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Ellie Pacey with her 'light modified' tractor called On The Limit at the UK Truck and Tractor Pull 2025. Ellie, from Northants, has been tractor-pulling since aged 7 and was crowned Miss Northamptonshire in July 2020. All photos credit Lucinda Herbert

I've been tractor-pulling since age 7 -and I was Miss England finalist

Pizza making is fun at the Big Blue Hotel

I enjoyed a luxury family stay at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort

Johnnie Norman and his wife, Rachel

Watch: Man's romantic gesture for wife goes hilariously wrong

These are some of the happiest places to live in Britain, according to a new list published by the Guardian

Britain's 'happiest' places named, including 'best kept secret'

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Night falls on Landal Twin Lakes, a stunning lakeside retreat alive with wildlife, awash with natural beauty.

Sink into illuminated bubbles beneath twinkling skies at Landal Twin Lakes

Eva Loren Lyth is surprised with tickets to Warner Bros. Studio Tour.

Little Harry Potter fan, 5, gets Hogwarts invitation from ‘owl’

The volunteers of Trawden, Lancashire.

Britain's 'most community-minded village' owned and ran by residents

The sun sets over Camber Sands.

Later time the sun will set in your area on day clocks change

Chair burlesque dancers hold midnight burlesque-athon in their pyjamas

We had all-night pyjama burlesque-athon. We feel sexy and empowered

Victoria Quinlan, a dog groomer, was crowned Miss Manchester and will compete in Miss England beauty pageant.

I'm a dog-mad beauty queen. I want an end to cruel puppy farms
A dog loving beauty queen is fighting for an end to cruel puppy farms, after qualifying for the Miss England pageant.
Lucinda Herbert

A roller derby training session in Preston

The Great British Hobby Hunt: “It’s like rugby on skates”

Police seized £21,000 in cash and approximately £25,000 worth of cannabis during drug raids in Blackpool and St Annes

Watch: Police smash into warehouse using chainsaw as £25k drugs seized

I'm 13 and my friends call me Mary Poppins because of the way I dress

Matt Horsfall, 39, scaled the rocks forming the waterfall at Dockber Farm near Sawley in Lancashire when he was attending the Beat-Herder music festival. He ignored a 'do not enter' sign which warned of "sharp rocks" and said the "water is poison" to pose for a video

I fell off a waterfall during a music festival. I nearly died.

Mourners at the funeral of singer Linda Nolan have been told she would have “loved all the fuss”

Video: Massive crowds pay respects to Linda Nolan at showbiz funeral

The Honda Acty micro-van was flipped onto its side in Clifton Road, Fleetwood at around 3.40am on Tuesday (January 22)

Video: Vandals tip van onto side in social media stunt

A pair of adventurous brothers built an igloo on Rivington Pike in Chorley

We built an igloo at a local beauty spot...watch how we did it

Paul Roberts created an interactive display which sings and talks to visitors.

Our village has over 200 snowmen...including a newlywed snow couple

AirB&B host Mike Afflick reads his Lancashire Post while taking a break at his Hobbit House in Inglewhite, near Preston.

I built a perfectly round house. There's wildlife but no hobbits

Aaron shaking his dog Kinder.

Watch: 'Aggressive’ dog owner hits and shakes ‘six-month-old’ puppy

Paul Fiddler died after a tree fell onto his Citroen van on the A59 at Longton

Storm Darragh: Falling tree kills football coach driving on busy road

Storm Darragh causes disruption and damage across the UK.

Watch: Storm Darragh causes disruption and damage across the UK

Spudman AKA Ben Newman poses for selfies outside Mecca Bingo in Blackpool

I went to meet TikTok's Spudman and watch him make a £50 jacket potato

Yellow warnings caution against further rainfall and colder snaps for Ireland, says Met Office

Ad Feature UK-based radiator supplier comes to Ireland as temperatures plummet

The back of the 31-year-old's bat will be sponsored by Balqis Capital, a leader in private market credit

Ad Feature England Cricketer Liam Livingstone secures new sponsorship deal

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

Amanj Hasan Zada is arrested.

Human trafficker labelled 'best smuggler' jailed for boat crossings
Watch some of the video evidence that led to the conviction of a prolific people smuggler who organised cross-Channel small boat crossings to the UK.
Richard Hunt

Border Collie Jax.

