Betsy and Sheila are firm friends despite an 83 year age gap.

Samantha Morton says she still does not feel justice has been done despite a major inquiry.

The theatre opened in 1865 with its first pantomime taking to the stage that winter.

Mansfield Town sack manager John Dempster after seven months in charge and a six-game winless run.

Mansfield draw at promotion-chasing Crewe - three hours before Stags manager John Dempster is dismissed.

Jordan Rhodes ends a 20-month wait for a Sheffield Wednesday goal with a first-half hat-trick at Nottingham Forest.

Phillip Cocu says Wayne Rooney's introduction in January will not be enough on its own to end Derby's poor form.

Leicester are dealt a huge blow in the Premier League title race as they are held to a draw by a battling Norwich at King Power Stadium.

The man has also been charged with six other offences including possession of an offensive weapon.

The phones were found stashed in "body suits" and coats after a car was stopped, police said.

Tries from Freddie Steward, Andy Forsyth and Nephi Leatigaga see a much-changed Leicester Tigers beat Calvisano.

Peter Hoad-Owen has a sun allergy which causes painful red marks on his skin.

The pilot was badly injured in the crash while his plane was destroyed, a report says.

It has been run by three generations of the same family and originally delivered meat by horse and cart.

World number one Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan exit the Scottish Open, but defending champion Mark Allen is through to the semi-finals.

Wayne Rooney is pleased big-name former England players are no longer shunning management as he starts as a player-coach at Derby.

Seats held by Labour for generations across the Midlands and north of England are won by the Tories.

An employee at the hotel became suspicious after a man checked in with a girl, police say.

Bassetlaw had been held by Labour since 1935 before Thursday's general election.

Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter

Broxtowe’s new MP said he was very surprised at how well the Conservatives had done nationally, and how comfortably he won his own seat.

Darren Henry, who spent 26 years in the RAF, said he plans to hold his first MP surgery tomorrow.

The 51-year-old said when he got home from the count he didn’t treat himself to a glass of fizz, but instead fell asleep while replying to messages – having been awake for 24 hours.

He says he now looks forward to spending time over Christmas with his family – wife Caroline, 19-year-old twins, and Poppy the Cairn terrier.

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