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Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:59:44 GMT
French police to use nets to stop small boat migrants crossing Channel
New tactics to stop boats set to be introduced despite warnings there is ‘no way’ to carry out such manoeuvres safely

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:57:04 GMT
Martin Lewis’s advice for anyone planning a purchase on Black Friday
The money saving expert issued his advice ahead of the mega-sale event

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:54:35 GMT
Reeves vows to cut cost of living after inflation boost before final pre-Budget PMQs - live updates
Starmer facing questions in Commons ahead of crunch Budget next week

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:40:46 GMT
Can and should you walk your dogs in the snow?
As the first cold snap of the winter makes way for the UK, here are top tips to keeping your dogs safe

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:10:33 GMT
British woman among five tourists killed during fierce snowstorm in Chilean national park
The area was struck by a snowstorm wind speeds equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:33:05 GMT
Maga influencer with ‘Mar-a-Lago face’ who was in the running to be Trump’s press secretary wanted for assault
Rein Lively was a member of the controversial QAnon movement which accused global elites of carrying out child sex crimes

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:34:59 GMT
November 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need in November

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:17:09 GMT
Scientists dig up two-tonne whale head found on Cornwall beach in 10-hour mission
Marine mammal’s head was buried in Falmouth by scientists for five years after it ended up stranded on a beach

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:07:57 GMT
Alabama rot: Urgent warning for dog owners over deadly virus with 90% of cases reported in winter
The UK has seen a total of 330 confirmed cases of the skin-legion causing disease, which whilst rare can sometimes lead to fatal kidney failure

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT
‘I reported my child as missing then heard nothing’: The young people who fall through the gaps when they disappear
Charity Missing People warns these children are at particular risk of exploitation and calls for more resources to tackle the crisis of the young people who have disappeared

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:18:36 GMT
Dame Helen Mirren’s warning as 300,000 UK children face winter without a coat
Dame Helen on the ‘heartbreaking’ reality facing thousands of children this Christmas

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:19:46 GMT
Nudist claims judges in the North may have ‘unconscious biases against his lifestyle’
Neil Cox is challenging Chester Crown Court’s dismissal of his appeal against a public order offence conviction, but wants the case to be heard in London

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:17:51 GMT
Police launch investigation after girl, 11, dies in ‘unexplained’ circumstances
The girl was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday and died the next day, Police Scotland said

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:02:00 GMT
Alan Carr’s Celebrity Traitors win among moments captured in Beano review of 2025
Carr joined by Katy Perry, Taylor Swift in 2025’s Beanofy Unwrapped

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT
Child sex abuse victims face ‘agonisingly long waits’ for justice
The wait rose to around 18 months for cases of rape of a child aged between 13 and 15

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT
Plans to reform NHS have ‘chilling echoes’ of HS2 failures, MPs warn
Public accounts committee warns that ‘poor practices’ seen in the project to build the high-speed rail link are being replicated in the health service

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT
Tony Blair’s think tank joins calls for £300 cut in energy prices ahead of Budget
A report by the Energy Crisis Commission has called for next week’s Budget to include details on how the government will reduce the gap between electricity and gas prices

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:20:12 GMT
Police launch fresh appeal over missing teenager one year on from disappearance
Aleksandr Benga, who would now be 17, was reported missing in Stornoway on this day in 2024

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:13:05 GMT
Warning over ‘dangerous brain drain’ as number of Britons leaving UK revealed
UK net migration reached a record high, new figures show, as Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood comes under fire over asylum crackdown

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:00:13 GMT
Starmer warns his cabinet to ‘stop talking about ourselves’ after Labour briefing war
PM tells ministers that ‘distractions’ means their focus has ‘shifted’

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:48:14 GMT
AI tools are making ‘repeated factual errors’, major new research warns
‘Risky advice’, ‘inaccuracies’ and ‘misleading statements’ mean people should cross-reference results from generative AI tools, tests by experts suggest

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:17:04 GMT
MI5 issues new China espionage warning after spies pose as headhunters on LinkedIn to target MPs
Security minister Dan Jarvis says the government will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ attempts by China to interfere with the UK’s sovereign affairs

