Hard-working Tom Boyd - who has severe autism - put in 600 hours of voluntary work at his local Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, but was let go when his mum asked for a few paid hours

A new survey shows the top 10 Christmas stresses - and it's not good news for Brits who are feeling the pressure

Two Afghan asylum seekers who raped a petrified 15-year-old girl in a Leamington Spa park have been jailed for 10 years and eight months and nine years and 10 months

The overwhelming majority of British children fear that Santa won't be able to visit their home this year because there's way easy way for the great man to access the property

Early human ancestors might have looked up and seen the bright balls of gas searing through the skies, as astronomers believe they were so close they would have been clearly visible from Earth

Officers waded into the water and pulled the man from his submerged Range Rover in Saltaire, Bradford, but he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. Police are appealing to anyone with information

The First Sea Lord warns that Britain need to 'step up' on defence in order to continue to control the North Atlantic as Moscow invests heavily in its northern fleet

Professor Angela Wallace, executive director of nursing at NHSGGC, told local news outlets that the move has been done to 'ensure' that the most vulnerable in society 'stay protected'

Joshua Michals stabbed his girlfriend Zhe Wang after visiting her in her London flat, with a post-mortem examination revealing the creative writing student had also been strangled

A deep freeze is set to hit the UK on December 23, with temperatures as low as -3C expected in parts of Scotland and northern England, according to WXCharts weather maps

Health chiefs have warned people to get their flu jab 'as soon as possible' amid a 'particularly virulent' superflu, with 10 times more people hospitalised than at the same time two years ago

Emergency weather alerts activated across Britain as Storm Bram threatens dangerous flooding and gale-force winds in multiple regions on Tuesday, December 9

Cyber criminals could reportedly have hijacked spacecraft or the Mars Rovers, or intercepted highly sensitive data from space missions, until AI spotted the problem and applied a fix

Esme Hoad was beaten around the head with a blunt instrument and stabbed in the chest in her own home more than 40 years ago — and now officers are reopening the case

A school was plunged into a major code brown after a mystery stomach bug swept through, leaving hundreds of students and dozens of parents rushing to the toilets

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Horrified passengers watched in shock as a 42-year-old mother allegedly attacked her six-year-old son and strangled him on a packed TGV train in France before railway police arrested her near Disneyland Paris

Thierry Nevers, 23, was jailed for three years after making rap videos about his life of crime and posting them on social media. The former West Ham academy player had spells at Reading, Bradford and clubs abroad

Just one day after finishing his latest charity drive, where he took on seven ultra-marathons in a week, Kevin Sinfield is already planning his next big fundraising challenge

Sir Keir Starmer has launched a new TikTok account, even though it's banned on most government devices because of concerns about spying

Claire Laybourne was rushed to hospital after the crash and tragically lost her life — now her loved ones have given a tragic statement as three are arrested for her death

Miss France descended into chaos after the title was won on Saturday and leaked videos showed one of the contestants hitting out at her fellow competitors, branding them sick names

A study by Braze found that one in eight under-35s are planning to use AI shopping assistants to choose gifts for their friends and families this year

The Santas Against Sewage dip was due to take place at Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, but was cancelled after South West Water issued an alert over storm discharge

Melissa Ashcroft, 30, dubbed the mum with “Britain’s biggest boobs”, says strict NHS BMI rules and long waiting lists have left her in chronic pain and unable to care for her young children