Emergency services have declared a major incident following an explosion which destroyed a terraced property. Nottinghamshire Police says officers were called to John Street in Worksop just before 20:00 BST on Saturday. Multiple properties on the street have been evacuated, and fire crews, police officers and ambulances are at the scene. There is no confirmation...
A new art exhibition Afloat or Ashore at Exeter Custom House will showcase beautiful and evocative paintings from the finalists of a competition. The exhibition opens on Saturday 12 April 2025 with the winning and best entries from last year’s art competition organised by the Society and National Historic Ships UK to celebrate historic vessels...
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill aiming to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide restraining orders — an action that, if successful, would flout hundreds of years of judicial case law and precedent. Judges have always had the power to impose nationwide injunctions on local, state or federal governments and...
Have you grown tired of the winning yet? Especially after the past week? Yesterday, the media narrative on the House was “Republicans in disarray!” Today, Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump corralled their caucus to pass a renegotiated budget plan that will allow Trump’s tax cuts and spending reductions to pass through reconciliation: The House...
The White House announced on Tuesday that it has suspended federal funds exceeding $1 billion for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University amid ongoing investigations into dubious accusations of civil rights violations at both universities. The Trump administration has increasingly leveraged the threat of revoked grant funding to pressure universities into aligning...
A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’s access to presidential events after the White House blocked the agency in a dispute over the term “Gulf of America”. District Judge Trevor McFadden on Tuesday said the administration’s restrictions on AP journalists is “contrary to the First Amendment” of the US...
According to several sources, officials have discussed bombing cartels with or without Mexico’s consent. An NBC News report published on Tuesday suggests that the Trump administration is considering responding to drug cartels with military force, with the White House floating plans to work with — and without — the Mexican government’s cooperation. The report relies...
These bills are “a critical step” to protect gender-affirming care and abortion services in the state, advocates say. The Colorado House has passed four bills aimed at safeguarding abortion access and transgender rights amid a rising tide of federal hostility. Senate Bill 183 updates state law to align with Amendment 79, which voters approved last...
Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, a “moron” over comments he made about his electric vehicle firm, Tesla. Musk – who is also a member of the Trump administration – also said Navarro was “dumber than a sack of bricks” in posts on his social media platform X. It was...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images JoJo Siwa has been a dancer, pop star, actress and hair bow trendsetter Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke, US media personality JoJo Siwa, EastEnders star Patsy Palmer, Love Island’s Chris Hughes and former MP Michael Fabricant are getting to know each other after beginning a stay in this year’s Celebrity...
Hattie McCann BBC News, Devon BBC There are 66 of the Dittos houses all across Dawlish, themed to the shops they are installed on. A tourist trail of model houses made to the scale of five-inch (12cm) fictional creatures is making a return to Dawlish high street for its third year. The houses – known...
Simon Armstrong BBC News, North East & Cumbria BBC A cordon has been put in place with officers carrying out house-to-house inquiries A man has died in a shooting in County Durham. Emergency services attended a home in Elm Street, Stanley, at about 17:20 BST on Saturday following reports of a disturbance. A man aged...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Post Office announced plans to close the branch in November 2024 A petition aimed at saving a post office in Paignton town centre has been presented to the House of Commons. Torbay’s Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling handed in the petition, signed by more than 500 people,...
Paul Burnell BBC News, Liverpool Google The fire broke out late in the evening on Wednesday A 13-year-old girl has been killed in a house fire which broke out late on Wednesday, police have said. Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire at a property in Kingsway, Prescot, was finally put...
BBC Pronatalists, a controversial fringe group almost exclusively from the political right, claim that some of the most powerful people in the US government are sympathetic to their cause. But how much influence do they really have? Listen to Stephanie read this article Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed...