A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a “Halloween scene”, a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage appeared to show a man running out of the building with his clothing on fire.

Micky Mellon admitted Oldham Athletic's game at Fleetwood could have gone either way, but admitted it would have been cruel had Latics lost.

Protests against the use of asylum hotels and counter-demonstrations have taken place, with police trying to keep the groups apart.

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer show won the Taffner Family best comedy show ...

An Emmerdale star has spoken out about the rumours that he is leaving the ITV soap opera very, very soon in explosive scenes.

Residents in an Oldham village are celebrating after their postcode was included in the People's Postcode Lottery yesterday (Friday, August 22) ...

Good afternoon from Fleetwood Town's Highbury Stadium, where Latics are looking for their first win of the season and build on a midweek point ...

UK temperatures could hit 30C over the bank holiday weekend before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring wind and rain along with big waves to the coast. Warm and sunny spells are expected over the ...

US rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have got the crowd rocking as the first headliners of a seaside festival which has been hit by controversy over an onstage pro-Palestinian protest. Thousands of ...

The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanised governments and aid groups to intensify their pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by ...

The family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine have said they are “very disappointed” by the response from authorities. Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from her ...

At least 12 workers have died and four others are missing after the collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in north-west China, state media reported. Aerial photos of the ...