Passengers are being escorted off the 'Oblivion' roller coaster at Alton Towers in the UK.

A 14-year-old girl who died after a minibus carrying school pupils on a field trip collided with a bin lorry has been named.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes will not stand in Jonathan Walters’ way after accepting he wants to join the Irish contingent at Burnley.

Back in 2015 Stoke had been initially reluctant to offer Walters a two-and-a-half-year deal, but they eventually did, meaning he is under contract until next summer.

Five people have died on the M6 in England after a crash involving a lorry and a car.

Latest: An 11-year-old girl has died after falling from a ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire Police said.

A nurse who helped fight Ebola faces being struck off after being accused of recording an inaccurate temperature on an airport screening form for a medic who had contracted the virus.

Alton Towers rollercoaster amputee Vicky Balch, 21, has launched a stinging response to social media bullies who mocked her for doing a lingerie shoot.

Lionel Messi will be part of the Barcelona squad that returns to the UK for a training camp next week after the reigning FIFA world player of the year cut short his summer break.

 

The former star of ‘Friends’ Matt LeBlanc is proving a perfect choice to present the revamped ‘Top Gear’ writes Will Lawrence.

A “guilt-ridden” mother who confessed to murdering her baby son while in prison for killing her young daughter has been jailed for life in England.

Shocking footage has been released showing a drunk lorry driver reversing along a busy British motorway forcing cars to dodge him.

A "devious, manipulative and selfish" young mother will serve at least 24 years behind bars in England after brutally stamping her toddler daughter to death in the child's bedroom.

Louis van Gaal insists he still has the backing of the Manchester United squad as he prepares for what could turn out to be his final game in charge.

A third person has been arrested by police investigating the cyber attack on telecoms firm TalkTalk.

Week two in rugby’s greatest show on Earth and a game between one side still recovering from their exertions four days earlier and the other opting for a spot of squad rotation.

Merlin Entertainments said it might be another two years before visitor numbers at its Alton Towers theme park recover to previous levels following a roller coaster crash in June which hit summer trade and took a chunk out of profits.

Majolica (often confused with tin-enamelled Maiolica) is a scrumptious and affordable lead-glazed earthenware that took off in the mid-19th century and is still potted and prized in Europe and the US.

England’s footballers are to get their own designated golf course as part of plans to upgrade the country’s national football centre.

Alton Towers will reopen to the public in England today after shutting its gates following a rollercoaster crash which saw four people seriously injured.

Prince Harry is celebrated for admitting he is looking for love at 30, while Jennifer Aniston was pitied for being 30-something and single. What gives, asks Suzanne Harrington.

Britain should leave the EU unless it reforms, a boss at JCB has said, as the building equipment firm reported earnings above £300 million for the fourth year in a row.

Sergio Aguero has taken to Twitter to allay fears over his fitness after he was withdrawn late on during Manchester City's emphatic 4-1 win at Stoke on Wednesday night.

Team news for tonight's Premier League games .

Swansea 1 Sunderland 1: Jermain Defoe feels Sunderland have built the momentum to distance themselves from relegation bother.

Hull City 0 Newcastle United 3: Newcastle head coach John Carver is convinced Remy Cabella is the right man to spur his side towards a top 10 finish in the Barclays Premier League.

We’ve all done it — tenderly taken in some injured old thing with a venerable past, only to see it pass away before our eyes. 

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Louis van Gaal has been telling Manchester United’s players to think of beating Stoke while they are in bed.

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ENGLAND: Hapless jobseekers are using their CVs to boast that their “outside interests” include browsing Facebook, sleeping and watching TV, according to a new poll.

Man City 3 Crystal Palace 0

"This remembrance ceremony pays tribute to the soldiers who expressed, a hundred years ago, their humanity by playing football together."

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A lorry driver who didn’t speak English found a unique way to avoid an £11 toll by performing a U-turn onto a busy motorway.

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a blaze in a fireworks warehouse in the UK.