Manchester Co-op Live will be the UK's biggest indoor arena - but it has been beset by problems before it has even opened.

The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a "national priority", the foreign secretary has revealed.

Barry Manilow has become the latest singer to book out the AO Arena in Manchester in case the Co-op Live fails to open later this month.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has renewed his demand for Rishi Sunak to go to the polls after the prime minister suffered a by-election drubbing and bruising council losses across England.

A singer has launched a bid for Wales to compete at Eurovision in its own right.

The 69-year-old mother of four babies who were found dead in a freezer in the US city of Boston will not face criminal charges.

The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports.

Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the UK's economic recovery from recession.

The Conservatives are on track for their worst local election results ever - as counting continues.

The property where a teenager was shot dead and another suffered a gunshot wound had been visited by police the day before following reports of a burglary, Derbyshire Constabulary has said.