9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (424+ words) Bus passengers in Lancashire will be able to get discounted fares for longer than previously planned after the initiative was extended until after Christmas. The flat £1-per-journey fare in operation during evenings and all day on Sundays across much of…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (556+ words) The rising cost of renting a home in the UK has accelerated after a three-year slowdown - with tenants told to expect more pain to come. Average rental costs for new tenancies were up 2.6% in July compared with a year earlier,…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1085+ words) Becky Jones was just 21 when she was told she had a terminal brain tumour and months to live. She had not long met her partner and dreamed of a career in policing, but suddenly the future was looking bleak. Now…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (918+ words) "It's like your son being killed - he's here but he's not." Leroy Douglas was just 24 when he was jailed in 2005 for stealing a mobile phone and handed a minimum prison term of two-and-a-half years. More than 20 years later, he is…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (825+ words) The first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff on Monday to discuss ways of "working more closely", including on constitutional issues. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the three nationalist leaders since Plaid…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (249+ words) Two people arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old girl in Warwickshire have been released on bail, police say. It comes after emergency services were called to a house on Long Street, Atherstone, at about 11:50 BST on Friday…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago   (607+ words) Campaigners have taken part in a mass trespass in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Ashton-in-Makerfield constituency over the right to roam in privately-owned green spaces. They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (625+ words) Distraught residents say they have been left feeling "helpless" after a former mill near their homes caught fire for a third time this year. The huge blaze at Dalton Mills, Keighley, started at about 20:00 BST on Saturday and 12 fire engines…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago   (131+ words) bbc.com Driver arrested after teenager dies in car crash A 16-year old boy has died from injuries he sustained in a car crash in which two other teenage passengers were injured. A blue Volkswagen Polo hit a tree between…...

10+ hour, 59+ min ago   (141+ words) A Russian drone struck a train near Ukraine’s border with Poland this morning – shortly after the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and some of Europe’s most senior security advisers, including... Ukraine train hit after Boris Johnson passes through Available for…...