A section of the M1 motorway has fully reopened following a vehicle fire.
National Highways said fire crews were at the scene shortly after 10:40 BST on Thursday on the southbound side between junctions 29 and 28 near the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire border.
The motorway reopened an hour later with delays on the approach, it added.
A traffic camera from the scene showed a firefighter tackling the blaze earlier.
Among collectors of memorabilia there is one specialised field – train tickets.
And their current prize is a rare one: An example of the ticket for the first train to run on South Western Railway (SWR) after re-nationalisation this weekend.
But there is a problem – engineering works.
SWR will come under public ownership on Sunday at 01:59 BST precisely. The next scheduled service would normally be the 02:27 from Guildford to Waterloo, but that has been cancelled.
The next is the 05:36 from Woking – and tickets are on sale for £15.20 but this is also affected by the bank holiday repairs.
It is not the best start – the first nationalised train is a bus replacement service.
Not that you would have guessed all that from the launch of the new Great British Railways logo by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in Bournemouth this week.
It was a slick and impressive affair and Labour MPs like Portsmouth's Amanda Martin are looking forward to public ownership.
"My granddad was a train driver," she tells me, adding: "I'm really proud of what we're intending to do."
But will fares be lower? Perhaps not straight away but she says things will improve.
"It will take time but now we will be able to look at increasing our passenger services," she says.
"Make the passengers feel better on the trains from planning the journey to finding your tickets and if you're delayed, there'll be an instant repayment."
Liberal Democrat MP for Didcot and Wantage Olly Glover is on Parliament's transport committee and says nationalisation has potential but will require vision and leadership.
"What the industry needs is for the government to be really clear on what they want them to deliver in terms of wider economic and social and environmental policies," he says.
"They need to provide that clarity in multi-year funding and let the industry get on with delivering that. They need to take a step back from the detail and my worry is that this will encourage them to get more involved. "
Former Conservative MP Chris Loder used to work for South West Trains and says they should be not be ashamed of the time they held the franchise.
"We saw passenger numbers double over the period of privatisation until just before Covid," he tells me.
"We saw huge levels of investment that we haven't seen before."
But now he is calling for more competition even within the nationalised framework, using Open Access Train Operators, competing on the same line with the government-owned operator.
"We're in a different era," he explains.
"Passenger behaviour has changed and therefore that means that different structural changes are required.
"Open access operators should be allowed to run across the network. That of course is not the current Labour policy."
Even supporters of nationalisation admit it will take time before the effects are felt.
But maybe it will not be long before passengers do not have to check before travelling that their train has been replaced by a bus, or they need a small mortgage to buy a ticket.
A Surrey wildlife charity is raising money to keep its animal hospital running.
Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue, headquartered at land owned by Queen guitarist Brian May near Windlesham, has been saving injured animals for over 30 years.
Anne Brummer started the organisation after rescuing a hedgehog stuck in a chain link fence, and it has grown to have nearly 50 active volunteers, including their rock star host.
"We now have full-time vets with us but that comes at a massive cost," she said.
The group's dedicated wildlife hospital has been operating since 2019.
Ms Brummer said: "It's worth it because the animals that come in get the best treatment at the vital time when they need it."
In addition to providing space at his property and supporting the group's campaigns, Mr May gets involved in looking after the animals.
"Guitarists aren't much use to the rescue, so to us he is a worker," Ms Brummer said.
"He is very good at communicating with people and gets involved in it at every level."
The charity looks after foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, deer, or "anything that's in the UK that's wildlife".
"We can have any one of 750 animals come in through the door, and it's like a procession of aliens really. There's not a lot of data out there on them so the vets are using all their expertise," Ms Brummer said.
She added: "We are trying to raise funds to get more equipment in the surgery, and to also get together a database so that we can store all this data for other people to access."
The charity's costs include medication, equipment maintenance, and insurance.
"We are constantly striving to get more equipment," Ms Brummer said.
She added that the hospital "is constantly accident and emergency" while vets for domestic pets can deal with pre-arranged, routine appointments.
The charity sometimes finds itself in the "absolutely heart-breaking" situation of having to turn away animals because it has reached full capacity.
The flipside to this, Ms Brummer said, was the "most amazing feeling" of releasing animals back to the wild after they have recovered.
In addition to its rescue work the charity runs the Save Me Trust, campaigning for changes to the law.
A mother says she and her family can "live again" after access to her son's life-enhancing treatment for a rare genetic disorder was extended.
NHS access to the drug Brineura, which slows the progress of Batten disease, was set to end this month but NICE and NHS England have now come to new agreement with the drug's maker.
One of those who receives it is Isaac, eight, who has CLN2 Batten disease, which was diagnosed in August 2021.
His mother Aimee Tilley, from Kettering in Northamptonshire, said: "We know it's not a cure, we still see regression, but it's a huge amount slower, so he's gaining years, not just days or weeks."
Batten disease, a rare genetic disorder, causes a rapid decline in a child's ability to walk, talk and see, and is estimated to affect about 40 children in the UK – with an average life expectancy of about 10 years.
