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Politics

French fire service rescues migrants from Channel amid strong current warnings

Around 40 migrants attempted to cross the Channel off the coast of Berck in the Pas-de-Calais region on Monday morning.
15 Jun 2026
UK

‘Very valuable’ bronze sculpture stolen from garden of world-renowned artist

Sculptor Anne Curry said she was ‘upset’ that no arrests had been made in connection with the theft of artwork La Promesse, a bronze worth £60,000.
5 Jan 2025
Politics

Andy Burnham defends Greater Manchester inquiry into grooming gangs

The Mayor of Greater Manchester commissioned an independent review in 2017 to consider allegations made in BBC documentary The Betrayed Girls.
5 Jan 2025
Celebrity News

Father of Lockerbie bombing victim speaks out after New Orleans terror attack

Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.
4 Jan 2025
UK

First meteor shower of 2025 to light up the night sky

The annual Quadrantid shower of ‘shooting stars’ is expected to peak on Friday.
3 Jan 2025
UK

Two lorry drivers killed in tragic Christmas Eve crash

Police said the two men, both aged 51, were each driving a lorry when they collided north of Caenby Corner on Tuesday

25 Dec 2024
UK

'Green Christmas' to be mild and dry with no snow or frost expected

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive

25 Dec 2024
Environment

Met Office forecasts ‘green Christmas’ with no snow or frost expected in UK

The Met Office said Christmas Day will dawn ‘mild and cloudy’ with ‘certainly no snow expected’ anywhere in the UK.
24 Dec 2024
UK

‘It was white water and chaos’, recalls Boxing Day tsunami survivor 20 years on

Daniel Poole was travelling in Sri Lanka when he was hit by the tsunami, whilst Rachel Harvey witnessed the devastation in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
24 Dec 2024
UK

Police release images of potential witnesses after fatal drive-by shooting

Michelle Sadio was killed while standing with mourners outside a church after a wake.
20 Dec 2024
Politics

Academy Trust apologises following ‘desperately sad death’ of student

Owen Garnett died two days after choking on a paper towel at Welcombe Hills School in Stratford-upon-Avon.
20 Dec 2024
UK

Tributes paid to footballer who died after 'assault' at York station

The goalkeeper’s football club said they were ‘devastated’ by the news of his death

19 Dec 2024
Politics

School fined £300,000 after ‘management failures’ led to death of student

An investigation found the 19-year-old special needs student choked on paper towel after he was left unsupervised during a break from class.
19 Dec 2024
Celebrity News

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun

US navy secretary Carlos Del Toro said Cruise’s role in the 1986 action film ‘significantly increased’ the force’s recruitment rates.
18 Dec 2024
Environment

Practice trenches and tomb of 119-year-old woman listed by Historic England

Some 256 historic locations have been added to the list this year, including an electricity junction and a brutalist church.
18 Dec 2024
Crime

Rapper Slowthai cleared of raping two women at after-show party

Jurors cleared the musician and his friend of raping two women at a house party after a gig in Oxford.

16 Dec 2024
UK

Woman killed in shooting outside London church was attending a wake

A neighbour said they heard gunshots followed by ‘crying and screaming’ as mourners ran out of the church to the sight of bodies on the ground.

16 Dec 2024
Crime

Jurors retire to consider verdict in rape trial of rapper Slowthai

The prosecution alleges the musician, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, and his friend Alex Blake-Walker raped two women at a house party

12 Dec 2024
UK

King ‘wants to be involved’ with theatre despite heavy schedule, actor says

Alex Jennings, who played the then-Prince of Wales in the 2006 film The Queen, praised Charles for his ‘fantastic support’ for dramatic arts.
10 Dec 2024
London

Syrians gather in Piccadilly Circus to celebrate fall of Assad regime

Around 100 people gathered to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime after more than 50 years of his family’s dictatorship

10 Dec 2024