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The Oxenhope Straw Race sees teams carry straw bales from pub to pub, downing a pint at each stop.

A senior headteacher accused Ms Phillips of racism and bullying following a Twitter row.

Gemma Germeney, 31, Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, all died in the fire, police say.

Nipsa general secretary Carmel Gates says staff in Northern Ireland feel they need to make "noise".

Officers are given more time to question a man and woman after the body of a two-year-old was found.

The process, used in the US and Canada, will be available later this year through Co-op Funeralcare.

The soap stalwart, who appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Brookside, has died aged 86.

Police removed protesters who briefly disrupted the annual Pride parade.

Rescue crews were called out to the Belfast to Cairnryan ferry service on Saturday evening.

Amanda Pritchard told the BBC that "all sides" had failed to prevent further strike action.

He was Cabinet Secretary between 2012 and 2014 during David Cameron's coalition government.

One of the UK's largest pension funds is the first investor to come out and support Thames Water.

The M6 near Preston could be closed for most of the day after milk spilled onto both carriageways.

Thirteen people were arrested over an attempt to disrupt the English Greyhound Derby, police say.

Police say a man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog.

Transport network disruption and tunnelling targeted under measures for police in England and Wales.

The islands' councillors will consider a motion to investigate alternative forms of governance.

Crime writer JD Kirk said his readers are buzzing about the idea for mutant biting midges.

Historians are raising awareness of a County Tyrone Neolithic site's astronomical connections.

Duwayne Brooks, who witnessed the murder, says he could have picked a sixth suspect from a line-up.