11 h. ago Tanzanian cities are empty as police patrol streets following calls for protests

Police officers have heavily patrolled mostly empty streets in major Tanzanian cities

Events

13 h. ago Police make £145,000 discovery after spotting van with 'no insurance'

The Mercedes Sprinter van was stopped by officers from South Wales Police while they were on patrol in Cardiff

Economics

16 h. ago Inside Helen Flanagan's Coronation Street comeback statement as she eyes up return

Helen Flanagan is ready to return to Coronation Street as Rosie Webster if the show calls, after previously quitting in 2018 to focus on family life with her three kids

Politics

47 h. ago Princes Street: Calls for public summit on future of Edinburgh's Princes Street

Scotsman columnist Stephen Jardine called walking down the street a ‘fundamentally depressing experience’.

Politics

60 h. ago Helen Flanagan reveals she’s ‘ready’ for Coronation Street comeback – but bosses haven’t called

HELEN Flanagan has revealed she's ready for a Coronation Street return seven years after last appearing on the cobbles. The actress, 35, found fame as Rosie Webster at just 10 years old, playing the role of the tearaway youngster from 2000 until 2012. She returned to the show in 2017, two years after the birth...

Politics

3 d. ago Call the Midwife confirms return of Coronation Street star in Christmas specials

The BBC drama Call the Midwife is bringing back a familiar face and Trixie Franklin will be ecstatic

Politics

3 d. ago Call the Midwife confirms return of Coronation Street star in sneak peek photo

Call the Midwife's Nurse Trixie Franklin will be delighted as a familiar face returns to Poplar this Christmas

Culture

3 d. ago Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom

Die Hard isn’t a Christmas film, claims the British public. But Pillion reminds us that the finest festive films reflect the complexities of the seasonCan Die Hard – the 1988 action movie starring Bruce Willis as an NYPD detective hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife on Christmas Eve – be called a Christmas film? The annual debate had officially reached my street WhatsApp group when a happily married couple decided to launch a poll. With 18 votes against four, the result from my road was a landslide “yes”. One neighbour even shared a picture of their Die Hard tree baubles to prove the point.But an official poll by the British Board of Film Classification has now asserted the contrary – with 44% deciding that Die Hard should not be designated a Christmas movie, against 38% in favour. To some, even with the odd tinsel-strewn tree thrown in, the gun fights, violence and hostage-taking just don’t feel festive. For an admirable 5% of respondents, it remains their favourite Christm...

Politics

4 d. ago Glasgow street cordoned off after man found injured as police pictured at scene

Emergency services were called to Maxwell Street in Bailllieston after the alarm was raised at around 5.50pm on Friday.

Events

6 d. ago Scots chip shop bursts into flames as fire crews race to scene

Emergency services were called to K&K Fish Bar on the Leslie High Street after the alarm was raised at round 3pm on Wednesday, December 3.

Events

6 d. ago Wes Streeting calls doctors’ union ‘moaning minnies’ over strike

Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of acting like “moaning minnies” over the doctors’ strike.

Events

7 d. ago Son of murdered detective pleads with UK Government to recognise father's bravery

Adrian Hunt has called on Downing Street to finally recognise his detective father's bravery after he was murdered 42 years ago while helping colleagues make an arrest.

Politics

7 d. ago The streets painted red by paan: Locals call for crackdown in spitting hotspots where 'gross' stains splatter bins, floors and trees

Parts of Leicester are being covered by a rust-coloured mix of saliva and paan after people commonly from South and South East Asia have finished chewing it.

Politics

8 d. ago First look at Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover shows explosive crash

A teaser for the crossover episode between Coronation Street and Emmerdale shows characters calling for help at the scene of a crash.

Events

9 d. ago Four injured in town centre incident as police make attempted murder arrest

Police were called to Railway Street in Altrincham after reports of a disturbance with four people injured and one man arrested

Events

1 week ago ‘The admin’: why it’s not easy to rename streets called after Prince Andrew

Councils consult on removing former prince’s name as residents report ‘embarrassment’ and ‘smirks’ when giving their addressesStreets named after Andrew, formerly known as Prince but now plain Mountbatten-Windsor, can be found from Broadstairs to Belfast to Birmingham. Roads, avenues, terraces, lanes, crescents, closes, drives and ways are all afflicted – to the dismay of some residents.In Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, Prince Andrew Way, celebrating Mountbatten-Windsor’s 1986 marriage to Sarah Ferguson, will be purged after Mid and East Antrim council passed a motion, described by one councillor as “sad but necessary”, to rename. A public consultation is under way. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago 'Liar' Reeves must go now: Chancellor accused of 'deliberately crashing the economy' with Benefits Street Budget and faces call to resign after 'lying' to the nation

In an extraordinary move, the fiscal watchdog yesterday revealed that the Chancellor was told months ago that there was no hole in the public finances.

Events

1 week ago Fire crews race to Edinburgh's Princes Street as fire engines line busy shopping street

Emergency services were called to Princes Street in Edinburgh this afternoon.

Politics

1 week ago Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour says she has been 'groped more times than I can count' in London as she calls for better women's safety after street attack and phone mugging

The former Team GB artistic swimmer turned actress says women in the capital are enduring 'a consistent pattern of violence, fear and institutional failure'.

Events

1 week ago Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour reveals she has been 'groped more times than I can count' as she calls for better women's safety after street attack and phone mugging

The former Team GB artistic swimmer turned actress says women in the capital are enduring 'a consistent pattern of violence, fear and institutional failure'.

Events