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Midsummer Place is bringing back its much-loved Midsummer Markets, starting 2025 with a Valentine’s special on Saturday 1 February.

Time is running out to enter your team for a chance to take home the inaugural Northampton Dragon Boat Festival trophy!

An arts and heritage trail championing Milton Keynes’ design history has arrived in the city centre.

Milton Keynes City Council is working with a theatre company on an innovative way to help local people share their experiences about living in Milton Keynes. 

Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana murdered three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class after authorities missed a string of opportunities to identify the risk he posed to others.

Donald Trump has signed a raft of executive orders within hours of returning to the White House as he reversed some of his predecessor Joe Biden's policies.

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country's interior minister has said.

A 36-year-old man and a six-year-old girl have been found dead inside a house in West Lothian.

Storm Eowyn has been named by the Met Office ahead of strong winds across the UK on Friday and into Saturday.

Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia and will be stepping away from acting, her husband has confirmed.

The boss of under fire Southern Water has told MPs that 15 years of "flat bills" is the reason for the industry's struggles with sewage spills and supply outages.

Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.

Axel Rudakubana's fascination with extreme violence stretched back years - students at his school said he had a "kill list" of people he wanted to target.

Storm Eowyn has been named by the Met Office ahead of strong winds across the UK on Friday and into Saturday.

A 36-year-old man and a six-year-old girl have been found dead in a house in West Lothian.

Prince Harry's legal action against the publisher of The Sun newspaper, over allegations of unlawful information gathering, is due to begin today.

Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia and will be stepping away from acting, her husband has confirmed.

Greggs is recalling packs of steak bakes after a packaging error.

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of an asylum seeker who was shot by police after he stabbed six people at a Glasgow hotel.

Jamie Carragher says he was mystified by Ruben Amorim calling his Manchester United team "maybe the worst" in the club's history and believes it could backfire on the head coach.

Manchester City have signed Palmeiras defender Vitor Reis for £29.6m.

Nottingham Forest have made a bid for Brentford's Yoane Wissa.

Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia and will be stepping away from acting, her husband has confirmed.

Guitarist John Sykes, who played with rock bands including Think Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65.

Dear White People star DeRon Horton says he was shot days before Christmas and is lucky not to have been killed or paralysed.

Police have launched an investigation after Gladiators star Apollo was reportedly stalked and harassed.

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country's interior minister has said.

Donald Trump will pull the US, the world's second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time.

Three Israeli hostages have been reunited with their families, while 90 Palestinian prisoners were released in return in a ceasefire deal that has put an end, for now, to 15 months of bitter war in Gaza.

An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion "overrated" and a "has-been".

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country's interior minister has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.

Three Israeli hostages have been reunited with their families, while 90 Palestinian prisoners were released in return in a ceasefire deal that has put an end, for now, to 15 months of bitter war in Gaza.

Rachel Reeves will hold talks with some of Wall Street’s leading financiers in Davos this week, less than hours after Donald Trump's second US presidency gets underway.

Donald Trump will pull the US, the world's second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time.

Donald Trump has given TikTok 75 days to convince US officials it doesn't threaten national security - most likely by finding a new, US owner for its American operation.

Melania and Donald Trump have just launched their own cryptocurrencies, as Bitcoin hit a record high. 

Donald Trump, who has long called climate change as a "hoax", is to waste no time in his plans to strip nature protections, ban wind turbines and drain every last drop of oil from US soil.

Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.

It was a small signifier - one which could be over-interpreted - but nevertheless provoked angst among some in government at a time when there isn't universally huge confidence that UK-US political relations are as robust as they should be.

Jeremy Corbyn has been interviewed under caution by police following a pro-Palestinian rally in central London, Sky News understands.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week to court potential investors in UK growth projects, joining hundreds of political and economic leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps in the shadow of Donald Trump's inauguration.

Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought.

A woman has spoken of her anguish after she was mistakenly declared dead.

Residents on a road in North Wales have taken matters into their own hands by turning a road full of potholes into a tourist attraction.

An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette.

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists.

There has been a surge in the pace of wage growth but a rise in the jobless rate following a big drop in the number of payrolled employees, according to the latest official figures.

The boss of under fire Southern Water has told MPs that 15 years of "flat bills" is the reason for the industry's struggles with sewage spills and supply outages.

One of the things that made President Donald Trump's inauguration distinctive was the prominence of Silicon Valley elite.

A British fintech which pledges to improve workers’ financial wellbeing has secured a $5m (£3.9m) seed funding round led by the prominent venture capitalist Notion Capital.