Local man Matthew Mulhern is currently running from John O’Groats to Lands End in 30 days. He is half way at the moment, having run on average 30 miles a day for 15 days straight.
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A huge fire destroyed about 1,000 makeshift homes, many of them built on stilts over water, and displaced thousands of people in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Sunday, authorities said. This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Sandakan Fire and Rescue Department on April 19, 2026, shows a general view of

There’s a trend developing across Greater Manchester. The nature of Local Elections is changing – and it could mean residents’ votes have more power than ever before. On May 7, residents will head to the polls to choose a new councillor to represent their neighbourhood at their local authority. And for the first time, most

Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email “Not a penny more on your council tax, not a penny more than the bill you paid last year,” Sir Keir Starmer raved

Blackpool at night. (Image: Getty) A UK seaside town has credited its 146-year-old winter light show with bringing a staggering £300 million into its local economy. Lighting up Blackpool for 146 years, the Illuminations first became an attraction in 1879 when the council devoted £5,000 to trial electric street arc lamps along the seafront, while

April 19 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he would be ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump once a “big deal” between the two countries has been prepared. “We are ready for a deal, but it needs to be prepared in a way that reflects the interests of both the United States and

Iran fended off the United States using asymmetric warfare and planning, Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Saturday. The Iranian leader’s message comes as tensions simmer over the US-Israeli war on the West Asian country, currently paused under a fragile ceasefire. Iran’s Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (AFP) “We fought an asymmetric war in

Islamabad, Despite no official announcement about a second round of talks between the US and Iran, Pakistani authorities have begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates. Ahead of US-Iran talks, Pak authorities take stringent security measures The US and Iran held rare direct talks in Pakistan on April 11 and 12

A US-based think tank has cautioned President Donald Trump against placing trust in Pakistan, invoking its past role in Afghanistan and raising concerns about the country’s military leadership. US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA (File

Despite no official announcement about a second round of talks between the US and Iran, Pakistani authorities have begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates. A police personnel walks past posters highlighting Pakistan’s mediation of Iran-US peace talks, at the Red Zone area in Islamabad on April 18, 2026. No date

It’s six months, give or take, since AI excitement drove stock valuations above their 2020 bubble high to reach the highest since 2000, the peak of the dot-com bubble. Tech companies such as Nvidia stand to gain if investors continue to pay for data centers. Something odd has happened since: Valuations, measured as the price-to-earnings

The escalating standoff over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence a new deal was within reach. The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night. Hours earlier,
The US is reportedly planning to board and seize vessels linked to Iran in international waters in the coming days. The move, if implemented, would let the US navy expand its blockade beyond the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal said in a report on Saturday. Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off

President Donald Trump has strongly defended Israel in a recent post on Truth Social, calling the country a “great ally” and praising its strength and resilience during times of conflict. President Trump praised Israel as a vital ally, highlighting its military strength amidst rising tensions in the Middle East. (AFP) In the post, Trump wrote,

The cumulative global impact of seven weeks of war in the Middle East will begin to emerge in the coming week, in a second round of business surveys from multiple countries. Whether the twin blows affecting growth and inflation seen in purchasing manager indexes after the first month of the Iran conflict intensified during month

Israel’s military on Saturday said it has established a “Yellow Line” demarcation in southern Lebanon – a boundary it says mirrors a similar separation used in Gaza. Excavators remove rubble from buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday as rescuers search for victims in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP)

BUDAPEST, April 18 (Reuters) – Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar’s Tisza party has increased its parliamentary supermajority to 141 seats out of 199 after the processing of postal, foreign mission, and transferred votes, the election office said on Saturday. Centre-right Tisza (Respect and Freedom) won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, ending the 16-year rule
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy have reportedly issued a warning to vessels following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Tankers have been asked not to approach the chokepoint and have also been warned that doing so would be considered cooperation with the “enemy”, multiple news reports have said, citing Iranian state media. Ships and tankers

MADRID (AP) — Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado drew several thousand supporters Saturday to a rally in Madrid, where the Nobel laureate declined a meeting with Spain’s progressive Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on a multicountry European tour. Earlier this year, she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize. “What happened in the last

NEW ZEALAND A spry 101-year-old was named the world’s oldest competitive croquet player. Neville Sandiford earned the Guinness World Record title when he played in an 80+ Golf Croquet tournament in Paraparaumu, Wellington. The centenarian took up the sport at age 79 at his late wife’s suggestion. “[She] read an advertisement in the newspaper that the

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