Rayner... as Deputy PM warns 'you have to deliver'

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, the Greater Lincolnshire mayor, and Luke Campbell, the Hull and East Yorkshire mayor, both attended the meeting alongside 12 other mayors.

Events

22 h. ago 'Chainsaw massacre' that saw 110 trees chopped down in dead of night in city centre without telling anyone cost council at least £3.3m

Plymouth City Council (PCC) sparked outrage when its group of 'monsters in the night' felled 110 trees on the city's Armada Way in what was described as a 'chainsaw massacre'.

Economics

68 h. ago Scottish city ‘gap site’ to be filled with hundreds of student flats and new arts centre

“It’s fantastic that we are now able to start work on delivering the final piece of the Collegelands jigsaw” – Paul O’Donnell, Glasgow Enlightenment

Politics

3 d. ago World Snooker Championship star shows true colours with comments about BBC’s John Virgo

BBC star John Virgo is snooker royalty as a result of his successful playing career in the 1970s and 80s and his status as being one of the voices of the sport

Politics

4 d. ago Heartless criminals twice break into construction site of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease

Brazen criminals have broken into the construction site of a Motor Neurone Disease centre being built in honour of inspirational rugby league star Rob Burrow. 

Events

4 d. ago Sickening moment man is knocked out cold with a single punch in city centre confrontation

Horrifying footage has revealed a man was knocked unconscious by a sickening punch after violence erupted in Birmingham city centre.

Politics

4 d. ago Succession star Brian Cox backs £660,000 fundraising drive to save Scottish arts centre

The centre has faced spiralling running costs, with a fundraising drive backed by the likes of Succession star Brian Cox

Economics

5 d. ago New images revealed of £240 million plans for Barbican makeover

The vision is said to have been well received with 90% approval from respondents

Economics

6 d. ago I went to a museum of possessed dolls and Amityville Horror house relics in an actual haunted chapel

Inside this ordinary looking town centre chapel you'll find ancient artefacts, horror memorabilia, and some mysterious tales that just might make you believe in the paranormal

Events

7 d. ago Police found 20 dogs alive when they raided rescue centre and found 37 animals dead as man faces cruelty charge

Officers from Essex Police, who were accompanied by RSPCA inspectors and council officials, found the dogs after visiting a property in Crays Hill, Billericay, on Tuesday.

Events

7 d. ago New owner of tiny Scottish island and his plan to help save Scotland's seabirds

Càrn Deas in the Summer Isles has a new owner with a grand plan.

Politics

7 d. ago London mansion once home to Charles Dickens at centre of £17m court battle between multimillionaire divorcee and her high society bank

Deborah Fiorentino, 63, the former wife of both Italian aristocrat Giovanni Fiorentino and celebrity British divorce lawyer Raymond 'Jaws' Tooth, could lose her Regent's Park mansion.

Economics

8 d. ago Teen in race against time to save sight as parents desperately fundraise for treatment in US

Beau Johnston, 19, could lose the rest of her eyesight after a second tumour was found last month by doctors. She has been battling a brain tumour since she was just two.

Economics

8 d. ago Volunteers plea to help save Falkirk sports centre facing closure

Determined volunteers want to save Polmont Sports Centre but they need lots of help from the community

Politics

8 d. ago Stephen Fry's life from cancer battle to prison stint and much younger husband

Stephen Fry has had an incredible career and has enjoyed fame for decades, but his road to success has been a rocky one, with the TV star battling his fair share of heartache

Events

9 d. ago Police find remains of 37 dogs in raid on rescue centre after reports of 'animals going missing' as two men are arrested for fraud and cruelty

Officers raided Save A Paw in Crays Hill, Essex, with RSPCA and council staff following unproven online reports about dogs disappearing after being left there.

Events

9 d. ago Rockstar tattoo artist's £413k estate is at centre of bitter legal battle between 'secret' daughter and widow 'who didn't know she existed'

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar tattoo artist in the 1980s London music, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

9 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell issued demand as she 'fights tears' over update from other side of the world

The Strictly Come Dancing star is once again celebrating her joint success with celebrity dance partner Chris McCausland

Politics

9 d. ago Rockstar tattoo artist's £413k estate is at centre of bitter legal battle between 'secret' daughter and widow 'who didn't know she existed' 

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar tattoo artist in the 1980s London music, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics