New Glasgow promotional body given green light by council

It will also “attract investment, business events and visitors to Glasgow” and “improve the promotion of the city to its own residents”.  The DMMO has also been set up in response to calls... Read more »

Lisbon tram crash horror as three Brits confirmed dead: Everything we know so far

Tragedy broke out in Lisbon after a tram on the famed Lisbon Gloria Funicular derailed and crashed into a building. The catastrophic crash left at least 16 people killed and around 21... Read more »

‘Third World’ fly-tipping is ‘out of control’ in bin strike Birmingham where locals are traumatised by maggots and industrial action could last until March

Mounds of filthy bin bags which are trawling with maggots and rodents could remain on Birmingham’s litter-strewn streets until March with no end to industrial action in sight. Refuse workers from trade... Read more »

Average UK house price hits new record high

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The average... Read more »

Nadine Dorries’ defection might not be the boon Nigel Farage wants | Politics News

Nadine Dorries has never forgiven the Conservative Party for ousting her hero Boris Johnson, on whom she continues to lavish praise. Now she’s taken her revenge on the Tories by declaring her... Read more »

D-Day for Rayner? PM’s adviser prepares pivotal verdict – as her lawyers deny giving tax advice | Politics News

Sir Keir Starmer could be forced into a decision over Angela Rayner’s future as early as today, as the prime minister’s ethics adviser prepares his verdict on the Labour deputy’s tax affairs.... Read more »

‘Most of this is symbolic’: the new wave of anti-migrant vigilantes in Europe | Migration

Sporting black shirts emblazoned with an iron cross, a dozen or so men marched through the centre of Reykjavík, courting attention on a buzzy Friday night. In Poland and the Netherlands, vigilantes... Read more »

Manneken Pis gets new uniform to honour soldiers who liberated Brussels | Belgium

When British forces commemorated the liberation of Brussels for the first time in 1945, they left a unique gift – a replica Welsh guards uniform for the Belgian city’s emblematic “peeing boy”... Read more »

Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families | Local government

Ministers have been urged to digitise records essential to reuniting families separated by the UK’s unmarried mothers’ home scandal by campaigners who fear they could be lost in Angela Rayner’s local government... Read more »

Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91 | Fashion

Giorgio Armani, the celebrated Italian fashion designer who built a global empire, has died at the age of 91, his company said on Thursday. “With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the... Read more »