Sheffield and South Yorkshire's Essentials

Not one, not two, but six planets are due to line up in the night skies this weekend in a relatively rare planetary parade.

At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this.

A man who left his partner paralysed in a "brutal assault" after she told him she was leaving him has been jailed.

A migrant from Afghanistan has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a "vulnerable, intoxicated" woman.

A picture of a "rare" boot has been released as police try to identify a woman whose body was found off the coast of Iona last year.

A residents' group has said it plans to launch a fresh legal challenge over plans to use a military training camp in Crowborough as accommodation for asylum seekers.

The UK government has issued a travel warning for Israel and Palestine and withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Iran, as the US advises embassy officials in Jerusalem they can leave.

Police in Belfast have appealed for witnesses after a statue of Queen Victoria was vandalised.

American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka has died aged 86.

Paramount has struck a $110bn deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery.

Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has dropped his High Court claim against the BBC and won't be receiving any damages, the corporation has said.  

Paramount Skydance is on course to win the Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) takeover battle after rival Netflix stepped away.

When the Bayeux Tapestry goes on show at the British Museum later this year it will be the culmination of one of the most impressive cultural exchanges this century.

The BBC says it is carrying out a "fast-tracked" investigation after failing to cut a racial slur shouted by a Tourette's campaigner, from its BAFTAs broadcast on Sunday.

Rob Reiner's son Nick has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of the actor-director and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

The UK's biggest video-on-demand services will have to follow the same rules on content and accessibility as traditional broadcasters, under new legislation being implemented.