FIRE ENGINES have rushed to the scene of a pub in Upper Broughton in Nottinghamshire as the building bursts into flames with black smoke seen billowing across the sky.

THE Royal Navy is stepping up its presence around the waters of the European Union and beyond.

UK shops are losing £23million a day in 'potential spending' as more cash goes on filling up, it was said.

A PETROL STATION in Chelsea, west London is charging £2.50 a litre, days after the cost of filling an average family car with petrol rose to £100 for the first time in the UK, reports show.

A LARGE FIRE has sent thick black smoke into the sky in Wednesbury, West Midlands, with dozens of firefighters at the scene.

ANIMAL welfare inspectors found one cat eating another's body after their owner abandoned them in a "filthy" home.

COMMUTERS faced severe delays today as a lorry fire closed part of a busy motorway.

STOCK markets are in turmoil, with the FTSE 100, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average all dropping sharply as the cost of living crisis bites.

EAST MIDLANDS airport was disrupted after reports of drones this afternoon.

UK rail workers have announced a series of strikes that are taking place later this month - but thousands of staff have already received pay rises and bonuses it has been revealed.