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Six British children discovered in abandoned wine cellar in Austria

Six British children have been taken into care in Austria after they were found to have been living in an abandoned wine cellar with...

World

24 star Annie Wersching dies at the age of 45

Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series 24 has died at the age of 45. Wersching died...

Scotland pauses movement of all transgender prisoners while rules reviewed

Scotland has paused the movement of any transgender prisoner while it carries out an “urgent” review of the rules. It comes after prison chiefs...

Thousands more hospital beds and 800 new ambulances promised amid plan to ‘fix’ emergency care

The government has pledged thousands more hospital beds and 800 new ambulances as part of a plan to “fix” emergency care as the NHS...

US general warns British Army no longer top-level fighting force, defence sources reveal

A senior US general has privately told Defence Secretary Ben Wallace the British Army is no longer regarded as a top-level fighting force, defence...

World

Djokovic wins Australian Open a year after deportation – equals Nadal’s Grand Slam record

Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open to equal Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam record, a year after he was deported over his COVID vaccination...

Sports

Debating big questions on the Bruins: Team MVP, toughest challenger, trades to make

Jan 26, 2023 ESPN staff Heading into Thursday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning (7 p.m. ET, NHL Power Play on ESPN+), the Boston...

Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missile in call ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Boris Johnson has claimed Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a missile in a call ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The former...

Politics

Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row

Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Tory party chairman after paying a penalty to resolve a multimillion-pound tax dispute while he was chancellor. In...

Politics

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? The child-refugee turned multimillionaire politician sacked over his tax affairs

He is a former child refugee who sold Teletubbies merchandise, founded the UK’s best known polling company and was a contender to be leader...

World

Pakistan: At least 41 dead after bus falls into Balochistan ravine

At least 41 people have died after a bus fell into a ravine in Balochistan in Pakistan, local media reported. Advertisement

Politics

‘Faulty and ambiguous’ government guidance partially to blame for Grenfell Tower tragedy, Michael Gove admits

The government is partially to blame for the Grenfell Tower tragedy because of “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance, Michael Gove has said. The housing...

World

Netanyahu vows to ‘strengthen’ West Bank settlements after shooting attacks

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to “strengthen the settlements” in the West Bank in response to two shootings which left seven...

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Lockwood & Co: Joe Cornish on his first TV project since The Adam And Joe Show

Many will remember Joe Cornish as one of the hosts of cult TV series The Adam And Joe Show – which saw the two...

Environment

‘Faulty and ambiguous’ government guidance partially to blame for Grenfell Tower tragedy, Michael Gove admits

The government is partially to blame for the Grenfell Tower tragedy because of “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance, Michael Gove has said. The housing...

Tyre Nichols’ mother says she’s ‘not going to stop’ until those responsible for her son’s death face justice

The mother of Tyre Nichols has said she is “not going to stop” until every person responsible for her son’s death “is prosecuted to...

Sports

Art Collector rolls to Pegasus World Cup win

6:31 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Art Collector came into the Pegasus World Cup Invitational with more winnings than any of...

World

What is Scorpion, the now disbanded police unit at the centre of Tyre Nichols’ death?

When Memphis, a city in southwest Tennessee, had a record number of homicides in 2021 for the second year in a row, many were...

World

Punched, kicked and tasered: Timeline of violent arrest of Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols was punched, kicked and tasered, beaten with a baton and had pepper spray used on him during a violent arrest by police...

World

Jerusalem: Boy, 13, ‘shoots and wounds’ two people, hours after gunman killed seven outside synagogue

Two people have been wounded after a 13-year-old boy allegedly opened fire in Jerusalem, hours after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue. Israel’s national...