18 h. ago Britain's best pubs and beer gardens revealed in new ranking

As the late May Bank Holiday weekend arrives, many Brits will be keen to head to the pub for a drink. It's the perfect time of year to catch some rays in a pub garden. These are the best...

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43 h. ago Manchester Airport issue new statement after major change for drivers who pick up and drop off

Drivers no longer have to stop and pay when they exit the car park at Manchester Airport

Transport

3 d. ago Bruce Springsteen springs onto car to greet huge crowd of fans outside his Manchester hotel

"Shut up did he just do that? That is mental."

Sport

3 d. ago The Greater Manchester car boot sale ranked in Britain's top 10

Car boot sales have increased in popularity in the cost of living crisis

Politics

6 d. ago Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole storyIt should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever position on the annual “rainbow map” of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA), which ranks the best and worst European countries on the basis of laws and policies that affect LGBTQ+ people. The map assesses each country through seven categories, including equality and non-discrimination, legal gender recognition and asylum.The supreme court’s ruling last month that a person’s sex in the Equality Act 2010 refers only to “biological sex” – a redefining of trans people’s rights to their detriment, and a political and cultural victory for the gender critical movement – will have played a key role in the downgrading. Senior politicians immediately capitulated to the ruling, interpreting the implications of the verdict beyond the scope of the court, with t...

Politics

7 d. ago 'I took £20 to a huge car boot sale and it was clear everyone was buying the same item'

Hundreds of bargain hunters flocked to the car boot sale in search of a good deal, but there was one item that seemed to be on everyone's shopping list

Economics

7 d. ago UK plummets down rankings for LGBT+ rights in Europe following Supreme Court ruling

Britain dropped to its lowest position yet in 2025’s rankings

Events

8 d. ago Freedoms in Britain declining at a faster rate than almost anywhere in Europe as UK jumps up the rankings in 'nanny state' league... with Germany  last in 29

Britain has moved four spots to become the seventh worst place in the continent to eat, drink, smoke and vape, according to the analysis.

Politics

8 d. ago Young cyclist injured after being hit by car on busy Greater Manchester road

Police say the boy was left needing hospital treatment

Events

8 d. ago Car bursts into flames on M60 as smoke seen billowing across motorway

Two fire engines attended the incident

Events

9 d. ago 'I spotted chocolate bar item at car boot sale and price left me gobsmacked'

Becky's Bazaar is well known on social media for bagging good bargains and showing people round charity shops and car boot sales but she was shocked at the price of this item...

Economics

9 d. ago Car finance update from Martin Lewis as millions could be owed £1,100

The Supreme Court is set to rule on a case involving undisclosed commissions which could see millions of people who took out car finance before 2021 receive a payout.

Economics

9 d. ago 'I spotted unique chocolate bar item at car boot – but price left me gobsmacked'

A woman was left gobsmacked by the price of a chocolate bar item that she noticed at the car boot sale, however, the man explained there was something special about it

Politics

1 week ago Teenager killed after car is ploughed into a tree in Peak District horror crash

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene

Events

1 week ago Children scream in terror as waltzer car comes off ride at UK fairground

A dad who took his children on a ride at an Edinburgh fairground was horrified as he watched their car come 'completely off' the ride

Society

1 week ago Emergency services descend on Greater Manchester road after car 'ploughs through fence'

Two people were checked by paramedics

Transport

1 week ago ‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now applyFew professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made the night before travel, are down to a missing driver. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Sam Noakes: Will Britain’s biggest prospect at lightweight make it into world title contention?

Noakes sits atop of the lightweight landscape in Britain, unbeaten in 16 fights, No 2 in the WBO rankings, and highly praised by Shakur Stevenson

Politics

2 w. ago Car engulfed in flames on M62 as emergency services close lanes

Emergency services rushed to the scene

Politics

2 w. ago Boy, 17, arrested after teen stabbed in the chest at Manchester Arndale car park

He remains in police custody for questioning

Events