34 minutes ago Families could face extra £200 a year to watch Strictly due to online TV push

Campaigners warn some 4.3 million households could be forced to stump up an additional £218 per year to switch to internet streaming if licences aren’t renewed

Economics

34 minutes ago X Factor star Kye Sones unrecognisable with celebrity friend Fearne Cotton

Kye Sones has gone on to great success in his music career since finishing in eighth place on The X Factor in 2012 and enjoys a close friendship with presenter Fearne Cotton

Politics

3 hours ago Urgent hunt launched after a woman was 'raped at a children's playground' as police search for 'teenage attacker who approached victim with three other men'

The rapist was believed to have arrived and spoken to the female victim at the Toddler's Cove playground near Whitehall Road, Canterbury, Kent, with three other men.

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3 hours ago Man missing at reservoir after falling into water while paddleboarding

A man and woman were believed to have fallen into the water while paddleboarding.

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4 hours ago Woman, 27, wins £28,000 payout after boss sacked her for getting pregnant while on maternity leave

Nikita Twitchen, 27, was preparing to return to her office admin post after having a baby when she discovered she was pregnant again. She was then made redundant after telling her boss.

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4 hours ago 'A real life angel': Tributes pour in for heavily pregnant mother, 38, who was killed alongside her unborn baby when a police car 'doing more than 70mph' ploughed into her Polo

Flowers left to the woman named in a tribute only as Mariam have been left outside Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre following the incident which took place on Thursday.

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4 hours ago Desperate search as man remains missing at Dovestone Reservoir after falling into water while paddleboarding

The M.E.N. understands a man and woman, believed to be in their late 20s, got into difficulty while paddleboarding.

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5 hours ago Riot cops surround Scots street after pack of dogs savage tiny pooch to death

One dog died and two were injured in the flurry of violence which also left a woman hurt and treated for minor injuries

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5 hours ago A new 'father of IVF'? Automated fertility robots outperform human doctors in embryo success

Researchers have now proven that factory-style robotics can help conceive human life via in vitro fertilization (IFV) - with 10 times the precision of human doctors

Politics

5 hours ago Robby McCrorie branded a MUPPET by John Lundstram as Rangers celebrations rile ex Ibrox teammate

The Kilmarnock stopper hit a nerve with his former Ibrox colleague as the duo shared an online exchange

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