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Flames on the roof of a hospital. Two firefighters can be seen in the foreground.

Maternity hospital evacuated after large fire

Pregnant women and babies were moved outside of St Michael's Hospital, supported by midwives.

3 hrs ago
Bristol
Tatters has cropped brown hair and a light beard and moustache, and Francis has a fuller beard with a shaved head.

Pair jailed for life for 'pure evil' arson attack

Akashdeep Singh, 26, died in the blaze at his home which also seriously injured his mother.

8 hrs ago
England
The pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival. Thousands of people gather around the iconic tent.

Glastonbury glampers lose thousands after yurt firm goes bust

Festivalgoers who booked through Yurtel have been left ticketless and out of pocket.

5 hrs ago
England

Timothy West 'died peacefully' after hospital stay

The Bradford-born actor had been receiving palliative care after suffering a head injury in a fall.

10 hrs ago
Bradford

Flooded village re-emerges in dry spell

The village of Mardale in the Lake District reappears, decades after it was flooded.

7 hrs ago
Cumbria
Tatters has cropped brown hair and a light beard and moustache, and Francis has a fuller beard with a shaved head.

Pair jailed for life for 'pure evil' arson attack

Akashdeep Singh, 26, died in the blaze at his home which also seriously injured his mother.

8 hrs ago
England
A train which has hit a red trailer. The trailer has been damaged by the train and is crumpled.

Man arrested after train hits tractor and trailer

Two people are taken to hospital following the crash near Leominster.

3 hrs ago
England
A man with a big ginger beard smiling and flexing his arm muscles.

Hardest Geezer finishes running length of New Zealand

Russ Cook, nicknamed Hardest Geezer, has run more than 2,500km in 73 days across New Zealand.

9 hrs ago
Sussex
The pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival. Thousands of people gather around the iconic tent.

Glastonbury glampers lose thousands after yurt firm goes bust

Festivalgoers who booked through Yurtel have been left ticketless and out of pocket.

5 hrs ago
England
Jade Damarell is smiling at the camera. She has long blonde hair and is holding a pair of sungalsses.

No suspicion of equipment failure in skydive death

Marketing manager Jade Damarell crashed onto farmland in Shotton Colliery, the inquest hears.

12 hrs ago
Wear
A framed image of a man in a suit and tie next to a text of Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech. There are Union flags in the background.

Enoch Powell display investigated as hate incident

The shop's owner and Reform campaigner has now removed the image from her window display.

5 hrs ago
Shropshire
Donald Burgess wears a straw sun hat tied under his chin and a white shirt with yellow and red petal-type shapes on it. He is sitting outside on a patio and is wearing glasses.

Amputee's knife was a threat, accused PC says

A PC says Donald Burgess, 92, had "ample opportunity" to drop his knife before he was Tasered.

6 hrs ago
Sussex
Arooj Shah has long black hair and is wearing and black jacket with charcoal grey top.

Second attempt to oust council leader fails

Arooj Shah says she just wants to "crack on" with working hard for the people of Oldham.

2 hrs ago
Manchester
A man smiling in a dark suit, whit shirt and purple tie standing proudly on a lawn in front of a grand building. Several other smartly-dressed people are nearby under a white canopy at the building's entrance.

'I thought royal garden party invitation was joke'

Prof Fayyaz Ahmed attended the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

10 hrs ago
Hull & East Yorkshire

Stories to make you smile

Barbara Brookes, 90, wearing black goggles and a pink coat looking at the camera with a glider in the background on a field at Husbands Bosworth Airfield, in Leicestershire

'Absolutely wonderful': Gran, 90, takes to the skies after raffle win

Barbara Brookes says the glider experience was "absolutely wonderful".

18 hrs ago
Leicestershire
The spherical egg rests in the palm of a person.

Woman finds 'one in a billion' spherical egg

She says her family is in disbelief with the find which she now hopes to sell to raise money for charity.

19 hrs ago
Suffolk
A laughing Stu Skinner gives a double thumbs up to the camera. On his back is a backpack with a red rectangular post box poking out the top. He has a full brown beard and is standing side-on to the camera. He appears to be in a domestic garage and is wearing black hiking gear and a black baseball cap.

Flip-flop hiker lugs postbox in quest to tackle loneliness

Stu Skinner will be carrying a 26kg iron postbox he bought at an auction when he was drunk.

11 hrs ago
Dorset

Features & Analysis

An orange tent lit from inside on Dartmoor moorland at dusk.

Dartmoor wild camping 'not about big tents and fairy lights'

The message comes after the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor was upheld by the Supreme Court.

18 hrs ago
Devon
Jarvis Cocker pictured performing in 1995. He is wearing a dark suit, black shirt and pink tie.

'We wanted Common People to be fantastic forever'

Thirty years after its release, what made Pulp's Common People one of Britpop's defining anthems.

18 hrs ago
South Yorkshire
Spurs players celebrating their win holding the trophy

Tottenham victory parade: All you need to know

Spurs will be parading their first European trophy in 41 years in north London on Friday.

