‘Frantic Friday’ looms as 20 million bank holiday leisure trips planned Drivers are being told to expect a “frantic Friday” as the summer bank holiday getaway is expected to be the busiest on the roads in more than a decade. The RAC issued the warning as it estimated 20 million leisure trips will be made
Fundraisers for families of police officers killed in A66 crash top £250k More than £250,000 has been raised for the families of two police officers who died when a car driving the wrong way on a dual carriageway crashed into their vehicle. Pc Matthew Blades, 37, and Pc Tom Clough, 38, were killed when a
Thousands of jobs created by Domino’s Pizza chain Domino’s is to recruit 5,000 new workers in the next few months. Jobs are being created for in-store staff and delivery drivers at its 1,400 stores across the UK and Ireland between now and Christmas. The company said its research showed how jobs often seen as short-term
Energy complaints handled by ombudsman jump 16% amid cost pressures Energy complaints taken on by the industry ombudsman surged by 16% in the first half of 2026 as billing concerns disputes soared amid pressures on household finances, the latest figures have shown. The Energy Ombudsman said it accepted 46,532 cases in the six months to
Officer killed in wrong-way A66 crash was ‘our hero’, family says The family of one of the two officers killed when a car driving the wrong way on the A66 dual carriageway crashed into their police vehicle said he was “our hero” who was “always on public duty”. Pc Tom Clough, 38, died alongside Pc
Police had aborted pursuit of car seconds before fatal crash that killed seven Officers had aborted the pursuit of a car believed to be using cloned plates seconds before it crashed into a different police vehicle on the A66 near Middlesbrough, killing seven people, the police watchdog said. Five males aged between 17 and 23
Five members of the public killed driving wrong way on A66 named by police A 16-year-old boy was among five males who were killed when a car travelling the wrong way along a dual carriageway near Middlesborough crashed into a police vehicle. Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Jacob Matusiak,
Burnham to give mayors powers to force through building plans Andy Burnham is set to give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be unveiled next week. The move would see mayors allowed to “call in” the decisions and direct councils to take them forward
CrossCountry cancels ‘almost all’ train services after power cut CrossCountry train services have been cancelled “across almost all routes” on Sunday following a power cut. The train operator said a power outage in Birmingham affected its control centre, resulting in many of the systems used to manage the railway being unavailable. Most services will be
Freddie Mercury piano and microphone to go under the hammer A piano and microphone used by Freddie Mercury and early drafts of his songwriting are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction in October. The items are part of the Reinhold Mack Collection, an 82-lot archive offered by the German producer, who