A HUGE fire has ripped through a building opposite Home Bargains in Blackpool as residents are urgently evacuated from their homes.

A BIN STRIKE threatens to see rubbish piled high as workers prepare to walk out for a week.

GARY LINEKER has been savaged by a BBC journalist in a row about bias at the corporation.

DOG owners have been issued with a warning over a costly mistake that could see them fined as much as £2,000.

HOUSE prices could be slashed by £47,000 on average if a recession hits the UK, an expert has warned.

HOUSE prices are more likely than not going to face an "abrupt correction" than a gradual downward turn as inflation and raised interest rates are set to limit what buyers can afford, an expert has said.

NICOLA STURGEON's plan to take an independent Scotland back into the EU may not work as experts claim the country would be better off outside the bloc.

A CASH-strapped council has been blasted for installing a new feature in its town which, according to locals, looks like 'naff sun loungers on a random bit of decking'.

THE WARM spell Brits might have hoped for over the bank holiday weekend and beyond might be ruined by scattered showers and low pressure, the latest forecasts have shown.

POLICE have descended on a car park in Liverpool following reports of "a man stabbing himself in the throat".