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Tracy Brabin was on the cobbles for three years between 1994 and 1997 and also had a guest starring role on EastEnders in 2001 - but turned her back on acting in 2014 for a very different career

North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll, who was blocked from standing for a new role as North East Mayor, said he had been left with 'no choice' but to quit the Labour Party and stand as an Independent

The method of getting rid of wasps and their nests on people's front porches has gone viral on TikTok, however an expert has warned it's not only "dangerous" but potentially "illegal"

The austerity dogma doesn't work, and the nation knows it says Fleet Street Fox. Keir Starmer needs to spend for Labour to gain full power

Labour candidate Danny Beales writes for The Mirror about why people should vote for him in Thursday's Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election, which was triggered by Boris Johnson's resignation

The Prime Minister insisted the move had been on the cards for a while, as critics said it was further evidence the Conservatives are expecting to be thrown out of office at the next election

The Bibby Stockholm has left Falmouth where it was re-fitted and is being towed to Portland, Dorset where it is expected to host 500 migrants. It had been due to arrive a month ago

A cross-party committee of senior peers said former Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'showed no interest' in slashing the number of peers during his three years in office

The Whitehall spending watchdog said the Government's New Hospital Programme 'has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030'

Businessman John Mills has written a pamphlet outlining how he believes the economy can be rebooted - and it includes chasing a growth target rather than an inflation goal

Researchers from the University of York found the cruel policies contributed to rising levels of child poverty in the 2010s and triggered a knock on impact on youngsters life chances

The senior doctors were already due to walkout this week but the BMA has now unveiled two more strikes dates for top medics next month

Research reveals bosses believe the benefits are worth signing up to the voluntary scheme, which pays staff more than the Government's legal minimum

The Liberal Democrats said the figures revealed the 'stark postcode lottery' for NHS treatment, with waits of a year more far more common in some parts of England compared to other regions

Six out of 10 (62%) voters want the Labour leader to throw his weight behind mounting calls to make free lunches universal for primary school pupils to ensure no child gets left behind

Barlcays bank has issued a warning to customers that they are closing more than a dozen branches later this year as the face of the high street continues to change

Ben Wallace, who marks four years as Defence Secretary on July 24, said his biggest worry as he prepares to stand down in the middle of a war in Europe was a military conflict with Moscow

Some famous faces are using their positions in the spotlight to raise awareness and research into the causes of these painful diseases...

Labour’s analysis of government figures found rocketing interest rates are now likely to require three times the £30,000 figure people had to save just a year ago

The top Tory, who was once tipped as a future Prime Minister, has said he won't stand at the next election, after 18 years as an MP

Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said it's shameful that 27 years after John Prescott asked why families are facing repossession, negative equity and homelessness, she had to ask the same question

Some of Boris Johnson's new neighbours aren't pleased the ex-prime minister has moved to their village, and they're taking their revenge by loudly flying the EU flag in their gardens

Rishi Sunak faces a triple humiliation in Thursday's by-election bonanza - and the mood among his backbenchers remains grim

Members of the United Kingdom's armed forces are struggling to feed their families and pay the bills with the number of troops on Universal Credit shooting up by 30% in a year

Putin’s secret service agency claimed the hits were ordered by Ukraine’s intelligence service which offered £12,700 each to kill Ksenia Sobchak and Margarita Simonyan