The pooch, a bull breed, was discovered abandoned next to rubbish inside a tied black bin liner in Church Road, Yardley, Birmingham at 1.30pm on Sunday.

All five family members, three of whom are disabled children, were drenched from top to bottom during the incident in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, on Tuesday.

Jeremy Hunt has said he will do ‘everything’ he can to speed up compensation for the hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongfully prosecuted.

Armed police have locked down the Showcase Cinema in Liverpool as they hunt for a gunman on the loose after reports he opened fire at a nearby newsagents and pointed a gun at a cinema worker.

Horseriders gathered in Maldon, Essex on Monday morning with dozens of hounds ready for another day of following trails across the English countryside.

The Chancellor told the troubled firm’s outgoing bosses that he was ‘beside [himself] with frustration’ after residents of villages near Guildford suffered outages.

South Yorkshire Police said Katie, 25, was last seen outside the Digital bar in Barnsley at 5.58am on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: The deputy leader of Southwark Council said the local community want the artwork back after it was chopped down less than an hour after it was revealed to be genuine.

EXCLUSIVE: The auctioneer, 45, who moved out of his £1.5million family home in Derbyshire earlier this year, is set to appear in court next month.

The auctioneer, 45, who moved out of his £1.5million family home earlier this year, is set to appear in court next month over seven alleged offences, including assault.