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A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fire at a historic former station house killed three people, including a four-year-old girl, police have said. Emergency services were called at around 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close in Rushton, near Kettering. The other victims are believed to be a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man, Northamptonshire Police […]

Mother’s Day is a major UK holiday, second only to Christmas in card sales. By Grace McIntosh, Radio News Hub Approximately 30 million Mother's Day cards are sold and sent in the UK every year. Publisher UK Greetings, based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire,  have been making cards for more than a hundred years.   It's a collaborative process and begins with thorough market research and analysis of trends in celebrations […]

Ministers will ask a Parliamentary watchdog to review some expenses claims after a Labour MP was able to claim £900 from the taxpayer in “pet rent”. Security minister Dan Jarvis insisted his colleague Taiwo Owatemi, a Government whip and the MP for Coventry North West, followed the rules when she made the expenses claim in August last year. But the minister said the “rules can’t be right”, adding the Government would urge […]

A former Ayrshire construction worker who designed the first tartan to go into space is set to light up the catwalks of New York City. Graeme Bone, from Auchinleck, has designed and produced five outfits for the Dressed To Kilt fashion show, which is part of New York’s Tartan Week festivities taking place next month. The designs were commissioned by Dressed To Kilt organiser Dr Geoffrey Scott Carroll, and will […]

Health minister Stephen Kinnock said making the morning-after pill free from pharmacies in England will end an “unfair postcode lottery”. The proposal is due to be announced on Monday as part of the government’s plans for investment in community pharmacies. Emergency contraception is free from most GPs and sexual health clinics, but can cost up to £30 from pharmacies. “Women across England face an unfair postcode lottery when seeking emergency […]

Geri Horner has predicted all five Spice Girls will perform together at some point in the future. The five members of the group have not performed together since the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a 2019 reunion going ahead without Victoria Beckham. But Horner told The Sunday Times “there will be something” with all five members involved. “My hope is we come back together as a collective,” she […]

The chairwoman of a charity set up by the Duke of Sussex has criticised the “toxicity” of his ”brand” and its alleged impact on the organisation. Harry announced, earlier this week, he had quit as patron for Sentebale, the charity he co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006, amid a boardroom battle within the organisation. The charity was set up in honour of the duke’s mother, Diana, Princess of […]

Eberechi Eze’s dream week continued as Crystal Palace booked their place in the FA Cup semi-finals with a thumping 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. They will be joined at Wembley by Nottingham Forest, who won through in contrasting fashion, with a nervy penalty shoot-out win after a goalless draw with Brighton at the Amex Stadium. The semi-final line-up will be complete later today as Bournemouth look to complete […]

Eberechi Eze was the difference maker as Crystal Palace booked their trip to Wembley with a 3-0 win over Fulham in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Palace’s number 10, who was among those in England manager Thomas Tuchel’s first squad selection earlier this month, opened the scoring with a brilliant effort before he assisted Ismaila Sarr for his side’s second at Craven Cottage. Eddie Nketiah came off the bench to add a […]