We live next door to Alton Towers and we don’t mind the traffic and the noise – because they give us 20 free tickets a year Locals say surprising perk counterbalances noise and traffic brought by tourists Popular attraction powers the local economy and boosts property prices Villagers living near Alton Towers theme park say despite the noise of thrill-seekers […]

Potential Wilko rescue deal ‘could take weeks’ to complete with future of 400 stores and 12,500 jobs hanging in the balance Several companies including B&M and Home Bargains are said to be interested  Any potential deal to rescue high street chain Wilko could take ‘weeks’ to complete, it was claimed on Saturday, as 400 stores and 12,500 jobs hang in […]

Betty batters Britain: Storm hammers country with heavy rain and strong winds as Met Office warns of floods and says people may die as massive waves crash onto sea fronts Warnings for heavy rain and strong winds in force until around noon today  Risk of injuries and danger to life from large waves and material thrown by wind Warnings for […]

From Miss Russia 2003 and a champion gymnast to his ex-wife and a ‘fling with a housecleaner’: Vladimir Putin’s fascinating love life… and his ‘secret children’ Putin married his first wife in 1983, going on to divorce her three decades later Since he became president in 2000, there have been persistent rumours around extramarital affairs, children – and even a secret […]

The devastating Lucy Letby dossier: Even after three babies died within a fortnight, Letby’s boss couldn’t believe ‘nice Lucy’ might be to blame. And as this devastating report shows, she was left to attack TEN more infants Early summer 2015 and a young mum-to-be was admitted to the Countess of Chester Hospital. She had nine weeks to go before her […]

How did Lucy Letby get away with it for so long? The missed NHS blunders from failing to spot blood tests which proved someone was poisoning babies with insulin to hospital bosses refusing to believe nurse was to blame Thirteen babies – including seven that were murdered – might have been saved or escaped harm had hospital managers and doctors […]

‘They told me there had been a lot more deaths… and I was there for a lot of them’: Chilling moment Lucy Letby maintains her innocence in first police interview – as video captures moment serial killer nurse was finally arrested after murder spree This is the chilling moment serial killer nurse Lucy Letby was quizzed about the spate of […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key points Alcoa and AGL have struck a new deal to power the Portland aluminium smelter.  The deal will provide 50 per cent of the smelter’s power needs until 2035. Environment Victoria wants the plan to be 100 per cent reliant on renewables […]

Magaluf hotel where ‘Brit, 18, was gang-raped by six men’ breaks its silence as it vows to show ‘solidarity with the alleged victim’ Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had arrested five French tourists and a Swiss holidaymaker on suspicion of sexually assaulting the British woman They allegedly attacked her in a hotel on Monday and filmed it on […]

The Crooked House will ‘rise from the ashes’: MP says he wants to see a law put in place to protect other pubs from the same fate as ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’ which burned down – but tells members of the public wanting answers to be ‘patient’ The Crooked House burned down on August 5 and was demolished days later  An […]