AN OLD ice cream van is being converted into a Battle of Flowers float by a newly established group of volunteers – and they are looking for a space to get flowering. This year’s scaled-down parade ...

FRIENDS and family have described a 77-year-old woman who is accused of sexually abusing a child as a “kind, caring and supporting” person, as her Royal Court trial approaches its close. Denise Violet ...

Flooding and thunderstorms are threatening disruption for large parts of the UK on Saturday, hot on the heels of the warmest day of the year to date. The Met Office said Santon Downham in Suffolk ...

Liverpool agreed a club-record deal with Bayer Leverkusen for playmaker Florian Wirtz. The much-anticipated move could break the British record, with the Germany star set to join his former team-mate ...

The King will celebrate his official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade. Military pomp and pageantry will be on display in central London to mark the milestone but the event will also ...

The family of a couple who died with their daughter in the Air India plane crash have spoken of the comfort they take from them dying together. Zaheera Nanabawa said Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa ...

Record-breaking motorcycle racer Michael Dunlop said becoming an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours is a “privilege beyond words”. The professional road racer from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, was ...

Grenfell bereaved and survivors are to gather for what is likely to be the final anniversary in the shadow of the tower as it stands, ahead of work to begin its demolition. The Government announced ...

Iran bombarded Tel Aviv with hundreds of missiles overnight in retaliation for Israeli strikes on its nuclear bases. Calls from Sir Keir Starmer and other world leaders for calm amid the mounting ...

George Russell raised hope of a first Mercedes win of the season after he finished fastest in second practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. The British driver, who took pole position in Montreal last ...

Police have come under attack for a fifth consecutive night in Northern Ireland, in what has been dubbed a “week of shame” for the region. Petrol bombs were thrown at riot police deployed in Portadown ...