84 minutes ago Two million road users allowed to take courses to avoid prosecution in 2024

This is the highest annual total in records dating back to 2014.

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14 hours ago A Broadway dancer vanished from his home over three months ago. His distraught family ‘absolutely’ believes foul play is involved

Zelig Williams, who has performed in hit shows ‘Hamilton’ and ‘MJ The Musical,’ has been missing for over three months and there have been no answers on where he might be. Andrea Cavallier talks to his distraught family who haven’t given up as they share next steps in the search and explain why they believe there will be answers soon

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85 minutes ago Michelle Mone branded liar in explosive TV documentary over £200m PPE scandal

Mone and her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman are being probed by the National Crime Agency over a £203million deal to supply NHS equipment during the pandemic.

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8 hours ago Inside the life of a small boats smuggler living in Britain: People trafficker who has been fighting extradition for SEVEN YEARS spends his days playing golf... and committing more crimes

The father-of-two (pictured) was detained by the National Crime Agency after being sentenced to eight year in jail for his role in the trafficking operation.

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73 minutes ago Australian Open 2025: – Djokovic v Lehecka, Humbert v Zverev, Draper out, Gauff through – live

Updates from day eight at Melbourne ParkSabalenka, Gauff, Badosa, Pavlyuchenkova go throughAlcaraz and Paul advance in men’s singles; Email DanielThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain

Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the worldIn the dark days of the spring in 2022, as Russian troops terrorised Bucha and every day brought shocking new scenes of Ukrainians fleeing for their lives, I rang an old acquaintance, Sergei Cristo. Cristo is a Russian-born British citizen and I prepared for what I suspected might be a long conversation: he is a talker. He was born in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, but he moved to Britain when he was 19 and it’s fair to say we’re not the most obvious of allies. He loves the royal family and is a passionate Conservative party activist. He used to be on the committee of a donor club for young Conservatives, “and then I became vice-chairman, I knew the cabinet, I knew the leader, everybody”.He’s not kidding. He has photos of himself with everyone from Margaret Thatcher to Bor...

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20 hours ago Coronation Street star reveals he's so skint he can't turn his heating on as he claims BBC cancelled TV job due to anti

The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry.

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7 hours ago Bank of England interest rate cuts and how you may be affected amid inflation change

This week has seen inflation figures drop, changing many economists' outlook on future interest rate changes

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2 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Draper succumbs; Gauff and Sabalenka advance, Zverev races to early lead – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne ParkSabalenka, Gauff, Badosa, Pavlyuchenkova into women’s quarter-finalsAlcaraz and Paul advance in men’s singles; Zverev following fastThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Ashley Cain says 'I want to feel grief forever' after birth of two sons

The former Ex on the Beach star's daughter Azaylia tragically passed away at just eight months old, but keeping Azaylia's memory alive is something Ashley is passionate about

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20 hours ago Arne Slot makes ruthless Andy Robertson decision for Liverpool's clash with Brentford

Arne Slot has opted to drop Andy Robertson for Saturday's trip to Brentford after the Liverpool left-back turned in a poor display in the draw at Nottingham Forest

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14 hours ago Arne Slot pays tribute to Liverpool players who have 'proved me wrong again'

Liverpool looked set to drop points at Brentford but two late goals from substitute Darwin Nunez handed Arne Slot's side a hard-fought victory to keep them top of the Premier League table with a gap to those below

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2 hours ago Forensic tent erected in Scottish street after massive police response to major incident

Ten police vehicles and dozens of officers have been witnessed at the scene

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2 hours ago Ashley Cain says 'I want to feel grief forever' after welcoming two sons

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Cain has become a father of three in the last two years and has opened up about how his grief over the loss of his daughter Azaylia has affected him

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31 hours ago Inside UK seaside town named Las Vegas of the North which tourists love

Tourists keep coming back to Blackpool year-after-year, with its impressive coastline and amusements keeping that retro, candyfloss, seaside feel for decades

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16 hours ago NHS forced to pay out over £31million for violent assaults on health staff

NHs staff have received payouts in 1,496 cases totalling £31.4million over the last seven years, NHS records show - and legal fees of £28.4m nearly doubled the bill for the taxpayer

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2 hours ago ‘Animals can feel good and evil’: film puts new perspective on Ukraine war

Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animalsThe occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on them. After locating their positions, she headed back home with the goat, and later called her grandson, a soldier in the Ukrainian army, to give the coordinates.The story is one of seven episodes, based on real events from the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion but lightly fictionalised, that make up a feature film about the war in Ukraine, due out later this year. All seven of the shorts have one thing in common: they tell the story of the conflict from the perspective of animals. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago 'I was given just an hour to leave Chelsea and find a new club – it was so unexpected'

Danny Drinkwater recalled his tough times at Chelsea under manager Maurizio Sarri, citing how he was unexpectedly given just one hour to find a new club before the transfer window closed

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24 hours ago The £4.5m haul of designer fakes seized at Britain's border: From knock

EXCLUSIVE: Experts warn fakes can also pose a potentially deadly threat to buyers, with faulty electrical items at risk of suddenly catching fire.

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3 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Draper succumbs to injury against Alcaraz; Gauff beats Bencic; Sabalenka cruises – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne ParkDraper v Alcaraz ; Gauff and Sabalenka into quarter-finalsThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Dundee Utd making Will Ferry feel like a 'proper' footballer after sliding doors moment on different path to Bundesliga pal

The irishman was relegated with Cheltenham just as Nathan Tella was lifting the German title with Bayer Leverkusen

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25 hours ago £20,000 reward offered to identify parents of newborn found abandoned in east London a year ago

Elsa was the third of three siblings found abandoned in the same area of east London between 2017 and 2024.

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3 hours ago Horror of county lines drug warfare is laid bare in shocking ITV drama with Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes stars in ITV1 drama Out There, which explores the very troubling issue of county lines drug dealing and a crime wave sweeping the nation

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4 hours ago 'Absolutely beautiful' Fenty lingerie that's 'so pretty' it makes shoppers feel 'so sexy'

Embrace your inner goddess to celebrate the most romantic time of the year

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34 hours ago £20,000 reward offered to identify parents of newborn found abandoned a year ago

Elsa was the third of three siblings found abandoned in the same area of east London between 2017 and 2024.

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4 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Alcaraz takes first set from Draper; Gauff beats Bencic; Sabalenka cruises – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne Park Draper v Alcaraz under way; Gauff and Sabalenka into quarter-finalsThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Trump's border czar makes abrupt reversal after news of mass deportations in woke Dem cities

President-elect Donald Trump's 'border czar' Tom Homan has made an abrupt decision after news of mass deportations in a democratic city were leaked.

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5 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Gauff beats Bencic; Sabalenka cruises; Draper v Alcaraz on now – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne Park Draper v Alcaraz under way; Gauff and Sabalenka into quarter-finalsThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Trump’s first immigration raid to target 300 people in Chicago on Tuesday

Administration to send 100 to 200 officers to city on day two of new presidency, Wall Street Journal reportsDonald Trump’s incoming presidential administration plans to launch a large immigration raid in Chicago the day after he takes office, according to unnamed officials talking to various media outlets.Federal immigration officers will target more than 300 people, focusing on those with histories of violent crimes, one official told the Associated Press, marking Trump’s initial attempt toward fulfilling his campaign promise of large-scale deportations. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Wetherspoons closes more pubs in UK – see which boozers have called last orders

Wetherspoons' 2024 report reveals the chain sold over two dozen pubs, raking in a multi-million-pound cash boost as it continues to downsize its portfolio

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5 hours ago Catfish persuaded teen to kill her friend for no reason in horrific murder

Denali Brehmer was offered $9 million to kill someone and send photos and videos of the murder to a stranger, enlisting the help of friends to carry out the shocking crime

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14 hours ago 10 places across UK where pub numbers are 'surging' despite 'significant challenges'

While British pubs may be in strife across the board there's a slew of cities where boozers and pub culture is thriving, with a healthy spate of new openings cropping up - here's where

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6 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Gauff levels against Bencic; Sabalenka cruises; Draper v Alcaraz to come – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne ParkGauff v Bencic in action; Draper v Alcaraz to comeThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Women’s March lives on as the People’s March – at a fraction of the size of 2017

