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A site where a new community bike hub is being built to help reduce antisocial behaviour has been vandalised.Police are investigating after the Believe Achieve CIC project in Stoneclough, Bolton, was targeted on Monday night.The bike hub was being built after reports of young people in the area using illegal motorised bikes – and the group aims to give youngsters access to bicycles while teaching road safety and maintenance skills.Tunde Olasupo, project founder, says the site was “stormed” by people who vandalised a surrounding fence and forcibly opened a container that will house the hub. They added there had been…

Barry Mitchell, the former Queen bassist who served as the band’s second bass player, has died at the age of 76.His passing on August 17 was confirmed by Greg Brooks, Queen’s official archivist, who shared a black-and-white photograph of the musician on Facebook.”Terribly sad news just received that early Queen bass player (circa 1970), Barry Mitchell, has passed away,” Mr Brooks wrote. “His anecdotes at the convention were fascinating and offered rare insight. He will be greatly missed.”Mr Mitchell held the bass role in the London-formed rock group for a brief but significant period between August 1970 and January 1971,…

Britons are being prosecuted every way for driving in the wrong direction on the motorway as police forces issue an urgent warning to road users.Research shows that 31 motorists in the past 30 weeks were charged with criminal offences, including driving in the wrong direction on the motorway in England and Wales.Offences featured reckless driving, reversing along the carriageway, performing U-turns next to high-speed traffic, and even driving backwards.PA reported that convictions usually resulted in fines worth hundreds of pounds, court fees and driving bans in some instances.National Highways data from July showed that there had been 947 incidents involving…

This isn’t a regular sibling fallout. It is a deep-rooted fracture filled with anger, resentment and a total loss of trust.And much of it has played out in public.The Prince of Wales remains in no mood to forgive and forget. The hurt he feels lingers.”William is very stubborn,” a family friend told the . “To feel cheated by your own brother has been painful. He can’t just put it behind him.”But in his interview with the last year, Harry offered a different view.”I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight any more.”The problem for…

Having just been promoted from the National League South, Bromley finished 14th in the National League in the 2015-16 season. That same year, Leicester City were upsetting the odds with their famous Premier League title win.Such has been the rise of Andy Woodman’s Bromley, they can expect plenty more comparisons like that this season and, such has been the Foxes’ fall from grace, they will get similar.While the Ravens are delighted to be in League One, Leicester are still rubbing the bruised ego which followed their disastrous relegation from the Championship on the back of demotion from the Premier League,…

Britain’s biggest banks have fired a warning shot at Prime Minister Andy Burnham, urging him not to impose a “damaging” windfall tax on the financial sector. The intervention comes as speculation mounts that Chancellor John Healey could target bank profits in his first Budget on October 28.UK Finance, the industry lobby group, wrote to the Government on Thursday expressing alarm that heavier levies would threaten Mr Burnham’s ambition to deliver “growth in every postcode”.The organisation said it was “concerned that increasing taxes on banks would ultimately risk undermining the very tax base the Government seeks to protect and grow, as…

Mourners are set to gather in Greater Manchester today for the funeral of comedian Jimmy Cricket, who died earlier this month at the age of 80.Mr Cricket’s funeral will take place in Salford Cathedral this afternoon (August 21).Jimmy Cricket died on August 3 from a brief illness | GETTYMr Cricket became instantly recognisable during the 1980s with his signature bowler hat and his catchphrase: “And there’s more.”He featured in programmes such as The Good Old Days and the Royal Variety Performance.Announcing the news of his death earlier this month, his family described him as a man who cherished those closest…

A book about the life of Sir Keir Starmer has become the newest addition to the Downing Street library, after being donated by Sir Keir himself. Keir Starmer: The Biography, written by journalist and former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin, has now joined the collection of more than 400 books, some of which are kept in two bookcases in Downing Street’s Cabinet Room.The library was established in 1931 by the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, and since then prime ministers and ministers have been invited to make contributions. Seven ministers who served in Sir Keir’s government have also added books…

Walti said she is “passionate” about pushing for change because she is privileged to have experienced professionalism in England.”We used to not have good conditions. It wasn’t professional. Our first salaries were not enough to live from,” said Walti.”Now, seeing the growth in England and being with players who try to push the game in their own countries, it makes you feel frustrated to still see the reality.”You forget sometimes, when you’re in your own bubble, that this is not the norm. You’re just one of the lucky ones who can experience it. “A lot of talent in women’s football…

× You are about to be charged £0.00**Your gift has been appliedThank you for subscribing!WATCH: National Highways issues warning to drivers about the dangers from HGVs | NATIONAL HIGHWAYSDrivers are being warned of long delays and miles of congestion following a huge lorry fire on the M6 during rush hour this morning.The M6 is closed between J18 (Middlewich) and J19 (Knutsford) due to a fire involving a heavy goods vehicle.Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service are currently in attendance and dealing with the incident, which is starting to cause long delays.National Highways first alerted drivers to the incident shortly after 8am,…