Just over seventy thousand homes are without power across England and Wales, according to the National Grid map of outages. Around fifty six thousand properties are affected in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, where red warnings for extreme wind remain in place because of Storm Goretti. A further eleven thousand four hundred homes are without electricity in the West Midlands, while about three thousand one hundred properties are affected […]

Football legend Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with cancer, his family has said. The former England forward and manager, aged seventy four, was admitted to hospital with ongoing abdominal symptoms. A statement said tests revealed cancer and that he will undergo treatment, adding he is grateful to the medical team for their care. Teachers at Manchester primary schools are striking, saying pupil violence has reached untenable levels and some children […]