Barry Manilow has become the latest singer to book out the AO Arena in Manchester in case the Co-op Live fails to open later this month.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has renewed his demand for Rishi Sunak to go to the polls after the prime minister suffered a by-election drubbing and bruising council losses across England.
The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports.
Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the the UK's economic recovery from recession.
The government's plan to meet climate targets and green the economy has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.
Britney Spears has downplayed concerns about her health, after paramedics were called to the Chateau Marmont, a boutique hotel in LA.
Madeleine McCann's parents said their daughter's absence "aches" and they are still "living in limbo" as they mark 17 years since she vanished.
Chris Webb is the country's newest MP after Labour won a landslide victory in the Blackpool South by-election.
Hit sitcom Gavin & Stacey will return for its "last ever episode" on Christmas Day, James Corden has announced.
At least 29 people have been killed in floods in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, in what has been described as "the most critical flooding recorded in history" by local authorities.
