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The former Radio City tower in Liverpool is to be transformed into a Yellow Submarine-themed viewing experience as part of plans for an “extraordinary” new Beatles attraction, it has been announced. The Beatles Story Mmuseum, which is currently at the city’s Albert Dock, will move onto a new 100,000 square feet site in the former market of St John’s Shopping Centre in 2028 as part of the proposals, which organisers […]

A man accused of murdering a woman more than 30 years ago is to go on trial in January 2028. It is alleged that Fraser Kilpatrick assaulted Shona Stevens, 31, in Bourtreehill Park, Irvine, on November 10 1994. Prosecutors allege that he repeatedly struck her on the head with a hammer or similar instrument, causing her to fall to the ground, and then seized and dragged her, leaving her so […]

Google has said it will investigate an incident that caused major disruption to its cloud network after confirming most services are back up and running. Multiple businesses that rely on the network experienced problems on Tuesday, including banks and the courts. By 3pm, Google said the issues had been largely resolved and only a very small number of customers were still being affected. “We will publish an analysis of this […]

More than 15 million people watched the first episode of this year’s Celebrity Traitors in the seven days following its transmission, figures have shown. It is the largest TV audience so far in 2026 based on what are known as consolidated ratings, which measure the number of UK viewers who watch a programme up to a week after it was first broadcast or released. The figure is also the highest […]

England were undone by the all-round excellence of Arafat Minhas as they started their winter and one-day international tri-series in Pakistan with an 87-run defeat in Rawalpindi. Pakistan, who began the tournament by beating Sri Lanka at the weekend, lurched to 133 for five but were bailed out by Arafat’s 59 and Hasan Nawaz, who belted four sixes and five fours in his 79. Harry Brook’s side bowled well, although […]

Aston Villa have been hit with several injury problems but boss Unai Emery is keen not to use them as an excuse ahead of their Champions League home tie against Viking on Wednesday. Following a tough start to the season, Villa are now beginning to find their feet having won four out of their last five matches across all competitions. Their latest victory came away from home as Johan Manzambi’s […]

The King, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales have welcomed the Sultan of Oman to a rainy Windsor for his state visit to the UK. Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said was greeted by the monarch in the open air outside Windsor and Eton Riverside station amid autumn downpours. The King took off his top hat to greet the Sultan, giving him a wide smile as he […]

Google has apologised after an outage in its cloud network disrupted a host of online services, including banks and the courts. Revolut, which has millions of UK customers, was among the firms reporting problems caused by the incident, while the cloud video platform used in trials by courts across the country also went down. Google said a “power event” caused the outage in the “Europe-west2” region, believed to be London, […]

Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford missed training ahead of the trip to Como as Manchester United’s injury problems continued to mount. Martinez’s eventful week, which saw him apologise after publicly criticising the club’s hierarchy, ended with him keeping his place for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Leeds only to be forced off with a thigh complaint. Rashford was an unused substitute at Elland Road and United confirmed on Tuesday that […]