A BANANA plant belonging to a woman from the area has developed a flower head after weeks of intense heat and sunshine.

Manchester United have completed the signing of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko in a deal worth up to £73.7million. After finishing 15th in the Premier League last season – their worst top-flight ...

The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on August 9 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima that killed 140,000. Japan surrendered on August 15 ...

Impressive Royal Ascot winner Gstaad has been ruled out of this afternoon’s Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh. Aidan O’Brien had warned on Friday that the Coventry Stakes scorer had ...

The Spain international is believed to have sustained a groin problem during City’s Club World Cup exit to Al-Hilal last month.

The UK has announced another £8.5 million for UN aid to Gaza after Israel unveiled plans to expand its military operations in the territory. Development minister Baroness Jenny Chapman said the money ...

Co-op has warned its customers "not to eat" one of its food products as it has been recalled due to a "health risk". The UK supermarket giant has recalled its pack of four Mini Pork & Pickle Pies ...

GIFFORDS Circus is staging its first-ever Christmas show. Christmas at Giffords will run from November 27 to December 21, at Fennells Farm, Stroud. Taking place inside the farm’s barn, the show will ...

Slot has been busy strengthening a squad that won the league by 10 points last term by spending the best part of £300million.

President Donald Trump has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. Mr Trump announced ...

Firefighters who helped contain France’s largest wildfire in decades are on high alert because of forecasts of very high ...

Emmerdale villain John Sugden is set to target his next victim with Mackenzie 'Mack' Boyd set to be 'killed off'.