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Failed Stormont talks a chance to bring gay marriage to Northern Ireland, says Labour

Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith has said that Theresa May should force the devolved government to accept same-sex marriage if power-sharing talks fail.

Feb 15, 2018

By David Brennan

Theresa May

Man City reveal second child abuse suspect with links to club after Barry Bennell found guilty

Club say John Broome, who is now dead, also linked to serious abuse allegations after former coach convicted of string of offences.

Feb 15, 2018

By Ewan Palmer

Jeremy Corbyn Meets The New Scottish Labour Leader For The First Time In Glasgow

Jeremy Corbyn rubbishes 'Commie spy' claims

Labour leader dismisses story in The Sun which suggested he had close ties with a Czechoslovak agent at the height of the Cold War.

Feb 15, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Jeremy Corbyn

Why British politics is being contaminated by conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories about George Soros and Oxfam reveal something disconcerting about the road down which British politics is currently travelling.

Feb 15, 2018

By James Bloodworth

Brexit United Kingdom

'Oh dear she needs help': Ghost bride's bizarre marriage to 300-year-old pirate leaves Twitter cringing

On being quizzed about her sex life with the spirit, Amanda Teague, to the surprise of the Loose Women panellists, revealed that she once had a pregnancy scare.

Feb 15, 2018

By Sutrishna Ghosh

EU could demand power to raid UK financial firms after Brexit

Boris Johnson said it would be "intolerable and undemocratic" for Brussels to impose its laws on Britain after Brexit.

Feb 15, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Brexit

Woman in her 60s has hand cut off during attack at Dundee home

Police arrest 32-year-old man in connection with incident in Charleston which left victim with severe injury.

Feb 15, 2018

By Ewan Palmer

Japan believes Brexit is an 'act of self-harm' says former British ambassador

According to a former British ambassador to Tokyo, Japan views the United Kingdom leaving the European Union as an act of medium and long-term political and economical "self-harm".

Feb 15, 2018

By Staff Reporter

Brexit United Kingdom Japan European Union

Jorge Garcia-Bengochea holds a therapy horse

Blind man set to become the first person in the UK to get a guide horse

The 23-year-old journalist from Lancashire has a phobia of dogs and will get to use a guide horse instead.

Feb 15, 2018

By Sadhana Bharanidharan

Woman found hanged in hotel room two days after being accused of being an escort on Facebook

Emma Matthews, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, was accused of being an escort when screenshots of private messages to men were taken from her phone and posted to Facebook.

Feb 15, 2018

By William Watkinson

Facebook

Father, 83, says thugs who killed only son during 'extreme torture' are 'nothing but animals'

Joseph McKeever, 54, was found dead in a burned-out Ford Focus in Liverpool in June 2017. Jamie Grimes was found guilty of his murder at Liverpool Crown Court.

Feb 14, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Kebab shop owner 'spearheaded plan to import £63m of heroin in wooden tables'

Fikri Yarasir, 53, who owns Yummy's pizza and kebab shop in Glossop, Derbyshire, is accused of trying to import 210 kilos of heroin, alongside six others at Manchester Crown Court.

Feb 14, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime Turkey

Fox attacks baby in her bouncer after sneaking through open back door of Plymouth home

An urban fox bit a baby after sneaking into a Plymouth home through an open backdoor, a family from the West Park area has claimed.

Feb 14, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Manchester police defend shamed officers for having 'well earned' tea break

Two officers from Greater Manchester Police's City Centre team, one of whom recently saved a man's life with CPR, were shamed online for taking a break in Caffe Nero.

Feb 14, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

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