Labour not defending workers, says Unite after Rayner row
The leader of the Unite union says Labour is not defending working people and they are turning away from the party “in droves”. Sharon Graham said Labour should be “seriously…
Kneecap may be dropped from lineup at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester | Kneecap
The Irish hip-hop band Kneecap may be dropped from the lineup at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester, where they are due to support Fontaines DC in August. It is understood that…
Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests | Thames Water
Thames Water spent at least £136m on the effort to secure emergency funding over 12 months, according to a leaked document that suggests costs outstripped the £130m the struggling utility…
Sites of Khmer Rouge execution, torture in Cambodia added to UNESCO list | Arts and Culture News
Added to the World Heritage list are two prisons: Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung Ek. Three notorious locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge…
UK’s oldest WW2 veteran Donald Rose dies, aged 110
Matt Taylor BBC News, East Midlands BBC Mr Rose, who lived in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was also the UK’s oldest man Donald Rose, the UK’s oldest surviving World War Two veteran,…
Dave Myers widow Lili ‘cannot watch’ final Hairy Bikers series
Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC / South Shore Productions The Hairy Bikers Go West was their last series Lili Myers, the widow of Hairy Biker Dave,…
The players saving money by going retro
Hayley Compton BBC Investigations, East Midlands Connor Reynolds Connor Reynolds and his son play Mario Kart on the Nintendo GameCube Video games are hugely popular. But instead of chasing the…
Fans feel the heat at TRNSMT 2025 in Glasgow
1 hour ago ShareSave ShareSave PA Media Irish rockers The Script sparked a string of sing-a-longs on Friday evening The TRNSMT music festival has landed in Glasgow during a weekend-long…
Homes evacuated after Glasgow tenement collapse
Tom Urie The corner of Kenmure Street and Albert Drive was cordoned off after the building collapsed Roads have been closed and nearby homes evacuated after a derelict tenement building…