The carnival, Europe’s biggest street party and an annual extravaganza over the summer bank holiday weekend, helps celebrate Caribbean culture and history. The festival began early on Sunday with the ...

Lough Neagh Partnership chief Gerry Darby has urged action after describing the lough as the worst he has ever seen.

Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence.

AN appeal has been launched after a home was raided in Rubery whilst the homeowner was asleep. The burglary took place overnight at a property at New Road between Sunday, August 17 and 11.45am on ...

Courts will be given greater freedom to ban offenders from activities including going to sports matches or concerts.

Sheila Burtles, 95, who has known the brothers for many years, has been leading support at the home. A former sensory analyst in the whisky industry, Ms Burtles worked with the brothers’ father ...

The bands pulled out of the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a ...

POLICE are appealing for information after a car was stolen from a driveway in Rubery. It happened on Monday, August 18, at around 7.40pm on Waseley Road. A Black Land Rover Discovery Sport, with the ...

A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a “Halloween scene”, a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage appeared to show a man running out of the building with his clothing on fire.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new appeals body would help speed up the system and reduce demand for hotels.

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer show won the Taffner Family best comedy show ...

Protests against the use of asylum hotels and counter-demonstrations have taken place, with police trying to keep the groups apart.