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Manchester City‘s interest in Chelsea‘s Enzo Fernandez has been no secret, despite not submitting a bid for the Argentine before the Blues’ Friday deadline. Chelsea told interested parties they had until 17:00 BST on Friday to make an offer for the 25-year-old – with them wanting £120m for his signature. …

What if Fernandez to Man City doesn’t happen? Talk of City signing 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi has been rumbling all summer, and the club have reportedly held talks with the Moroccan, who would cost an estimated £85m. Bouaddi is said to be keen on the move. The teenager impressed at this …

A man has described winning the title of Britain’s best beard for a third time as “crazy”, as he now turns his attention to securing another world title. Lewis Aylmer, from Hull, defended his title at the British Beard and Moustache Championships in Kilmarnock on Saturday, winning the under 15cm …

Herman said he had performed around the world as a trapeze artist, but wanted to settle in one place after 15 years of constant touring. The acrobat said he plumped to stay in Great Yarmouth because of his relationships with both The Hippodrome and the town-based organisation Out There Arts, …

“We were getting ready to close up for the night when we started smelling a bit of smoke,” he said. “We looked over and saw sparks and then it all just went ‘poof’. “We got a lot of it down with our hose by the time the fire brigade got …

Once the train has been removed, engineers will be able to fully assess the damage to the railway and “understand the scale of the repair work needed before services can resume safely”, the rail firms said. John Whitehurst, interim CEO of Greater Thameslink Railway, which runs Southern Railway, said: “We’re …

The condition of six donkeys found in a “desperate state” after Storm Chandra swept across the UK has vastly improved, animal carers have said. Mimi, Martha, Mabel, Aida, Pippin and Lily-Mae had “their lives turned upside down” when strong winds and heavy rainfall hit in January, said The Donkey Sanctuary. …

A fire that began in the garden of a home in Pershore turned into a fast-moving blaze – the kind of “escalation” the county’s fire chief describes as becoming far more common in the dry conditions. Three homes were destroyed in the town centre on Thursday as dozens of residents …

Families have been evacuated from their homes in two streets after a huge fire broke out at a neighbouring industrial building. The blaze, which has shot huge plumes of black and orange smoke into the sky, was spotted at just after 07:30 BST at a site off Wellington Road in …

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 90s died in a house fire. Gloucestershire Police was called to Elmgrove Road West in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, at 04:00 BST on Sunday. Emergency services searched the house and found the elderly woman, who was unconscious. Ambulance …

Up to 833 properties in three Kent villages have low pressure or no water for a second day, South East Water (SEW) says. The company said the interruptions in the Charing, Challock and Molash areas started at about 19:45 BST on Saturday. Incident manager, Mike Court, said SEW was sorry …

“We are just trying to keep them fed, hydrated, and just give them a moment of peace or downtime when they’re feeling their worst.” That is the mission of dozens of volunteers who are providing firefighters with respite while they tackle some of the biggest wildfires across the country, including …

The note, written on the back of a Ciro nylon hairnet packet and signed at the end, said: “The best of luck mate. I hope you are not at war – it’s a terrifying thing war. “This was bricked up Oct 12th 1959. Just after the general election when the …

The closure means visitors can get to Forest Distillery, which sits off the A537, as normal from the Macclesfield side but a lengthy diversion is needed to get there from the Buxton side. Bond, who took over the business in 2019 with his wife Lindsay, said: “It is devastating and …

Among those who have been able to return home are the Abdullah family, who fled as they were preparing to head to a local Wetherspoons pub to celebrate 18-year-old Dominic’s A-level results. Dominic told the BBC that nothing could describe the feeling of watching his neighbours houses burn. “Seeing the …

The young Elvis is driven to care home gigs by his mother, Katie Goddard, because he has not yet passed his test. “I think it’s brilliant. I don’t know where he gets it from,” said the 42-year-old. “Watching him in front of 5,000 people, it felt a bit surreal, it’s …

One of the men then fired towards the group, which included Rimmer, with some bullets striking other houses. The murder weapon, which has never been recovered, was identified as a Skorpion sub-machine gun – a Czech-made military grade firearm capable of firing multiple shots in a fraction of a second. …

Brown told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the problem was not a shortage of information but whether people could find it and felt confident enough to use it. “In terms of Croydon Council providing policy documents, the interesting thing is that the majority of these documents are already publicly available …

Medal ceremonies at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham were postponed after a man was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Transport at the Alexander Stadium tournament was also suspended on Saturday as a result of the arrest and necessary security procedures. Members of the crowd reported being held outside by …

Torossian said the situation had been “awful” and “traumatic” for the family. “I’m just worried that if the police go in and try and take him, how is that going to affect my dad. We just want him to have some dignity,” she said. “We want him to be treated …