'I fear local people will move out of the area' - Anger over Wigan HS2 plans

Four children have been rushed to hospital and five adults have been injured following a horror crash on the A93.

A blaze broke out at an Alexandria church which is set to be transformed into a £750,000 arts centre over the Easter weekend.

Rangers fans were forced to watch Sunday's dramatic winner over Celtic through pub windows - after a fire alarm went off inside a popular city centre bar.

One person was taken to hospital following a blaze at an Ayrshire shopping mall this morning.

BBC One (April 14). But he came under scrutiny from the judges after serving up the chicken thighs alone as he admitted he had undercooked the rice.

Angelika Film Center and Sony Pictures Classics unveiled a “Bring A Friend Back To The Movies” initiative timed to the April 22 release of dramatic comedy The Duke.

This bank holiday weekend is set to be brighter than the rest of the week, and as the sun comes out, Gopuff customers can enjoy a free tub of ice cream. Here’s how to claim one.

Smoke and flames have poured out of a manhole and into a Scots high street - forcing fire crews to close the road.

A Scots community has been left devastated after finding their beloved 'local celebrity' Red Deer dead with 'his head chopped from his body'.

Local elections will take place on May 5 this year - and votes will be cast in all four regions of the UK. More than a third of local authorities will be holding contests for new councillors, while some areas will also be electing regional mayors.

Brits will take to the polls next month to cast their votes in the local elections. Seats will be up for grabs in local authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s final days are being turned into an opera by the Royal Opera House in London.The production, called Last Days, will be a production adapted from Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name.The film, which was centred on a young musician called Blake, was loosely based on Cobain’s last days. Cobain died by suicide in 1994 aged 27.A description from the Royal Opera House says that the opera “plunges into the torment that created a modern myth” and that “Blake” is “haunted by objects, visitors and memories distracting him from his true purpose – self-destruction”.The opera has been composed by Oliver Leith, the Royal Opera House’s composer-in-residence.

Scots offshore crews had to be evacuated by coastguard helicopters after an onboard blaze.

Police are appealing for help to find a man and woman who vanished four days ago after boarding a bus to Dundee.

AURORA and Brian Eno will sit down in London next month for a conversation on the climate emergency and how the energy of music can benefit the planet.The talk will take place as part of the 14th edition of Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI), which is set to take place at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London on April 29.Eno, having recently founded Earth Percent, a charity providing a simple way for the music industry to support the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency, joins the conference to discuss ‘Directing the energy of music for the benefit of the planet’ in a Keynote conversation with the Norwegian alt-pop star.The pair will discuss their visions for “directing the energy of music for the benefit of the planet”, as per the event’s press release.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Prime Video is continuing its mission of commissioning “local for local” shows as its European operation becomes more entrenched.Georgia Brown, head of Amazon Studios for Europe, told a packed Series Mania session in Lille on Thursday that her regional staff across the continent aren’t looking for international ideas, but rather location-specific conceits.“If we’re commissioning a big show in Spain, I need it to be a hit in Spain,” said Brown. “Lots of people come to us saying, ‘We have a great international show,’ and that doesn’t really work for us.

Spring will kick off this weekend as the clocks move forward by one hour.