SARAH Cracknell is not like most pop stars. Sure, the singer with synth-pop band Saint Etienne is a formidable presence on stage, a chic frontwoman for a band who have lost none of their hip elegance.She is still touring the world, playing hip venues a…
Jeremy Vine has divided opinion on social media after sharing a video of a Waitrose truck passing by a group of cyclists in London. The video shows a number of cyclists in one lane, with a police officer to the side of them, but still in the same lane….
HUNDREDS of music fans, craft enthusiasts and nature lovers will today descend on a leafy corner of Oxfordshire for the county’s first major festival of the year.Wood festival – a three-day environmentally-friendly celebration of the performing arts at…
A man stole a Hermes delivery van and gave undelivered parcels to his stepdaughter and her boyfriend. He was caught after police checked a car’s registration number and discovered the van near his address.
Michael Hobbs, 38, took a Ford Transit from a …
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Electric trucks company Tevva has opened a new research and development location at MIRA Technology Park in Warwickshire.
Having a base at the MIRA technology park should …
This year’s Tour of Britain cycle race will conclude with a dramatic uphill battle at The Needles here on the Isle of Wight, with full details of the race route now confirmed.
Building on the success of last year’s race, which saw the overall lea…
It’s a badge of honour for every aspiring band to say they’ve been chosen to play at Glastonbury Festival. Even with so many stages, large and small, now dotted across the sprawling Worthy Farm site, it’s a tough coup to achieve – but back in 1971 it w…
Fans of live theatre have a lot to look forward to in 2022
As this celebrated theatre company looks back on an outstanding half century, the curtains come up on Thursday, February 22 to March 12, for 71 Coltman Street, a riotous new comedy from t…
KYLE GARRICK, 32, of Norwood Road, Reading, admitted breaching community requirements of suspended sentence order by failing to attend unpaid work and supervision appointments in October 2021. Fined £25.
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RICHARD CUTTING, 55, of Merton …
A ‘fascinating’ village in Cheshire with ‘fantastic’ community spirit is where a Nobel Prize winner was born.
Bollington is based just outside Macclesfield and was home to Sir James Chadwick – a British physician who discovered the existence of the neu…