Top stories

'We're a pretty good duo': Meet the tennis doubles pair with a 66-year age gap

David McCandless, 80, and his 14-year-old doubles partner Liam teamed up two years ago – and they haven't looked back since.

'If this was Wilmslow it would be done, but because it's Burnage, it’s not'

The council by-election that could have huge consequences for Manchester’s future

Jealous husband mounted pavement in Kia Sportage and mowed down wife's ex lover

Paull Rudd, 58, was consumed by 'a moment of madness'

The Wigan waterway that's getting ‘its wiggle back’ after 100 years

The course of Brookside Brook was straightened a century ago but a 'rewriggling' project is set to be good news for wildlife and natural flood defences

Valve failure on CalMac ferry saw uncontrolled escape of flammable gas

The "significant incident" happened last summer on a crossing from Arran with 82 passengers on board.

Huge quantity of laughing gas seized from Leicester city centre shop

The canisters were worth approximately £4,500

'We were target of sinister heating oil theft and want to warn others'

A charity is warning about the risk of home heating oil thefts after falling victim to the crime.

Travel chaos to continue on Wednesday after 1,300 flights cancelled

Hundreds more flights have already been scrapped today

McLaren talks, 'numb' cars and being 'captain of the ship' - Verstappen Q&A

In an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, Max Verstappen talks about his new contract at Red Bull and much more.

‘Overwhelming’ support for families of A66 crash officers ahead of Pc Matthew Blades’ funeral

The families of two police officers who were killed in a head-on collision on the A66 have been given “overwhelming” support from around the world, a Police Federation Chair said.

DWP confirms 9 PIP conditions most likely to get claimants maximum award length

PIP is designed to help with the extra costs caused by ill-health or disability. It consists of two parts, each of which can be at the standard rate or the enhanced rate.

SNP must abandon fantasy education policies and break nationalist taboo about learning from England

Unlike England, Scotland is failing to counteract the damaging effects of social media on young people’s attention spans

John Swinney admits SNP's integration of health and social care services has 'failed' as reform talks to begin

John Swinney has opened the door to social care services being managed by a newly-structured NHS.

Cowboy builder tore my home apart and disappeared off the face of the Earth with £14k

Victims of cowboy builders describe how they were exploited with one couple left "scarred for life".

Edinburgh Airport rated the UK's worst for baggage reclaim waiting times

The terminal also ranked fifth bottom for passenger satisfaction among 27 main airports

New HMRC power on table under Andy Burnham has households 'concerned'

HMRC proposes “extend­ing an exist­ing HMRC enforce­ment power to recover lower value tax debts from cus­tom­ers who have per­sist­ently not engaged with HMRC”.

AI data centres: Calls for moratorium in Scotland 'sends wrong message', MSPs told

MSPs have hear claims that AI could add more than £23 billion a year to Scotland’s GDP by 2035.

Birdwatch: the avian equivalent of a catwalk model, blue cranes are under threat

Numbers of the exquisitely graceful species are falling amid loss of food supply and habitat Few birds are quite as elegant as the blue crane. As I watched a pair feeding alongside a busy road in South Africa, against t…

Europeans want a united Europe but question whether it can get there, study finds

A continent-wide crisis of confidence is creating fertile ground for far-right narratives of decline, report suggests Europeans overwhelmingly want a strong, united and independent Europe but question whether it can get…

Burnham urged to tackle inequality with policies including wealth tax

Key thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing Lords Andy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal s…

Investigating the exploitation of girls by drug gangs

A look at two decades of failure to protect girls exploited and raped by drug gangs.

£100 voucher for home heating oil now available as prices hit four-month high

RTÉ silent on future of Dancing With The Stars sponsor Bellamianta after beauty boss hotel rant caught on camera

NI cosmetics company owned by Linda Stinson has been supplying show for the past nine years

Police failed another victim of killer Jonathan Creswell, probe finds after indecent exposure claim

Ombudsman criticises how PSNI dealt with Katie Simpson’s killer after woman reported him for sex offence