Adolescence writer and co-creator Jack Thorne said teachers’ responses to the hit Netflix series showed “we’ve got a real problem in our country” when it comes to schooling. The four-part series ...

Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday. Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three ...

At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said the TV industry is “still struggling” to cater for black people when it comes to make up and hair. The comedian, 66, picked up the outstanding achievement award at the ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

Street drinking, e-scooters and e-bikes have been banned from Swindon Town Centre, as new signs appear. The signs, which were installed on Monday, August 18, warn Swindon shoppers that a Public Space ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political instinct” is to back a united Ireland. However, the former Scottish first minister insisted the issue of Northern Ireland’s future is for people there to decide ...

A BUSINESS owner from the area is calling for urgent action after a hit and run crash caused £40,000 worth of damage to his office.

England have named an unchanged side from their final warm-up game for their Women’s Rugby World Cup opener against the United States in Sunderland on Friday. Red Roses boss John Mitchell has kept ...

Charlie Hills is eyeing a possible tilt at the Ayr Gold Cup with Trefor following his narrow victory in the opening race of the Ebor Festival at York.

Lucy Packer is turning nerves into excitement ahead of an historic summer of women’s sport. Packer’s Red Roses will take centre stage when the world comes to England in August, sandwiched in between ...

Swindon Town turned in a massively disappointing display to be beaten at home for the second time in 2025, 2-0 against Barnet ...