Daniel Rooney stood in at 30-minutes’ notice on Friday night when Murs’ flight from London was cancelledA Scottish singer has said he is “still on a high” after being plucked from obscurity to replace Olly Murs as the opening act for Take That at the last minute.Murs was due to open for Take That at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Friday but had to pull...

The set of folios published by John Gould will be presented at Firsts book fair in London in mid-MayJohn Gould was one of the most sought-after taxidermists in 19th-century London, commissioned by King George IV to stuff the first giraffe to arrive in England.But Gould’s lasting legacy is birds. He travelled the world documenting and cataloguing as...

UK medicines regulator says information on boxes of montelukast will alert users to risk of mood and behaviour changesMore than 500 adverse neuropsychiatric reactions have been reported in children under the age of nine involving an asthma drug which is to get new warnings over its risks.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...

Campaigners are calling for public inquiry into high number of patient fatalities over a decade at crisis-hit serviceMore than 30 patients died after risks were not acted on in the decade following a controversial service redesign at a crisis-hit NHS mental health trust, according to an analysis by campaigners.The report by the Campaign to Save Mental...

With public finances in a worse position than expected, chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering pushing back further pledgesJeremy Hunt and his team are considering not holding another tax-cutting autumn statement before the next election, amid uncertainty about the public finances.The chancellor has already hinted that he plans to pledge further tax...

She’s set to depose Taylor Swift from No 1 and has the most-streamed song in the world this week – the culmination of a decade of slow-burn successCapped with one of the most brilliantly nonsensical chorus lines in pop history – “That’s that me, espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso is the most streamed song in the world this week, deposed Taylor...