Pauline McLean Arts correspondent, BBC Scotland PA Media The festivals have grown more outlandish every year, featuring the likes of the extravagantly dressed and award-winning The Listies Cultural festivals reflect the times... Read more »

Briohny Williams BBC News Reporting fromNotting Hill Carnival Sunday during the Notting Hill Carnival is traditionally families and children’s day Carefully painted faces and glitter could be seen across the parade The... Read more »

One councillor described the scenes as “violent and traumatic” 13:23, 24 Aug 2025Updated 13:38, 24 Aug 2025 Some officers policing yesterday’s protests in Bristol have been accused of “violence”, with two Green... Read more »

Exclusive footage caught by BirminghamLive shows brazen motorist going the wrong way and putting drivers at risk in Kings Heath 11:30, 24 Aug 2025Updated 12:05, 24 Aug 2025 A brazen driver was... Read more »

The BBC miniseries King and Conqueror, based on the Battle of Hastings, dives deep into the lives of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy Helen Kelly Head of Screen Time 09:30,... Read more »

Sefton Council have implemented a new new waste collection strategy it hopes will improve neighbourhoods around Bootle 08:27, 24 Aug 2025Updated 08:34, 24 Aug 2025 Janette Smith, 64, has lived in Bootle... Read more »

Alison Evans flew with her nine-year-old son Arthur Evans from Belfast International Airport to Stansted, London, to visit her dad for a 10-day trip on 29 July. The 36-year-old claims she was... Read more »

The Home Secretary said “completely unacceptable” delays in the appeals process left failed asylum seekers in the system for years. There are about 51,000 asylum appeals waiting to be heard, taking on... Read more »

But huge questions remain unanswered about what happened and why The barn in Llanrwst where pensioner Huw Morgan was murdered Pensioner Huw Watson met a grisly and violent end – repeatedly stabbed... Read more »