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Police are understood to be probing £500,000 of donations to Reform UK by Fiona Cottrell, mum of Nigel Farage ally and convicted fraudster George Cottrell, to determine if she was the original source of the funds11:32, 10 Jul 2026Updated 11:37, 10 Jul 2026View 3 ImagesNigel Farage with close ally George Cottrell(Image: Getty Images)Police are reportedly investigating donations totalling £500,000 made to Reform UK by the mum of a convicted fraudster.Detectives are understood to be probing two payments of £250,000 by Fiona…

Manchester United are close to completing three signings with more deals in the pipeline and a host of transfer targets emerging for the Premier League giants.New permanent manager Michael Carrick is set to make some new additions in the form of goalkeeper Karl Darlow and midfielder Andrey Santos, while Ederson is undergoing a thorough medical before sealing his own move from Atalanta. Darlow is set to join on a free transfer after leaving Leeds United when his deal ran out last month. The 35-year-old will act as understudy…

A pole dancer left mourners stunned after performing to Queen’s 'The Show Must Go On' at a funeral where a nightclub boss, exhumed 31 years after his death, was reunited with his newly deceased wife11:54, 10 Jul 2026Updated 11:58, 10 Jul 2026View 3 Images Pole dancer performs racy show at funeral(Image: Jam Press/@iedehoornuitvaartzorg)A pole dancer stole the show at a funeral performing for an exhumed nightclub boss and his recently deceased wife. The unusual send-off was in tribute to a couple who ran a legendary nightclub…

Sweltering in unlikely Manchester temperatures at Stretford Public Hall last night, Bev Craig, the current leader of Manchester City Council and Labour’s candidate to succeed Andy Burnham, made her pitch to Greater Manchester’s voters.“I actually got involved in politics because I didn’t see enough people in politics who looked like me,” she said. “And I didn’t see communities have enough agency and enough control. Where I’m from (in Northern Ireland)… we’re used to being seen as a negative problem, not as a positive and!-->…