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:49:40 GMT
Five people taken to hospital after reports of chemical spill at school
Three teenagers and two adults were taken to hospital following an issue with a piece of science equipment

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:42:16 GMT
Pro-Palestine supporters carried away by police at Nottingham protest
Police in Nottingham carried away pro-Palestine protesters after they gathered in the city centre in support of proscribed group Palestine Action.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:34:11 GMT
Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms
Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis as a child refuge, described the government’s proposals as ‘shabby’ after the Home Office said it could deport children of failed asylum seekers

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:00:08 GMT
Vets brought in to help with human health in ‘UK first’ scheme
Vets will now be encouraged to check up on farmers when they are out in rural communities

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:40:53 GMT
Britain’s migration crisis: Is Labour’s crackdown targeting the right people?
As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:25:07 GMT
Weight-loss drugs and hair-loss treatments being flown into UK prisons by drones
Weight-loss drugs, anabolic steroids, and hair-loss treatments as well as ‘bales of cannabis’ routinely flown into British jails, warns chief inspector of prisons

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:54:39 GMT
Major motorway closed after hazardous chemicals spilled in tanker crash
The M40 southbound remains closed after a collision between a car and a tanker caused significant spillage

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:50:40 GMT
Teenage driver crashes into house after dangerous police pursuit
A teenage driver crashed into a house after a dangerous police pursuit.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:36:43 GMT
The popular Christmas treats shrinking in size – but going up in price
Prices for the products vary between stores but they have been reduced in weight

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:03:23 GMT
Eleven countries added to methanol poisoning warning list
Six tourists died of methanol poisoning after drinking shots in Laos in 2024

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:30 GMT
Couple wanted over racist assault at London tube station believed to have fled country
The couple are understood to me Maga influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her partner Philip Ostermann

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:45:44 GMT
Sophie Turner says assisted dying bill poses ‘serious risk’ to eating disorder patients
The letter from Eat Breathe Thrive Foundation for Eating Disorders has support from mental health charity Mind and other celebrities

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:31:53 GMT
Scientists make ‘striking’ discovery about what mental health conditions do to your brain
Brains with anxiety, depression, ADHD or conduct disorder tended to have a reduced surface area in regions responsible for processing emotions, responding to threats and maintaining awareness of bodily states

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:09:57 GMT
23,500 young people facing homelessness this winter in worsening crisis, warns leading charity
The North West and Yorkshire and the Humber are among the worst affected places as homelessness is set to rise this season

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:47:00 GMT
What are the changes in Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown – and how serious is Labour backlash?
Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled her own version to the Commons – but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so far?

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:21:43 GMT
The simple change to your driveway that could reduce winter flood risks
About 54 per cent of front gardens in the UK are now concreted over, up from 46 per cent in 1991

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:01:45 GMT
Details of legal battle between Roman Abramovich and Jersey revealed after gagging order lifted
Exclusive: A court in Jersey has lifted the privacy order on a series of legal actions brought by the former Chelsea owner after a criminal case was opened against him by the island’s authorities

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:30:46 GMT
Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after he invites her to join Reform
It came after Nigel Farage said the home secretary sounds like a Reform supporter following her controversial proposals to overhaul the asylum system

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:17:35 GMT
Energy bills set to drop from January as UK braces for winter cold front
The £22-a-year saving will bring the average household bill down to £1,733

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:54:05 GMT
Shabana Mahmood swears in House of Commons while defending asylum crackdown
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood swore in the House of Commons as she defended her proposed major overhaul of the asylum system.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:41:29 GMT
Almost a quarter of Labour voters think Starmer should quit now, damning new poll shows
In total, almost half of all Labour voters want Sir Keir Starmer out of No 10 before the next election, a new poll has shown

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:36:36 GMT
Champions League winning ex-Liverpool star faces bankruptcy after row with brother
The Irish former fullback has not paid his debt and is now facing a petition to make him bankrupt

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:25:25 GMT
The seven things every driver should do with their car ahead of winter
From checking oil levels to electronics, it’s important to maintain your vehicle during winter

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