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Works planned for A5 and M1

Work on A5 at Hockliffe set to cause traffic delays

Midweek meals have turned ‘boring’ and ‘repetitive’ for many adults

The Ashwell Arms. Picture: Google Maps

Changes planned for temporary housing scheme involving former pub

This calculator reveals the monetary value of your free time

The top 10 business challenges CEOs face

These two groups of people may experience imposter syndrome at work

Working on the knitted poppy displays

Leighton Buzzard and Linslade prepare to honour the fallen

An electric car charges at a mall parking lot in California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Car park 'pivotal' to next phase of electric vehicle charging points

New staff have been taken on at Bassett Road surgery. Pic: Google Maps

Leighton Buzzard’s health services get welcome boost

The top 20 modern wonders of the world, according to UK adults

Freddie Flintoff to make TV return months after Top Gear crash

Months after being involved in a serious crash while filming for Top Gear, Freddie Flintoff is to soon make a return to TV

Nandos is giving away free chicken for students on results day

Free food for GCSE students on results day - including Nando’s

Hannah Lumley, 42, moved into her detached three-bedroom redbrick town house, in Northstowe, Cambs eight months ago and is the town's only child minder.

Why mum in UK’s most soulless town ‘wouldn’t live anywhere else’

Nandos is giving away free chicken for students on results day

Free food for A Level students on results day - including Nando’s

A fifth of parents would be ‘unlikely’ to encourage their children to go to university.

Many parents would struggle to support their child financially

Matt and Carlie with their children Lincoln, seven, Delilah, four and Adelaide in Bali.

UK family who sold everything to move to Bail say they ‘struck gold’

James Martin - Credit: Getty

TV chef James Martin reveals cancer diagnosis

A £1million mansion could be yours for £550,000 – - but buyers should be aware it comes with a huge catch.

£1m mansion up for grabs for bargain £550k – but there’s a huge catch

Oppenheimer cast leave UK premier: SAG-AFTRA strike explained

Tips for Tending your lawn following UK thunderstorms and flooding

Murderer who threw petrol on wife and set her on fire jailed for life

Murderer who threw petrol on wife and set her on fire jailed for life

The Market Cross - photo Jane Russell

Work starts on conserving major Leighton Buzzard landmark

Iconic UK game show rebooted after 22 years with a new host

Boots to close 300 stores in the UK over the next year

Montel (L) and Mal (R), both 25, are the new bombshells set to enter the Love Island villa and date four new singletons after a shock twist.

Love Island 2023: Who are new bombshells Mal and Montel?

Aldi is offering a special voucher ideal for parents when you spend £30

Aldi offering special voucher ideal for parents when you spend £30

Hairy Bikers Dave Myers cancer update following 30 rounds of chemotherapy

Hairy Biker Dave Myers issues health update after cancer diagnosis

Jodie Comer is in the running to play the next James Bond after her Tony award win for Prima Facie.

Who is the next James Bond? Bookies odds on Jodie Comer playing 007

Jodie Comer is in the running to play the next James Bond after her Tony award win for Prima Facie.

Famous Pulitzer Prize winning author dies aged 89

Rhys Whittock the prince harry lookalike dressed up.

Meet the Prince Harry lookalike who earns over £1,000 a day

Call the Midwife fans rejoice as they finally get an update on the 13th series of the show

Call the Midwife new series update as picture released

A Stockport woman’s eyes swelled over two days after she experienced sun poisoning.

Woman could barely open eyes due to sun poisoning as heatwave hits UK

TV legend reveals breast cancer diagnosis

Kelly Rogers, 45, piled on the pounds after second helpings and boozy weekends took their toll. But she now looks like a different person after losing six stone.

Mum used annual leave to lose 6 stone -and is now unrecognisable

King Charles is looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

King Charles looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

Who’s set to join the latest season of Celebrity Gogglebox

Nasa holds first public meeting about UFO sightings

An e-bike owner has been left terrified after his scooter randomly burst into flames

Watch the dramatic moment dangerous e-bike explodes into huge flames

Lidl staff are set to recieve a third pay rise in a year

Lidl gives more than 20,000 staff third pay rise in a year

Shannon Canning, 24, disappeared in the early hours of Friday after leaving her home in Lancaster.

Diving team joins search for missing woman who disappeared 5 days ago

George Logan was renowned for his double act as Dr Evadne Hinge (right) with Patrick Fyffe as Dame Hilda Bracket (left) - Credit: Getty

Hinge and Bracket star George Logan dies aged 78

Amy Walsh confirms she is returning to Emmerdale

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Plans reveal Vladimir Putin’s secret bunker beneath the Black Sea

Changing retorts at the London Gas Company’s works at Vauxhall in 1889. Picture for illustrative purposes by Rischgitz.

Research unearths children ‘worked to death’ in Industrial Revolution

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have hosted This Morning regularly on ITV since 2009 - Credit: Getty

Holly Willoughby ‘considered quitting This Morning’

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have been plagued with fallout rumours - with Willoughby reportedly considering leaving This Morning to ‘protect herself’

Eamonn Holmes takes swipe at Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby

Austria's Teya & Salena sing Who The Hell Is Edgar?

Austria Eurovision spokesperson demands ‘equal pay for women’

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan star in Love Again at the Arc Cinema. Photo: Getty Images

Outlander’s Sam Heughan on possibly starring in Bollywood film

Businesswoman working at night

SME owners feel isolated from loved ones due to working hours

Picture: Habibur Rahman

British teen found dead in Thailand forest

Sir David Attenborough says nature in the British Isles can be as dramatic and spectacular as anything else he’s seen across the world

David Attenborough - how to watch documentaries for free

A bargain flat on the coast of Scotland is on sale for £25,000 just a short walk from the seafront.

Bargain flat near beach on Scottish coast listed for just £25,000

The Coronation Ceremong of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will be broadcast live tomorrow (May 6) on BBC One and Two, ITV, and Sky News at 11am and will also later be available to watch later on the BBC iPlayer

400,000 medals to be given in honour of King Charles coronation

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved

Hospitality workers often rely on tips to supplement their income and have been left powerless in the past when businesses fail to pass them on from customers. ‌

New law secures right for hospitality workers to take home tips