EastEnders’ Queen Vic pub is to reopen to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in a special episode of the BBC soap. The episode will see the show’s characters coming together in the pub to remember ...

A dog believed to be an XL bully was destroyed by police in Manchester after officers were called to reports of “men with machetes”. The incident happened as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers ...

A post-mortem examination report also says he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and was likely to have not eaten for a long time.