Brineura is the only approved treatment that slows the condition's progress.
The new agreement will mean those on the drug, and those who start the treatment before the end of the year, can receive it on a permanent basis.
Ms Tilley said: "We are extremely relieved that Isaac is going to continue to have this treatment.
"This black cloud that we've had hanging over us has gone. We feel like we can live again."
NICE said it and NHS England would continue to work with BioMarin, which makes the drug, on "a solution to secure access to all future patients but at the moment the treatment is not considered cost effective".
Ms Tilley says her family "will not stop fighting for the children of the future".
She said: "They deserve it just as much as the children now and we have won this battle, but we will win the war."
Ms Tilley said Isaac was "having seizures, losing his mobility, he can still walk with a walker or walk holding our hands [and] he has now gone blind".
But, she added: "He's happy. He still enjoys theme parks, going horse riding and he still does a lot of things that children of his age can do we just have to adapt them for him."
Helen Knight, director of medicines evaluation at NICE, said she was "pleased" an agreement had been reached.
She added that NICE and NHS England remained "committed to working with the company to try to reach a long-term deal that will give access to [Brineura] to all eligible people" after December.
A suspected grenade has been found in a shed, causing 150 homes to be evacuated.
Police have put up a 328ft (100m) cordon around a property on Gilsland Crescent in Darlington and contacted bomb disposal experts.
The new owner of the property discovered what they suspected was a grenade in a shed and called emergency services, Durham Police said.
The force has asked the residents of 150 homes within the area to leave as it believes the cordon will be in place for some time.
The council have set up the Dolphin Centre as a rest centre for all those affected.
Police have closed several roads around the property and have advised motorists to find alternative routes.
The following road closures are in place:
Nearby St Bede's Catholic Primary School said it was unaffected but had offered the option of an early pick-up for children with families who might be.
Some residents who were forced to evacuate their apartment block due to dangerous cladding have been allowed home, according to the building's managing agent.
On 4 June, 60 people, including eight children, were told to leave Barbourne Works in Worcester after inspectors found dangerous fire safety risks.
On Friday, bosses at FirstPort, which operates the building on behalf of a management company, said residents on the ground and first floors were being allowed to return.
They said a prohibition notice remained in place for residents on the second and third floors.
A spokesperson for FirstPort said those homes on the upper floors did not currently meet required standards for fire escape.
"Work is under way to implement the necessary safety measures to enable safe reoccupation of these floors as soon as possible," they said.
"We fully recognise how disruptive this situation is for residents. However, this action was taken with their safety as the highest priority.
"We remain committed to working closely with all parties to provide continued support and timely updates as we address the issues raised."
Earlier this week, some residents told the BBC the events of the past week had left them struggling.
"I feel mentally exhausted, because every day you don't know where you are, what you're doing or what's going on," Anne Eason said.
Army veteran Chris Sherwin, 43, and Amy Hawkswood, 40, were also evacuated and are being housed at a hotel in Droitwich.
The couple are due to get married next week but Mr Sherwin said the stress of the situation had overshadowed what should be a memorable time.
"We're getting married, but we don't know if we will be able to do any of the plans we wanted," he said.
FirstPort said there had been a comprehensive review of the external walls and an independent fire engineer's assessment carried out on the building.
It described the situation as "complex and evolving".
An emergency call-out prompted by a red flare being spotted above the mouth of the River Tyne turned out to be a pyrotechnic that had been let off at a "gender reveal" party.
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB) was called to check on the welfare of those on board a boat from which the flare had been fired late on Saturday.
When the brigade arrived, they learned that the flare had actually been pink in colour, and the boat's crew had been helping an expectant couple reveal the gender of their baby.
A spokesperson for the brigade recommended avoiding using flares near the coast and said the boat's skipper had been "very apologetic".
The boat had appeared to be circling before the flare was let off, the spokesperson said.
It eventually headed back upriver towards the Royal Quays Marina in North Shields, where the TVLB located the boat and spoke to its captain.
A spokesperson said the shout was soon "marked down as one of our stranger false alarms with good intent".
They added: "The skipper of the boat was very apologetic and ultimately we're grateful everyone was safe and well.
"We send our best wishes to the parents to be!"
A Victorian house which became famous as the location for the 2007 film Atonement will close to the public at the end of the year.
The house at Stokesay Court in Shropshire was opened up to visitors in the year the film came out, but its owner, Caroline Magnus, said: "It's hard work, I'm not getting any younger."
She said she came to the decision after she broke her ankle 18 months ago.
The grounds would continue to open for special events and fundraising, she said.
Ms Magnus took over the running of Stokesay Court from her aunt in 1995 and said it took her 10 years to renovate it.
The house gained widespread fame when Atonement, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, was shot there and went on to win major awards including an Oscar.
Opening it up to the public had been "fantastic" Ms Magnus said, and had given her the chance to meet lots of people.
But she said when she broke her ankle, she asked herself: "Do I want to do this or do I want to sit and enjoy the house?"
She said she plans to "enjoy it more as a home than a business" from now on and public visits would come to an end at Christmas.