Hundreds of schools have been forced to close, roads are disrupted and homes left without power because of snow, after most parts of the UK recorded the coldest night of the season. About 100 schools ...

A MAN was taken to hospital following a crash which saw police close a road in Widnes. Emergency services were called to the incident on Everite Road at around 6.10pm yesterday, Wednesday. Police, ...

Ex-Formula One driver Felipe Massa’s £64 million claim against F1, its governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone can go to trial, a High Court judge has ruled. Lewis Hamilton’s first F1 world ...

A woman has appeared in court charged with making threats to Irish deputy premier Simon Harris and his family.

The number of new homes added to England’s housing stock each year has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade, figures show. Some 208,600 new dwellings were created in England in 2024/25, down ...

Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said she is considering “thoroughly and carefully” guidance from a watchdog which is reported to suggest transgender people could be banned from single ...

A once-a-day pill could offer “more access” to weight loss medication, experts have said after a new study confirmed the tablet can help people shed up to a tenth of their body weight.

Predatory ex-police officer David Carrick has been handed his 37th life sentence after being convicted of sexual abuse dating back 35 years. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the ...

The BBC’s head of content has said outgoing director-general Tim Davie will be “hard to replace” and his resignation came as a “bolt from the blue.” Davie and the chief executive of BBC News, Deborah ...

A CHURCH is hosting a Christmas brunch and fair. Latchford Methodist Church will hold the event on Saturday, November 22, starting at 11am. There will be a variety of stalls, a raffle, live singing ...

The number of young people not in employment, education or training has fallen slightly but remains close to a million, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of ...

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! has said it is “flush with excitement” after buying a solid gold toilet for 12.1 million US dollars (£9.3 million) at auction.