Comparative quiet on Saturday in Washington contrasts sharply with white-knuckled fury of inaugural rallyEight years since its gargantuan first protests as a reaction to the incoming president being serially accused of sexual misconduct and misogyny and campaigning on restricting reproductive rights, the Women’s March on Saturday reprised in the nation’s capital before the return of that man to the White House – with, as in 2017, spin-off rallies taking place in various other US cities.Rebranded and reorganized, the protest was given a new name by organizers, the People’s March, as a means to broaden support, especially during a difficult and introspective time for progressive organizing after Donald Trump’s decisive win in November. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Gauff v Bencic under way. Draper v Alcaraz to come – live

Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne ParkGauff v Bencic in action; Draper v Alcaraz to comeThree break point opportunities and four deuces later, Mirra Andreeva has failed in her first genuine chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Again, despite the teenager returning with precision, she’s undone by the guile of her older rival, a drop shot sealing it.Sabalenka retains the break advantage and now leads this match 6-1, 4-2. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Sister of Utah nurse found dead at bottom of stairs called her a ‘radiant soul’ devoted to helping others

Autumn Mercado, a 39-year-old mother-of-three, died at the family home in Salt Lake City on Monday

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13 hours ago The tragic murder of a Welsh teenager which sparked 'crime tourism' and street protests

The murder of Catherine Dennis, 15, from north Wales, shocked two countries

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15 hours ago Wilderness state on edge as dangerous apex predator wiped out decades ago is quietly re

Violent predators are being shipped across the border and released into the mountains - but terrified locals don't know where they've been freed.

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14 hours ago Garden gnome lovers urged by cops to set up cameras after wild new crime trend

EXCLUSIVE For the year up to March 2024, a whopping 517,000 items have been nicked from gardens, with over 200 of these being garden gnomes and other ornaments - they’re surprisingly popular targets

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17 hours ago The week in audio: Virtually Parkinson; The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby; The Pitcairn Trials; Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban – review

A stilted AI Parky proves that interviews are a two-way process. Plus, the strange story of a woman who kept faking pregnancy and a gripping true crime taleVirtually Parkinson Night Train DigitalThe Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby BBC World Service/BBC SoundsThe Pitcairn Trials WonderyTurtle Diary by Russell Hoban Radio 4/BBC SoundsIn new podcast Virtually Parkinson, an AI version of Michael Parkinson interviews celebrities. Or, if we’re being snotty – and, OK, I am – an AI Parky asks questions at celebrities. Not to them. At them. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Murdered teenager’s father says killer rapper has ‘no remorse’ after recall to jail

Barry Mizen fears prisoners are coming out worse than they went in as he hit out at BBC for using tax-payer cash to promote killer’s music

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20 hours ago Trump launches meme coin ‘$TRUMP’ ahead of inauguration as internet questions 'is this real?'

Trump's coin drop days before he enters the White House has sparked excitement from the cryptocurrency world.

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19 hours ago French coastguard rescues 68 migrants as 183 more make Channel crossing

A total of 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in 2024.

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22 hours ago An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return

To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flawHis back straight, his voice steady, Joe Biden stood at the US Capitol just days after a violent insurrection and declared: “Democracy has prevailed.” Fast forward three and a half years and America’s president cut a different, diminished figure. “We finally beat Medicare,” he muttered in confusion in Atlanta, Georgia.From the soaring hopes of inauguration day to that grim debate night against Donald Trump, the very public decline of the 46th president had the makings of an American tragedy that paved the way for the return of Trump to the White House. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Man convicted of murdering friend in brutal attack at Redbridge park pavilion

Witnesses heard shouting and victim was later found with severe injuries

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23 hours ago Amazon Prime finally adds 'one of the best movies' of last year that 'could actually happen'

It was one of the most acclaimed films of 2024, and fans are thrilled that Amazon Prime has added it.

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20 hours ago ‘Brave’ public detain woman, 47, in kitchen knife attack on Dover street

Kent Police say the victim, a woman in her 50s, was walking in Biggin Street in the Kent seaside town when she was set upon with a large kitchen knife

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27 hours ago Prime Target: Leo Woodall is TV’s most charmless man in this rollickingly silly maths thriller

This entertaining, high concept drama rattles along at quite the pace. It’s very watchable, even if its main character is a sullen grump – and it can feel like prestige TV by numbersEvery actor needs a speciality; