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Sat, 20 Dec 2025 07:57:05 GMTParagliders narrowly avoid landing in polar bear enclosure
A pair of paragliders had a close shave when they landed inches away from a polar bear enclosure.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:29:52 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor pictured lying across five people in new Epstein files image
Former prince poses with his head near woman’s lap in image contained within latest release of files related to disgraced financier
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:39:28 GMTDavid Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour claims after being dropped by publisher
Ex-Britain’s Got Talent star was not informed about or party to an investigation by HarperCollins, his spokesperson says
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:35:23 GMTScrap Rayner’s workers’ rights reforms, Starmer-linked think tank urges
Labour Together previously asked party members who they would back in leadership challenge
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:08:39 GMT‘I was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve – 80 years later I found the brother I never knew existed living a mile away’
John Moore was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve 1944. Decades later, a Christmas present helped unravel the mystery and led him to his half-brother
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:37:25 GMTWhy a museum is showcasing thousands of artefacts of unknown origins
Many were acquired from Africa through trade, confiscation, and outright looting
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:34:02 GMTForeign prison officers get visa exemption to prevent UK jail chaos
The Chief Inspector of Prisons earlier warned of a ‘devastating effect’ if a solution was not found
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:31:39 GMTTeacher who asked teenage girl about her ‘kinks’ banned from classroom
Thomas Munro told one pupil ‘his fetish was girls in skirts and tights’
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:34:25 GMTCornish farmer fined after cow attacks left walkers fearing for their lives
One 75-year-old man was hospitalised for five days with serious injuries
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:29:44 GMTForeign Office was victim of cyber attack – and we don’t know who did it, minister admits
It comes amid fears thousands of confidential documents and data had been stolen in a breach two months ago
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:24:26 GMTFamily of Aria Thorpe ‘heartbroken’ by death of nine-year-old in stabbing
Aria was found dead in Weston-super-Mare on Monday night
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:17:24 GMTXL bully ban upheld after campaigners lose Court of Appeal challenge
Owning an XL bully without an exemption certificate is a criminal offence in England and Wales
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:58:05 GMTAI deepfakes and armchair sleuths: The families of missing people being trolled online
Around 430,000 people are affected by a child going missing each year. Already living through a nightmare, several of them will also have to face online harassment and abuse
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:34:19 GMTMajor law change as Germany bids to crack down on people smugglers to UK
The legislation aims to disrupt the criminal gangs that bring people to the UK on small boats
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:25:33 GMTVoices: ‘The UK got what it wanted’: Readers on long waits at EU borders
Our community clashed over the new border delays. While some railed against EU incompetence, most insisted Britain is now simply living with the consequences of Brexit
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:03:41 GMTUK airports expecting busiest Christmas on record as millions travel for festive break
Millions to take to the skies to over the festive break
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:02:47 GMTCongestion warning as festive traffic set to peak on Friday with 24.4 million car trips
This Christmas could be the busiest on record for UK roads
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:49:49 GMTNational Lottery on hunt for five missing millionaires ahead of Christmas
Time is running out for winners, who have around six months to come forward and collect their money
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:24:48 GMTLancashire shaken by earthquake which ‘made a thunder noise’
The British Geological Survey said the earthquake was 2.5 magnitude
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:23:18 GMTReform candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other politicians’ loyalty to UK
Nigel Farage’s party is facing calls to drop the retired naval officer
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:43:20 GMTHow much more will Christmas dinner cost this year?
Shoppers can cut costs this Christmas by looking for the best deals
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:29:01 GMT‘Chilling reality’ of cheating wife’s plot to murder husband exposed in court
Michelle Mills wanted to start a new life with her secret lover
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:58:12 GMTWhy swearing could actually be good for you
Using curse words could actually help you achieve your goals, according to a new study
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:56:35 GMTWhy an albino badger named Alberto threatens to scupper £25m stately home revamp
Parnham House was destroyed by a fire in 2017 and is due to be restored – but Alberto threatens to halt the plans
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:38:53 GMTPolice say 10-year-old girls are ‘requesting armed police officers’ to guard Hanukkah parties
Sir Stephen Watson labelled the reports ‘intolerable’ and ‘sickeningly distasteful’
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:37:52 GMTWhat interest rates and inflation will mean for your money and mortgage in 2026
Rates were cut by the Bank of England to 3.75 per cent before Christmas - the lowest level in almost three years
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:16:17 GMTUK supermarket opening hours on Christmas and New Year’s
Most major supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:14:14 GMTFire warning issued over using air fryers to cook your Christmas dinner
More than 20 million people will use their air fryer to prepare Christmas dinner this holiday season
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:09 GMTHarry and Meghan unveil new name for Archewell Foundation
The charity is celebrating its fifth anniversary
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:57:48 GMTMap: Council tax winners and losers after government reveals funding
The plans have shifted funding towards more deprived areas
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:48:55 GMTProsecutions for Tube fare evasion jump to highest level in six years
Transport for London has issued 13,118 penalty fare notices to fare-dodgers on the Tube
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:48:02 GMTPope appoints new leader of Catholics in England and Wales
Bishop Richard Moth replaces Cardinal Vincent Nichols as the Archbishop of Westminster
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:30:30 GMTLove Island star’s monster surfing feat may have broken world record for biggest-ever wave
Laura Crane rode what she described as ‘one of the most perfect big waves’ in Portugal on Saturday
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:39:55 GMTAngela Rayner ‘to publish memoir’ amid growing speculation over leadership challenge
There has been growing speculation that Angela Rayner is preparing to challenge the prime minister, amid devastating approval ratings and growing concern over the direction of the Labour government
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:58:52 GMTFormer Apprentice contestant buys out Alan Sugar to take full ownership of firm
Move concludes a 14-year partnership between Lord Sugar and Tom Pellereau
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:54:46 GMTVideo: £80k of ‘stolen’ power tools seized at London car boot sale
Eighty thousand pounds of suspected stolen power tools have been seized by police at a car boot sale in Hounslow, west London.