41 m. ago The 'booming' Greater Manchester town with affordable homes and glorious scenery named one of UK's best places to live

This old mill town, which sits between Manchester and the Peak District, has been hailed by The Times in its 2025 list of the best places to live in the UK

Society

60 m. ago Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover

The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating

Politics

3 h. ago Blackburn fire: Explosions heard as blaze rages through industrial estate in large town

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has warned people to shut windows and doors as a fire at a building on Sett End Road West, Blackburn, which is near a hospital

Events

5 h. ago Is this the end of the ride for Blackpool Pleasure Beach? How iconic British theme park is being forced to close rides after suffering £2.7million loss amid seaside resort's slow decline

The coastal resort of Blackpool has suffered deeply in recent decades ever since holidaymakers began swapping the Lancashire town for cheap package holidays in Europe in the 1960s.

Economics

11 h. ago Brits urged 'stay away' as UK seaside hotspot issued 'red alert' flood warning

One popular seaside town has been issued with a red alert flood warning after a dangerous concoction of weather and high tides threaten to ruin the Mother's Day sun

Events

13 h. ago ITV Celebrity Big Brother 'suffers major blow' days before 2025 launch show

Celebrity Big Brother is returning to our screens next month, with a slew of stars already rumoured to be taking part but it's been reported that one famous face has already pulled out

Culture

14 h. ago Rio Ferdinand could LEAVE TNT Sports at the end of the season after 12 years in huge blow to the broadcaster

MIKE KEEGAN: Ferdinand, 46, has been with the broadcaster (formerly known as BT Sport) for more than a decade, joining in 2013, and is viewed as integral part of its coverage.

Politics

14 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother dealt blow as huge star 'pulls out' after TV storm

Celebrity Big Brother bosses have reportedly suffered a setback as one of the stars is said to have dropped out of talks to appear into the iconic house this year

Economics

14 h. ago Bespoke whisky business awarded licence in the heart of busy West Lothian town

West Lothian Licensing Board agreed to award a premises licence to The Wee Whisky Shop in Linlithgow High Street run by Andrew Ure.

Events

14 h. ago 'I went to the restaurant hidden in an historic Rochdale building'

Tucked away in the corner of a Grade I-listed town hall, the restaurant is doing something unique

Politics

14 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother suffers huge blow as 'diva' singer pulls out after TV meltdown

A huge star has reportedly pulled out of talks to be in the latest series of ITV show Celebrity Big Brother despite bosses apparently being keen to sign them up

Politics

15 h. ago The little known Pretty Woman facts that will blow your mind: 10 secrets of the iconic romcom 35 years after the movie's release

Here, MailOnline reveals 10 secrets of the iconic romcom that will blow your mind.

Science

15 h. ago Man, 19, is arrested after teenage girl was raped in park after a night out

A woman in her late teens was raped after she met a man while on a night out in Banbury, the man took her to a park in the town where he raped her in the early hours of this morning.

Events

16 h. ago Rio Ferdinand could LEAVE TNT Sports at the end of the season after 12 years in huge blow to the broadcaster amid concerns ex

MIKE KEEGAN: Ferdinand, 46, has been with the broadcaster (formerly known as BT Sport) for more than a decade, joining in 2013, and is viewed as integral part of its coverage.

Politics

17 h. ago How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shockFlora Montejo always dreamed of buying her own home. After almost three decades working as a nurse, the 68-year-old invested her retirement savings in a two-storey house in San Agustín, a working-class suburb of the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.Montejo’s retirement dream was shortlived. Not long after moving into her newly remodelled home, Hurricane John dumped record levels of rainfall on Acapulco, triggering landslides and flash floods after calm creeks turned into roaring rivers. Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago Surgeon, 43, is accused of filming and abusing female patients including one as young as 14, as 'police find 100,000 photographs and videos'

Hanno H., 43, from Bramsche, Lower-Saxony in northwest Germany, allegedly filmed and groped women on 190 occasions, according to the indictment seen by German daily Bild.

Culture

18 h. ago The death of my friend inspired me to follow my standup dreams

For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she neededThere’s nothing funny about your co-worker being assassinated. But it was the death of my beloved colleague and friend Hisham al-Hashimi that led me into the world of standup comedy. I knew it would trash my hard-won career in international security, but I didn’t care any more.Hisham had run a workshop with me in Iraq six months prior to his death, and I’d taken everything so seriously, marching around the hotel yelling about how everything was going wrong. But Hisham always had a lightness in his step, a smile on his face. Every evening, he’d take me to a café, order me my favourite shisha and proceed to tell the most disgusting jokes. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after launch

Failure of Spectrum rocket seconds after blast-off deals blow to continent’s effort to build new space economyThe first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off on Sunday, dealing a blow to the continent’s effort to build a new space economy.The Spectrum rocket, developed by the German startup Isar Aerospace, tilted over and crashed back to Earth with a powerful boom just after launching from Norway’s Andøya spaceport in the Arctic, in live video broadcast on YouTube. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago Monster dad lived with rotting corpses of his family for weeks in town that Disney built

Murderer Anthony Todt tried to hide his guilt with an elaborate apocalypse story but the truth behind his sickening family killings was far worse than anyone could imagine

Society

18 h. ago Alan Shearer pays emotional tribute to dad at Newcastle parade

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer was among the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the town centre on Saturday to celebrate the Magpies' big Carabao Cup win against Liverpool

Politics