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The family of a woman who was killed in a house fire said she was the “heart and soul of our street and community” and “loved by all”. Natalie McDonald, 34, died alongside her seven-year-old niece Valentina Foster in the blaze at Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in the early hours of …

Kellogg’s is an American company founded in Michigan in 1906. It began exporting to the UK in 1922. The cereal giant said the Trafford Park factory was laid out in a way that made sense in the 1930s, with food travelling up and down six floors in a legacy manufacturing …

Mr Gettings’ family said he had taught in Southport, Liverpool and Blackpool during his career, before taking early retirement. “His family meant everything to him, and he was the centre of our world, someone we could always turn to, rely on, and share life’s happiest moments with. “The love Simon …

Government plans to extend the use of a former military training camp in East Sussex to house asylum seekers will bypass the council, the local authority has claimed. Plans to use the Crowborough Training Camp to house up to 540 men were announced last year. The Home Office is seeking …

“To me the show is my very own rom-com and I have loved creating so many stories for you to watch,” she wrote. “I am so grateful to everyone who has followed me on this journey and found some joy in these episodes. “I never thought I’d stop Chicken Shop …

Four people accused of murdering a newborn baby found dead at a house in Sheffield are to stand trial next year. The baby girl, who suffered 33 wounds in 15 separate stabbings, was found at a house in Holywell Heights, in the Wincobank area of the city, on Sunday. Andrea …

At the time Jatinder Kaur was driving the family’s Volkswagen Polo, making deliveries with her husband and their children in the car. The family ran the Keystore grocery store in Kirkcaldy. The couple’s 19-year-old daughter Parveet was in the front passenger seat and their son Princedeep, 10, was sleeping in …

A life-size statue of John Lennon displayed on Liverpool’s Penny Lane could fetch up to £100,000 at auction. The bronze sculpture, created by the late artist Laura Lian, has stood outside St Barnabas Church since August 2022. After it is sold it will be replaced by a replica. Penny Lane …

A driver has admitted killing a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash as he made his way home from school. Latvian national Dolars Aleksanders was extradited to the UK last month and charged with causing death by dangerous driving, following the death of Keaton Slater in Coventry in 2024. The …

Three men have been jailed over a tree-planting scam that cost 3,000 investors their workplace pensions. Matthew Pickard, 55, Stephen Greenaway, 46, and Paul Laver, 47, bought luxury cars and holidays from the profits of Bournemouth-based Ethical Forestry Ltd, which promised forestry investments in Costa Rica. The firm took £70m …

A man has been jailed for more than six years after he threw a petrol bomb at a house in Rotherham. Seven people were in the property in Warwick Street, in Moorgate, at the time of attack in November 2023, including two children and an 11-month-old baby. South Yorkshire Police …

A proposal to build up to 250 houses next to the national headquarters of the SAS could undermine security at the base, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has warned. The new housing estate, more than a third of them affordable, could be built on a 26-acre field opposite Stirling Lines, …

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Dawn Huggins, said Norman Irwin was held in high esteem across the borough and had taken part in many council events over the years. Huggins described Norman as a humble man who lived to 107 and said his humour, wit, wisdom and anecdotes …

At a hearing before magistrates at Hereford Justice Centre on Thursday, the case was formally reopened against the mayor and withdrawn by the panel after a request from the DVLA. Neither the mayor nor a representative from the DVLA were present at the court for the one-minute hearing. The legal …

A man who started offering free gardening services in his spare time after seeing a negative social media post about the state of someone’s plot in his town has received a huge financial boost. After the BBC highlighted his work in July, Stephen Jalland, from March, Cambridgeshire, gained national press …

Those involved explain how a council got an illegal site cleared during a bank holiday weekend. BBC News

The husband of a renowned ballroom dancer who needs 24/7 care after suffering a stroke said he could be forced to sell their home to pay for the help she needs each day. Jane Bullock, who coached professionals for the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, collapsed at her Wolverhampton home on …

Chloe Mallett, 31, from Watton in Norfolk, was diagnosed with postnatal anxiety after giving birth to her son in June 2025 following a five-year struggle to conceive. The former sales administrator had started to pursue adopting a child, when she found out she was pregnant. Mallett said while she had …

The Orange Order has announced plans for a new parade at Drumcree, one of the most contentious parade routes in Northern Ireland. They said they had scaled back the plans and hoped the parade would be allowed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road. They said only 60 members would march …

A 17-year-old photographer who waited three years to capture the perfect action shot has scooped the top title in a wildlife photography competition. Maksym Breus said he spent more than 200 hours studying birds before taking a “dream shot” of a hobby brandishing its talons ready to pounce on a …