Timely updates and trending stories from across the UK.
Timely updates and trending stories from across the UK.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has welcomed a baby girl with his wife Carrie. A spokesperson for the couple told the media, per The Independent: "The prime minister and Mrs Johnson are delighted to announce the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital earlier today "Both mother…
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Warning: This article contains content some people will find upsetting. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has voiced his support for strengthening laws so child killers are never released from prison. The call for stronger sentences comes in the wake of the trial against 29-year-old Thomas Hughes and 32-year-old Emma Tustin,…
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Warning - this article contains content readers may find upsetting. The UK government has announced that the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes will be the subject of a national inquiry in order to help protect other children from such abuse. BBC News reports that despite social workers finding "no safeguarding concerns"…
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Many people can only dream of getting trapped in a pub. But for 50 customers - including an Oasis tribute band - this dream became a reality when blizzards left them stranded at the Tan Hill Inn all weekend. At 1,732ft above sea level, the 17th-century pub in Yorkshire is…
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A recruiter has slammed an employer for suggesting an interviewee was not suitable for a role due to her size. Faye Angeletta, a recruitment director from the UK, said she was "lost for words" over the comment, which she shared in a LinkedIn post titled: "'Sorry, you haven't got the…
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A CEO has been slammed for offering cash bonuses to staff with a perfect attendance record. James Ryan - CEO of London's Grove Square Galleries - spoke about the policy on UK breakfast show Good Morning Britain. Also interviewed on the subject was Izzy Obeng, the Ghana-based founder of non-profit…
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has slammed transgender activists for sharing her home address on social media. A group of three trans activists staged a demonstration outside Rowling's home in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Friday night. Rowling, 56, has been criticized for her controversial views on the trans community in the…
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A taxi driver has been praised for his "heroic efforts" after his actions averted an attempted terrorist attack on Sunday. Just prior to Britain falling silent for two minutes as part of Remembrance Sunday, taxi driver David Perry pulled up to the drop-off areas of the Liverpool Women's Hospital in…
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Activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot on Tuesday, November 9, with her partner Asser Malik. The pair wed at a small nikkah ceremony at home in Birmingham, UK, surrounded by family and close friends. Yousafzai, 24, shared the news on social media along with some…
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*Warning: This article may contain some distressing information. A 21-year-old university student jumped off a bridge to her death after she was incorrectly told that she had failed her exams, the Daily Mail reports. On July 8, Mared Foulkes, a Cardiff University student from Anglesey, Wales, fell from the Britannia…
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President Joe Biden has been accused of "falling asleep" during opening sessions at the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. At 78, Biden is the oldest person to serve as president of the United States, and his health and mental fitness for the job have been a subject of speculation…
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Sarah Everard's murderer is appealing against the whole-life sentence he was given at the Old Bailey last month, The Telegraph reports. On September 30, Couzens was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to the abduction, sexual abuse, and killing of the 33-year-old marketing executive. Now, however, the 48-year-old believes…
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British politician Sir David Amess has tragically died after being stabbed multiple times while at his constituency surgery in Essex. As reported by BBC News, the 69-year-old was stabbed multiple times by a man earlier today as the Conservative MP met with constituents at a regular surgery at Belfairs Methodist…
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The Metropolitan Police is taking no further action after reviewing allegations connected to Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein. The force had assessed a document released in August 2021 as part of Virginia Giuffre's US lawsuit against the Duke of York, BBC News reports. Giuffre, nee Roberts, 38, claims that she…
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Investigators in the Madeleine McCann case say they are "100% convinced" they know who the suspect is and what happened to the girl. McCann vanished at the age of three on May 3, 2007, from her vacation apartment at a resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents were…
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Wayne Couzens, the murderer of Sarah Everard, will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced to a whole life term on Thursday, September 30. Over the course of a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey Court in England, it was revealed that the former police…
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Wayne Couzens, the former police officer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered Sarah Everard, has been sentenced to life in prison. Couzens, 48, was sentenced in the second part of a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey after admitting to the abduction, sexual abuse, and killing of the 33-year-old marketing executive.…