12 hrs ago
London
A girl with long blonde hair, wearing a black school jumper, a white shirt and a black tie.

'My daughter's hit-and-run crash shattered our family'

Sarah says she still sees speeding cars on her Erdington road after her daughter was badly hurt.

18 hrs ago
Birmingham & Black Country
A blue notepad with Wallace and Gromit image which sit below Korean writing.

South Korea's love for Wallace and Gromit

The Aardman characters are hugely popular in the country, where Gromit is used to teach English

18 hrs ago
Bristol

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Two swans in a nest with their cygnets. There is green grass around them.

Moment cygnets hatch is captured on livestream

Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue has looked after the nesting swans for nearly three years.

6 hrs ago
Lincolnshire
Gary Fox in a black tracksuit throwing a punch towards the screen. He is bald and is stood in a field.

Bare-knuckle boxing: From car park scraps to championship titles

Gary Fox used to be involved in illegal street fights but now makes a living as a professional fighter.

18 hrs ago
Tees
Two women with smiles on their smiles and clapping their hands having just watched their team win.

Tears of joy as fans react to play-off win

Southend book their place in the National League play-off final at Wembley by beating Forest Green.

17 hrs ago
Essex
Two women wearing cycle helmets look at each other while wearing glasses. The lady on the left has a grey top on, the one on the right a blue top. Behind them is a park with green grass and trees.

'Age is no barrier to learning how to ride a bike'

Sam Sahdra has taught 200 women to ride a bike which gives her a "boost of happiness".

18 hrs ago
Birmingham & Black Country

Sport

Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope celebrate

Pope, Crawley and Duckett tons flatten Zimbabwe

Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope join Ben Duckett in making centuries as England dominate Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.

5 hrs ago
Cricket
Championship play-off final trophy

How well do you know the Championship play-off finals?

Test yourself on how much you know about the most memorable Championship play-off finals.

6 hrs ago
Championship
Joe Cokanasiga holds his hands up and points to the sky in celebration

Cokanasiga has 'hunger' to play for England again

Bath winger Joe Cokanasiga says he does not feel his England career is over and he has felt more "hunger" to play internationally again.

2 hrs ago
Bath
Nathan Aspinall and Luke Humphries

Aspinall reaches play-offs as Littler sets records

Nathan Aspinall secures the final Premier League play-off spot while Luke Littler - the brilliant winner on the night - sets new records in Sheffield.

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3 hrs ago
A train which has hit a red trailer. The trailer has been damaged by the train and is crumpled.

Man arrested after train hits tractor and trailer

Two people are taken to hospital following the crash near Leominster.

3 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A sandstone relief, believed to be a representation of the Roman goddess of Victory. The 19in (47cm) by 11in (28cm) piece of yellow sandstone has a person carved into it, who has one of its hands raised. The stone is laid upon a pile of rubble.

Victory goddess sandstone carving found in rubble

The couple who made the discovery have been volunteering at Vindolanda for more than 20 years.

4 hrs ago
England
5 hrs ago
The pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival. Thousands of people gather around the iconic tent.

Glastonbury glampers' concern after yurt firm goes bust

Festivalgoers who booked through Yurtel have been left ticketless and out of pocket.

5 hrs ago
England
6 hrs ago
A man standing in a park. He has a black and grey beard and short black hair. He is wearing a navy hoodie and is standing in front of large trees. He is smiling into the camera.

Hospital opens 'one stop shop' transplant centre

The Edmonds Transplant Centre enables patients to receive all of their care in one place.

6 hrs ago
England
8 hrs ago
Tatters has cropped brown hair and a light beard and moustache, and Francis has a fuller beard with a shaved head.

Pair jailed for life for 'pure evil' arson attack

Akashdeep Singh, 26, died in the blaze at his home which also seriously injured his mother.

8 hrs ago
England
9 hrs ago
The tree pictured in sunnier weather with the wall stretching out beyond it

Sycamore Gap tree: The story so far

What happened to the world famous Sycamore gap tree and why did people care so much?

9 hrs ago
England
9 hrs ago
Exterior of York City Council's West Offices, a set of three-storey buildings.

Housing officer sexted woman in rent arrears

Anthony Patrick, 63, sent money and vouchers to woman in rent arrears in exchange for images.

9 hrs ago
England
11 hrs ago
The Humberside Police logo with Humberside Police in a blue circle, ER in the middle and a star and crown around it. Located on the side of a police car

Ex-police inspector admits making child sex images

Ian Walpole has been put on conditional bail until the next hearing at Lincoln Crown Court.

11 hrs ago
England
11 hrs ago
Diana Johnson looks at the camera. She is wearing a navy blouse and red eyeglasses. She has brown shoulder length hair and is standing in front of Coventry Cathedral.

Government would support knife arches in schools

Policing Minister Diana Johnson says the decisions need to be made locally, but she would back head teachers.

11 hrs ago
England

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