A woman was left “upset, distraught and needing help” after she was allegedly raped by a former contestant on Britain’s Got Talent, a court has heard.

Unions have called for any pay rise to be fully funded, with National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede saying: “They need to ensure the pay award is above inflation, that it takes steps ...

The upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election will run alongside local elections and it is expected to be a tight contest between Labour and Reform UK.

Edward Spencer was 17 at the time of the catastrophic crash in Warwickshire in 2023, having passed his driving test just six weeks earlier.

MLAs had their first opportunity to pay tribute to Francis in the Northern Ireland Assembly as they returned on Monday after the Easter break.

TWO people riding on a motorbike have been taken to hospital after a serious crash in Sandbanks. Emergency services were called to the crash just after 7.30pm on Sunday, April 27 involving just a ...

Snooker will review its transgender inclusion policy in light of a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling, the sport’s world governing body has said. The sport currently allows trans women to compete in its ...

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster.

A MAN died from a bleed on the brain after suffering an unwitnessed fall, a court heard. Peter Edgington, 83, was admitted to Poole Hospital but sadly died around a week later. Area coroner for Dorset ...

One of the most powerful maritime cranes in Europe will be used to raise tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht from the seabed next month, those leading the plan say.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Poole-born musician who has died after a battle with cancer. Roy Phillips, the frontman and keyboardist for The Peddlers, has died aged 81 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Alex Mahon is stepping down as the chief executive of Channel 4 after nearly eight years. She will leave the business in summer this year, having joined the organisation in 2017 as the channel’s first ...