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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:07:37 GMT
IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
Multiple children are feared to have been conceived using sperm and egg donors which were not the ones selected by the parents.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:40:00 GMT
Russia says UK 'will pay' for supplying drones to Ukraine
An MoD spokesperson responds by saying Britain stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:02:58 GMT
Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:11:30 GMT
Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel
The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:12:25 GMT
Heavy showers and thunderstorms bring risk of flash flooding to UK
Heavy showers are expected over the next few days, bringing a risk of flash flooding. But there are early indications heatwave conditions could return in September.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:08:43 GMT
Ex-workers tell of 'chaotic atmosphere' at new £400m prison
Former workers have described a "chaotic atmosphere" of under-staffing and inadequate training.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:57 GMT
Scotland's state-owned shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce
The state-owned yard on the Clyde will lose 70 of its 283 staff through a voluntary redundancy process.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:06:00 GMT
Man charged with manslaughter after man bitten by dog dies
Lee Ellis, 55, is charged in connection with the incident which happened in Wakefield on Saturday.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:41:54 GMT
Water supply restored to 7,400 properties in Kent, South East Water says
Around 400 homes in Benenden, Cranbrook and Rolvenden continue to be affected, South East Water says.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:24:11 GMT
Jason Arday's family 'still coming to terms' with his death as vigil held
Jason Arday's family spoke of the "public cruelty" the academic faced before his death last week.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:58 GMT
Farmers praised as heroes for work to stop Stourbridge fire
Farmers are thanked for using tractors to create firebreaks to prevent further destruction.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:12:36 GMT
Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter
The couple's third child was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:35:59 GMT
Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says
Millions of phones across England and Wales bleeped with a "severe alert" notification on Friday.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:09:38 GMT
Man who rates benches on Instagram finally finds his 10/10
Rate This Bench founder Sam Wilmot says his favourite bench is in a South Gloucestershire churchyard.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:08:10 GMT
Labour MP suspended as party launches investigation into Covid loans
Alaba has said he took out two taxpayer-funded loans during the pandemic but insisted he had not tried to avoid paying the money back.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:29:58 GMT
Emotional farewell to 'global, iconic superstar' Bonnie Tyler
Fans, friends and family travel to Swansea to pay tribute to Total Eclipse of the Heart singer.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:43:09 GMT
Viral vodka brand Au set to sell for £500m to BuzzBallz owner
The distinctive gold Au bottles have become a staple of poolside parties in Ibiza and Dubai.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:15:47 GMT
'Britain's most bashed' bridge hit twice in two days
A road in Hinckley is shut due to the "road traffic collision" with a bridge, police say.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:15:26 GMT
Reform proposes ban on most benefits for foreign nationals in UK
The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:08:56 GMT
Rain on way for UK with temperatures to drop to overnight lows of 3C in some places
After an exceptional summer of heatwaves and drought, the weather will turn wetter and cooler this week, as Simon King explains

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:58:40 GMT
Stag put down after attacking man in Richmond Park
Royal Parks said a male deer approached a picnic group looking for food before attacking the man.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:09:43 GMT
Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials cancelled after star breaks jaw
The sitcom's creator says he requires "immediate" surgery but hopes the show will return in 2027.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:45:17 GMT
Escaped monkey returns to Highland Wildlife Park enclosure
The park was at the centre of a similar monkey escape that lasted more than five days in January 2024.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:03:31 GMT
Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told
Some parents describe battles to make ex-partners pay, while others say there have been mistakes in calculating what they owe.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:56:00 GMT
Watch: Seven GCSE exams, five months, one determined teenager
Secondary school pupil Patrick McCabe, 16, completed his papers using eye-gazing technology.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:11:48 GMT
Watch: 'Carnage' in Stourbridge as houses destroyed by fire
Fire crews have been tackling blazes in the West Midlands after multiple fires tore through the region on Thursday.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:26:53 GMT
Video shows scale of devastation in Stourbridge
Multiple fires tore through the West Midlands on Thursday, with firefighters still working to control the blazes.

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:39:18 GMT
Did the eclipse damage your eyes?
An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK's last total solar eclipse in 1999.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:02 GMT
Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts
Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:52:27 GMT
The Papers: 'Who duped PM?' and 'Pep's agony'
The PM exchanging text messages with a person posing as Donald Trump's chief is prominent across Tuesday's papers.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:18:21 GMT
'I feel guilty': The farmer whose lamb had Scotland's first case of bluetongue
Fiona Johnson moved her family to Creetown earlier this year, hoping to start afresh with animals bought from the local area - but "bad luck" intervened.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:06:19 GMT
Gillian Anderson felt 'betrayed' by The Salt Path allegations after appearing in adaptation
The Salt Path film will be released in the United States by Rialto Distribution in September.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:18:26 GMT
Erin survived cancer aged 21 - now it's a race against time for a chance of a baby
Having life-saving cancer treatment at 21 would be hard enough for anyone, but Erin Lavery was told she may never be able to have children too.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:08:43 GMT
Ex-workers tell of 'chaotic atmosphere' at new £400m prison
Former workers have described a "chaotic atmosphere" of under-staffing and inadequate training.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:24:48 GMT
Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says police body
The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:57 GMT
Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce
The state-owned yard on the Clyde will lose 70 of its 283 staff through a voluntary redundancy process.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:05:32 GMT
'Women from Wales come to my London clinic because of inadequate abortion care'
An obstetrician says he treats women from Wales every other week at an abortion clinic in London.

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