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Rock legend Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall

Best-value tickets to see guitar god Eric Clapton live in 2027

Mariah Carey is bringing her magical pre-Christmas show to the UK

Last tickets to see Mariah Carey’s pre-Christmas UK shows

Tomasz Samel was kidnapped and doused in petrol in 2019 after a £1 million haul of counterfeit cigarettes was seized by HM Revenue and Customs.

Four men jailed for £1m cigarette haul kidnap and torture

Andrea Bocelli has performed for the royal family (Victoria Jones/PA)

Andrea Bocelli fan says concert was 'like a dream' ahead of UK tour

Birmingham Film Festival is a 10-day international film celebration

Ad Feature I Ain’t No Herb Jackson Studios sponsors Birmingham Film Festival

Crufts is on the lookout for Lancashire pooches as the search begins for the nation's Hero Dog 2027

Crufts is looking for Lancashire dogs - is it yours?

EcoFlow launches new 8kWh battery to simplify high-capacity home energy installations

Ad Feature EcoFlow launches new 8kWh battery for home energy

EcoFlow STREAM 5000

Ad Feature The new home gadget that could help you save more on energy bills

Holiday Inn Express launches the “The Great Wake Up Debate,” led by comedian Rob Beckett, weighing in on everything from serial snoozing and shower schedules to the bedtime rituals people swear by.

Rob Beckett and Holiday Inn Express uncover the wake up rituals defining the UK

Outside the clubhouse.

We tried out a caravan holiday in Wales and this is what we thought

Deana Bamford from Coppull with her horse Finn, winner of the SEIB Insurance Brokers Search for a Star qualifier at the North of England Summer Show in Formby and have qualified for the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham this October.

Dental nurse and horse with stage fright qualify for competition

Hiatt Hardware Group is a Birmingham-based distributor and supplier of premium hardware and ironmongery products

Ad Feature Hiatt Hardware Group sets out growth roadmap for expanded UK business

Dora’s Dream by Annie Murray

Dora’s Dream by Annie Murray: book review

The Pussycat Dolls are reuniting and going on a world tour in 2026, including nine UK dates, and tickets are now on sale.

The Pussycat Dolls Tour 2026: Get your tickets on Ticketmaster now

Sarah Davies has been competing at elite level for more than a decade

Weightlifter Sarah banking on her experience to down the young guns
Sarah Davies may not benefit any longer from the pure raw power which youth once provided.
Craig Salmon

Stagecoach bus driver Sue Baines enjoyed a memorable International Women's Day by scoring a goal for England and also featuring in her country's first-ever over-65s women's walking football international fixture.

Driving England over-65s women forward: Super Sue’s special goal

From left to right, a sponsor of the awards, Jenny Forrest, award winner and Ben Shepard, television presenter

Leyland wellbeing coordinator named best activities organiser in the UK

A man was arrested after police seized around £40,000 in cash on the M6 in Lancashire

Man arrested after van stopped on the M6 - what police found

Wetherspoons

Wetherspoons unveils new Birmingham pub - opening in Easter 2026

Lily Allen announces huge tour

Lily Allen announces huge UK tour with Manchester date

Khaja and his family are living in a rented house - but they're not going to move in to their new four-bedroomed dream home, because they plan to take the cash alternative instead

Takeaway driver wins £1.3m dream home in a £1 prize draw

Preston North End Manager Paul Heckingbottom

Paul Heckingbottom rages after Preston North End's loss to Birmingham

Ben Whiteman

Preston North End star fired up for Birmingham City midweek clash

Cameron is wanted on warrant and believed to be in Lancashire

Public urged to call 999 if they see missing wanted teenager

Man charged with murder after kidnapped man dies from burn injuries

MHA's new trainees based in the region

MHA’s 22 new North West trainees to ‘shape firm’s future’
Leading professional services firm MHA has recruited 22 new trainees in the North West, including 10 in Preston, as part of its 2025 graduate and apprentice recruitment intake.
Andrew Taylor

Bradley Hall's new appointments

Bradley Hall strategic appointments fuel national growth

Jack Osbourne shared his first public comment about the death of his father, Ozzy Osbourne, on social media earlier today.

Jack Osbourne shares heart-breaking first post since Ozzy's death

As the world bids farewell to Ozzy Osbourne, we take a look at some of the vinyl releases featuring the icon and the most they sold for on Discogs.

The 15 most expensive Ozzy Osbourne records sold on Discogs

Attacking Championship transfer business in focus as PNE eye additions

Alesha watches the video

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One week on from Ozzy Osbourne's death, fans have taken to Change.org to reveal what they think would be fitting tributes to the late Prince of Darkness.

The tributes fans want to see dedicated to the late Ozzy Osbourne

Blackpool Illuminations - a landmark for the winter. They were first switched on in 1879

27 historical pictures of the most iconic landmarks around

Dr Hilary Jones prepares to leave the Practice Plus Group Hospital in Birmingham after his hip replacement surgery.

TV's Dr Hilary Jones travels 360-miles - to bypass NHS waiting lists

Jon Stott, Group Managing Director of Ardent, far left, with colleagues at the firm’s new office in Manchester.

Land and property company celebrates hat-trick in bid for North West strategic g...

Manchester & Liverpool Airport car parks named among best in UK

44 nostalgic pictures of 1948 in Preston

Kye Lemathy opens fire on street.

Watch: Passerby is used as ‘human shield’ after gunman opens fire

These are some of the UK's best family friendly cities, according to Making Moves

The 7 most family friendly cities in the UK in which to buy a house

Before Spotify or YouTube, ravers would head to independent record stores or buy live tapes of the shows through mail order services - many of which where DIY operations.

The most valuable 'rave tapes' from the 1990s

drugs gang who flaunted their profits with expensive cars and champagne are arrested.

Watch: Drugs gang who flaunted profits with expensive cars arrested

Erica Boys, 53, and her daughter Ella, 24, who teamed up for an intense Hyrox competition.

Super fit mum and daughter - mistaken for sister - ace Hyrox together

Rolls-Royce, for one, has called its start to 2025 “strong”

Rolls Royce 'optimism' as Royal Mail takeover rubber-stamped

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I experienced five star luxury on Boa Vista in Cape Verde

'Just Stop Oil' protesters block the road at the junction of Cannon St and Queen Victoria St on October 27, 2022 in London, England.

Public discuss the effectiveness of Just Stop Oil as they end action

Watch: HS2 teams move huge box structure into place under A-road

Rubbish piled up on Colville Road , Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

Watch: Should bin collections be nationalised?

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Watch: Rachel Reeves to make case for free trade at IMF talks

The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

38 highly memorable school photos during the 1990s

Head-on collision in High Wycombe.

Video shows aftermath of head-on crash injuring mum and daughter, 6

Birthday Twins

Birthday Bonanza: Aldi treats shoppers in Lancashire who share its birthday

Eric Idle to tour the United Kingdom with new show in 2025

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

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