The Happy Mondays will reform for a tour to be held in May, which according to backing vocalist Rowetta Satchell will last a month. Satchell, who was also a finalist on the X Factor, told BBC Radio Manchester of how the group held talks for quite some time until the final decision to get back [...]

Desert Island Discs has been celebrating its 70th anniversary through 44 different radio programmes across the entire UK network of the BBC. Sir David Attenborough appeared on BBC Radio 4′s for a fourth time – meaning that he now shares the record for most appearances with Arthur Askey. Other special editions will see the public’s [...]

A prisoner is now on the run after police officers were threatened by another man at gunpoint upon his arrival at a Suffolk hospital. A man pointed his gun at officers that were at Bury St Edmunds’ West Suffolk Hospital around18:50 GMT. The prisoner had to be released and is believed to be 26-year-old Andrew [...]

Native dog breeds including the English Setter are now being pushed to the brink of extinction due to the increasing popularity of exotic dogs like huskies and Chihuahuas, a new Kennel Club study has suggested. The setter, once the country’s most popular working dog, is also among its oldest breeds. Statistics from the Kennel Club [...]

A US marine, who admits to charges linked to the slaying of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005, shouldn’t face any time in detention, the judge hearing his case has recommended. The judge’s decision, which was made at California’s Camp Pendleton, must now be approved by the Marine Corps Forces Central Command commander. Sergeant Frank [...]

India has condemned a joke made by US comedian Jay Leno that was aimed at the holiest shrine for Sikhs – the iconic Golden Temple of Amritsar. A typical Leno skit displayed the temple as being the summer home of Mitt Romney – the Republican presidential candidate. Recently, Romney has faced intense taxation questions due [...]

Johnny Otis, AKA ” the godfather of rhythm and blues”, passed away on Saturday aged 90. Otis, a bandleader who was unwell for several years, died at his home in LA, as confirmed by his manager. Most remembered for Willie and the Hand Jive, the 1961 hit he wrote for Gladys Knight and the Pips, [...]

Beer must be sold throughout the 2014 World Cup, to be held in Brazil, Fifa has insisted. The governing body’s General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, state that the right to sell beer should be enshrined in World Cup laws that Brazilian Congress is currently considering passing. At present, alcoholic drinks are banned at Brazilian stadiums with [...]

The City of London Corporation today won its High Court case aimed at evicting protesters from directly outside St Paul’s Cathedral. Campaigning against greed in the corporate world, the demonstrators have had their presence felt in central London ever since 15 October. After the Occupy London movement chose to ignore an order that requested it [...]

Wikipedia today took its English-language website offline, protesting against new anti-piracy laws that have been proposed in the US. All users attempting to gain access to the site are met with a completely black screen that is coupled with a political statement that asked users to imagine a world where free knowledge is outlawed. Similarly, [...]