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Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:51:50 GMTBritish Museum successfully raises millions to save Henry VIII marriage artefact
Success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination, says museum director
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:44:06 GMTInside the deal to buy out one of Britain’s most iconic brands – and what comes next
Footwear firm Gola is central to big plans overseas. Karl Matchett explains the breakdown of a £46m deal
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:40:10 GMTStarmer latest: Labour has ‘Herculean task’ to move on from anger over Mandelson scandal, warns Miliband
The energy secretary and former Labour leader has backed Sir Keir Starmer saying he has shown determination to fulfil his mandate
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:37:48 GMTPaedophile who cost police £2m with bogus VIP abuse ring claims freed from jail early
Carl Beech walks free from jail early due to prison overcrowding issues
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:30:54 GMTKing Charles has ‘profound concern’ over claims Andrew shared confidential reports with Epstein
The King said he is ‘ready to support’ the police over the allegations surrounding Andrew if he is approached
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:17:59 GMTEnglish Heritage to bring ‘bonding benches’ to castles to tackle parental isolation
Research shows almost two-thirds of new parents feel lonely or isolated at least some of the time
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:37:00 GMTPaedophile nursery worker admits 30 new sexual offences
Vincent Chan is facing years behind bars for molesting girls aged three and four while working at a London nursery
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:08:18 GMTWill Starmer resign as prime minister and who could replace him?
There are growing questions over whether or not the prime minister will cling on to his job – questions that have only grown in the wake of Morgan McSweeney’s resignation
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:37:45 GMTMapped: Where in the UK faces flood alerts as rain weather warning issued
Hundreds of flood warnings will impact the country on Monday
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:10:42 GMTFebruary 2026 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need for February
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:42:47 GMTDiane Abbott slams applause for Keir Starmer as PM vows to stay on after Mandelson-Epstein row
MP Diane Abbott has slammed a round of applause for Keir Starmer following his vow to stay on as prime minister as “staged.”
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:25:41 GMTCalls for ‘honest debate’ about monarchy as support falls amid Epstein scandal
Police confirmed it was assessing suggestions that Andrew shared confidential reports from his role as the UK’s trade envoy with Jeffrey Epstein
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:15 GMTCash machines ripped from Co-op in cherry picker ram-raid
Thieves used a stolen telehandler to smash into a Co-Op wall, stealing two cash machines and a large sum of cash in Plympton.
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:06:41 GMTBritons ‘working harder for less’ as living standards see historic slowdown
More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:03:00 GMTMajority of young people worry AI will be used to make inappropriate images of them
Three in five young people worried about inappropriate use of AI
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:49:08 GMTBritain deluged by rain for 40 days straight – how bad is it and how long will it last?
'Winter is stuck on repeat', Met Office says, while Wildlife Trusts warns of impacts on vulnerable species
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:40:48 GMTKeir Starmer clings on as another aide quits and Scottish leader urges him to step down after ‘too many mistakes’
Cabinet rallies around embattled PM, who says he is not prepared ‘to walk away’ despite facing public calls to quit – after communications director Tim Allan steps down
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:50:03 GMTStreeting publishes his texts to Mandelson, revealing criticism of Starmer’s government
Health secretary has attempted to clear the air regarding his relationship with the disgraced peer Peter Mandelson, but in so doing has revealed his private disagreements about government policy on the economy and Israel
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:10:48 GMTSuperdrug to open dozens of new stores in UK expansion
The health and beauty chain currently operates more than 780 shops across the UK and Ireland
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:56:39 GMTNurse struck off after smuggling phone into jail for drugs gang
Kymberley Finn was working at HMP Durham when she became involved in what police described as a ‘complex organised drug conspiracy’
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:45:16 GMTPaedophile nursery worker found guilty of multiple sexual offences against children
Nathan Bennett has been convicted of sexually abusing five children in his care at Partou King Street nursery in Bristol – as families of the victims say they have been left ‘devastated’
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:33:26 GMTGuards escorting ‘one in, one out’ migrants fell asleep on deportation flight, report reveals
Migrants being deported to France were unable to understand what was happening because interpreters were not available, inspectors find
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:26:17 GMTBowel cancer patient is first to have life-saving surgery by hospital’s new robot
The NHS National Cancer Plan pledges to increase the amount of robotic surgery for cancer patients, up from 70,000 a year to half a million by 2035
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:21:45 GMTTimbers from 17th-century shipwreck wash up on beach after Storm Chandra
Ship parts discovered on Studland Beach thought to be from section of Swash Channel wreck
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:41:41 GMTPolice probing claims Andrew ‘shared confidential reports with Epstein’ while UK trade envoy
The police probe follows a new tranche of 3 million Epstein files, including documents that further illustrate Andrew’s connection with the disgraced financier
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:58:55 GMTAs Tim Allan quits No 10, will Keir Starmer be the last man standing?
As Tim Allan stands down as Keir Starmer’s fourth director of communications – a day after former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney quit – the PM is looking increasingly vulnerable, writes David Maddox
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:43:18 GMTSadiq Khan says his ‘ultimate goal’ is to reverse Brexit
Mayor of London urges PM to show more ambition in rebuilding links with EU
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:37:51 GMTWilliam and Kate speak out for first time over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor involvement in Epstein files
Prince William and Princess Kate say they are ‘deeply concerned’ by the revelations
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:34:12 GMTKing Charles heckled by public again over Andrew’s Epstein links
A member of the public shouted a question to King Charles over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as he greeted crowded in Lancashire
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:27:34 GMTMachete attack leaves two teenagers injured in Birmingham
West Midlands Police called the incident a ‘targeted’ attack and announced an increased police presence over the weekend
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:16:25 GMTSynthetic opioid may have caused hundreds more deaths than recorded
Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, methadone, and buprenorphine have been linked to 524 deaths in England since the end of September 2025
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:50:04 GMTConcerned about your home flooding? Here’s a driveway tweak that could help
About 54 per cent of front gardens in the UK are now concreted over, up from 46 per cent in 1991
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:23:56 GMTMan, 21, charged with rape and possession of class A drug after woman attacked
Viaan Surendranathan, 21, was charged with rape and possession of a class A drug