IT'S the end of an era as one of the longest-running bands in British history has decided to call it quits.

They announced they will play their last gig and then retire after this year's Glastonbury festival.

Spring has finally arrived, and as customers enjoy a drink or two in the sunshine outside Runcorn’s branch of Wetherspoon’s on a Thursday afternoon, some are sympathetic to the local man in the news who has so dramatically fallen from grace.

Migrants will be housed in hotels and other temporary accommodation for years to come, the Treasury has admitted as it ordered the Home Office to find cheaper providers and to prevent private companies “profiteering” from the small boats crisis.