Timely updates and trending stories from across the UK.
Timely updates and trending stories from across the UK.
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Navar Herbert, a 22-year-old rugby player from New Zealand, passed on June 25. Though he was diagnosed with a brain tumour only months ago, Navar's condition sadly worsened quickly. Before time ran out, he and Maia Falwasser decided to tie the knot. On a June 24 ceremony, the couple's closest…
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The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill will now charge those guilty of animal cruelty in England and Wales with up to five years in prison. The new bill aims to highlight the severity of animal cruelty. The bill…
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Unless we can figure out a way to transfer our consciousness to the cloud, like in the San Junipero episode of Black Mirror, we are all going to die one day. (Spoiler alert.) Since our time on this earth is limited, we all have a bucket list, a number of…
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Oscar Saxelby-Lee, a five-year-old boy from Worcester with leukaemia, is using robot-like technology to remotely attend Pitmaston Primary School. AV1, the "robot" tablet, allows Oscar to take lessons, talk with peers, and participate in classroom activities from his hospital bed, Worcester News reports. Oscar, who was diagnosed with T-cell acute…
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With ever-increasing concerns about the future of our planet, organisations such as Extinction Rebellion have used civil disobedience as a weapon of awareness - creating traffic jams, news headlines and, critically, conversations about global warming. However, when politicians and bankers sat down to a black-tie dinner in central London last…
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President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to brand Sadiq Khan a "disaster" and a "national disgrace" following two fatal stabbings and a shooting in London, which occurred within the space of 24 hours. In doing so, the president has reignited his political feud with the London Mayor, a feud…
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This mum is imploring parents all over the world to watch a video she took of her daughter - saying it saved her little one's life. Jade Rodford, a 30-year-old from Gravesend in Kent, took her daughter to the doctor's, who explained that Ella was suffering from a severe cold,…
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It's coming up to the summer, where the hot temperature chases many people into beer gardens and parks for a little drink. However, you might want something with a little extra kick in it while you relax; like something that takes an ordinary glass of wine to the next level.…
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We like to think that we have come a long way from the openly sexist advertising of the 50s and 60s. These commercials saw men portrayed as bold, confident breadwinners and women as subservient housewives and doting mothers. To make this assumption was commonsensical rather than offensive. Commercials which portray…
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Drug policies are slowly changing in order to favour harm reduction over a traditional, punitive approach. Across much of North America and Europe, cannabis has been decriminalised or legalised. By comparison, the UK has been far more resistant to change. Last year, certain cannabis products were made legal for medicinal…
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The lesbian couple attacked on a London bus last month have spoken out, as police confirmed they have arrested five people in connection with the incident. Melania Geymonat and her partner Chris were attacked on the way back from a night out in North London, after a group of men…
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New legislation has come through in the UK that will help protect police dogs and horses, as of today (June 8). The Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill - dubbed 'Finn's Law' - will prevent those who attack and hurt these animals from claiming self-defence, while sentences for animal cruelty are…
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A Florida family blames Uber for the death of their young daughter, news station KCCI reported. Despite the ride-sharing app's policy against transporting minors, an Uber driver accepted a ride request from 12-year-old Benita 'BB' Diamond. She rode alone to her destination in downtown Orlando, where she climbed to the…
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Four teenagers have been arrested after a lesbian couple was viciously attacked on top of a double-decker bus in London, local police announced Friday. The men reportedly attacked the women when they refused to kiss each other for the gang's entertainment. Melania Geymonat, a 28-year-old medical student on a year's…
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A group of vandals has smashed the gravestones of war heroes as the world commemorated those who died for our freedom on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Police are investigating after a number of gravestones at Hirst Wood burial ground in Shipley, Bradford, England, after they were found broken into…
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A gay couple shared a horrifying photo of the aftermath of an attack that took place after they refused to kiss for the entertainment of men. The disgusting assault occurred last month on a London bus, as Melania Geymonat and her girlfriend Chris were returning from a night out. There,…
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Private Russell Pickett was 19 when he stormed the sands of Omaha Beach in June 1944 as part of D-Day's notorious 'suicide wave.' The elite troops, who served in Company A of the 116th Infantry, ferociously fought the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy, leading the charge that eventually ended…
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If you're growing tired of your usual breakfast of toast, cereal or porridge - or whatever run-of-the-mill early morning snack you've been settling for, you could be in for an indulgent yet affordable alternative, courtesy of Aldi. Or if it's a little heavy for a morning meal, it would make…