Watch: Dog struck down with chronic cough saved thanks to Shania Twain

Amanj Hasan Zada is arrested.

Watch: People smuggler who advertised services on Facebook is arrested

The M6 was closed a after lorry crashed through the central reservation near Preston

Shocking video shows horrific motorway crash as lorry driver is killed

Mason Gee, 3, worried about his father Stephen Gee, 30, walking on a glass walkway

Toddler attempts to 'save' dad from glass floor at Blackpool Tower

Video grab from footage as Police have mocked a group of dopey dealers who were caught after they videoed themselves bagging up illegal drugs.

Watch dopey drug dealers film themselves bagging up heroin and cocaine

Terri Picton-Clark and dance partner Glenn Badham at the world-famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom

Twinkle-toed lottery winner dances at the Tower Ballroom in dream gown

The driver of a Citroën C1 travelling the wrong way on the M55 in Lancashire on September 26.

Watch: Pensioner drives wrong way on motorway forcing driver to swerve

Young Evie Smith meets her hero Melanie Martinez

Watch: Girl excluded from school over Cruella de Vil hair meets idol

Tom Moss' hole in his leg | Tom Moss / SWNS

I have a permanent hole in my leg...doctors say it will never heal

Contestants from Dance Floor Heroes, and inset: Ian Waite and Vincent Simone hosting the charity event at Blackpool Winter Gardens.

64 year old Strictly superfan lives her dancefloor dream on TV

A Lancashire homeowner has described the 'hilarious' moment when she found a flock of sheep walking around on her roof.

Watch the bizarre moment a woman finds a flock of sheep...on her roof

Roger Haywood was arrested after attacking police officers and spouting abuse during a protest in Blackpool.

Watch: Man who assaulted police during riots is arrested

Joe Cairns, 14, was killed when HGV driver James Majury, from Chorley, ploughed into a school minibus on the M58

My son, 14, was killed by a selfish HGV driver checking Facebook

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Teenager charged with the murders of three girls and the attempted murder of 10 others arrives at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on August 1, 2024 in Liverpool.

Teenager charged with Southport stabbing murders named

Natalie Walker, 38, went viral on Tik Tok after getting an electric whisk stuck in her hair

Video: I'm the girl who got her hair caught in a whisk on Tik Tok

Jay Slater Spanish police video shows search for missing Brit.

Watch: Jay Slater Spanish police video shows search for missing Brit
Watch as officers, rescue dogs and helicopters search the hills of Rural de Teno national park for the missing teenager.
Jessica Martin

The mother of a British teenager who has gone missing during a holiday in Tenerife said having to search for her son has been “horrendous”

Watch mum of missing Tenerife teen Jay Slater's first video interview

Jessica Langer, a Taylor Swift super fan missed a third of her Anfield show after a Ticketmaster system error left her queueing outside the concert for an hour.

Ticketmaster system error leaves Taylor Swift superfan shut out

Men can be seen throwing chairs across the room at the Winter Gardens first Euros Fanzone match.

Video: Yobs hurl chairs as fracas erupts at England Euro 2024 fan zone

112 pet rats have been rescued by the RSPCA from one ammonia soaked room at Lancashire property with no food or water

Video: 112 pet rats rescued after being trapped in room with no food

firefighters tackle blaze at Warbreck Hill Road

Watch: Firefighters tackle huge blaze at former DWP office

Sunset timelapse at Mary's Shell on Cleveleys beach, Lancashire

Watch: Dramatic sunset as UK enjoyed weekend of hot sunny weather

Ian Gilheaney was jailed for 2 years and 4 months after leading police on a 'hair-raising' chase around the streets of Accrington

Watch: 'Hair-raising' police chase like something out of GTA

Grandad, 95, is knocked down by BMW.

Watch: Grandad, 95, knocked down by reckless driver who doesn’t stop

Adorable Newfoundland dogs during their water rescue training sessions.

Video: How these giant dogs are trained to save kids from drowning

UFC Fighter turns paramedic after death of father. Former World Champion UFC fighter Ian 'The Machine' Freeman says now 'instead of putting people in hospital I save them'

Watch: UFC champ on personal tragedy that led him to become paramedic

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