Customers 'gutted' as family-run Greater Manchester restaurant closes doors
The business cited a challenging hospitality climate and rising costs as well as other issues
Manchester Evening News 
My mother inspired a generation with her fight against breast cancer before dying at 43... 16 years later, I've discovered I have the same gene that led to her death. This is the test all women must take
When she died of breast cancer aged only 43, amateur athlete and fundraiser Jane Tomlinson left a number of incredible legacies - including a charitable appeal which has raised over £10million.
Daily Mail UK 
How likely is Northern Powerhouse Rail to go ahead?
Manchester has had 17 years of proposals to improve its railways. After years of false starts and changing plans, the new Northern Powerhouse Rail project again promises big - but will it actually deliver? Ethan Davies reports.
Murder of Tadgh Farrell (4) in Offaly firebombing hit his father ‘like a train’, court hears as he faces sentencing on drugs charges
The murder of Tadgh Farrell (4) in last month’s Offaly firebombing has hit his father “like a train coming down the tracks”, his barrister has said.
Independent.ie 
Stocks in green as US manufacturing surprises
Homewares retailed Dunelm expects financial 2026 pre-tax profit to land at the lower end of the analyst consensus range of £214m to £227m.
Evening Standard 
Stocks in green as US manufacturing surprises
Homewares retailed Dunelm expects financial 2026 pre-tax profit to land at the lower end of the analyst consensus range of £214m to £227m.
The Independent 
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Today's woke police make me want to fire up the Quattro and go back to 1984
Fire up the Quattro! Gene Hunt, the foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, hard-drinking, sexist detective from the TV series Life On Marsis about to make a comeback.
New Balance £66 trainers hailed 'most comfortable in 45 years' get huge sale reduction
"I have never opened a more comfortable pair of trainers in 45 years. I would highly recommend"
Heartbreaking end to hunt for female Mormon, 19, who was about to head to Italy on mission
Nicole Bennett, 19, was reported missing on Tuesday after she went out on a hike.
Daily Mail U.K 
Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform
It comes after the Newark MP was sacked from the Tory frontbench by Kemi Badenoch.
Council staff faced 'numerous threats' of violence when removing flags
The council said one person was so aggressive they had to be issued with a final warning
Liverpool Echo 
Robert Jenrick defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK after Tory sacking
Robert Jenrick was fired from the Tory party on Thursday morning for 'plotting to defect'.
STV News 
Hygiene ratings don't apply to Michelin restaurants - Giles Coren
The restaurant critic says inspectors should "modernise" after Ynyshir recieved a one-out-of-five hygiene rating.
BBC 
Nato giant warns ‘it’s the end of the world’ if alliance crumbles over Trump Greenland threat – as troops land on island
POLAND has warned a Nato alliance collapse over Trump's Greenland threats would be "the end of the world as we know it". It comes after crunch talks between America, Denmark and Greenland in Washington on Wednesday which failed to resolve the “fundamental disagreement” over the mineral-rich island. As tensions build, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk...
The Sun 
Norovirus hospital admissions jump to highest level this winter amid NHS 'critical incidents'
Health officials have urged the public to follow 'simple steps' to stop the spread of the virus