2 hours ago Pamela Bilalova & PA Media,BBC North East & Cumbria Ben Beska/PA Wire Dr Ben Beska placed the fish in a freezer drawer until he got a tank A junior doctor has ended up with a new pet after a goldfish mysteriously appeared in his garden. Dr Ben Beska, 33, from Newcastle, said...
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has married for a fifth time in a ceremony at his Californian vineyard. Mr Murdoch, 93, tied the knot on Saturday with his new wife Elena Zhukova, 67, a retired Russian biologist. He was rumoured to be dating Ms Zhukova soon after his engagement to ex-police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith was...
A service has been held to remember the 29 people killed in an RAF Chinook helicopter crash on the 30th anniversary of the disaster. The helicopter carrying leading security personnel crashed on the Mull of Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland on 2 June 1994. The aircraft was on its way from RAF...
One person has been killed and at least 24 others injured in a mass shooting in the US state of Ohio. The shooting happened just after midnight local time (05:00 BST) in the city of Akron. No one has been arrested or identified as a suspect and an investigation is continuing, the Akron Police Department...
10 minutes ago Paul Seddon,Political reporter BBC The co-leader of the Green Party has told the BBC that finding different ways to measure economic success would help build a fairer society. The party has long argued that economic growth drives over-exploitation of resources and should not be the default aim for governments. Adrian Ramsay said...
He has agreed a deal with Real until 2029, earning 15m euros (£12.8m) a season, plus a 150m euro (£128m) signing-on bonus to be paid over five years, and he will keep a percentage of his image rights. The Frenchman will get the chance to play alongside Luka Modric, with the Croatian midfielder set to...
A car crashed into a 600-year-old hotel and pub and damaged its stone pillars. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the Langport Arms, in Cheapside, Somerset, on Saturday at 20:20 BST, closing the road for several hours. The driver was treated by paramedics but did not suffer any serious injuries, a Devon and Somerset...
Michael Ball has paid tribute to Steve Wright, calling his legacy “immeasurable”, as he took over the the late DJ’s Sunday Love Songs programme on BBC Radio 2. Ball, a West End star who has presented on Radio 2 since 2008, was named as the show’s new host after Wright died in February. The 61-year-old...
Actor Toby Jones, who played the lead role in the TV series about the Post Office scandal, has said he “played a hero” in the drama. He starred as Alan Bates in the ITV show Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which tells the story of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly accused of theft,...
PA Media John Swinney will urge people to “vote SNP to put Scotland’s interests first” as he formally launches the party’s general election campaign. Mr Swinney will tell activists and candidates at a rally in Glasgow later that Westminster decision-making has meant “austerity, Brexit and a cost of living crisis being imposed on Scotland”. Scotland’s...