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Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:51:50 GMT
British 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 GMT
Inside 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
Paedophile 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 GMT
King 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 GMT
English 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 GMT
Paedophile 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 GMT
Will 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 GMT
Mapped: 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 GMT
February 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 GMT
Diane 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 GMT
Calls 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 GMT
Cash 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 GMT
Britons ‘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 GMT
Majority 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 GMT
Britain 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 GMT
Keir 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 GMT
Streeting 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 GMT
Superdrug 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 GMT
Nurse 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 GMT
Paedophile 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 GMT
Guards 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 GMT
Bowel 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 GMT
Timbers 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 GMT
Police 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 GMT
As 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 GMT
Sadiq 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 GMT
William 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 GMT
King 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 GMT
Machete 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 GMT
Synthetic 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 GMT
Concerned 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 GMT
Man, 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

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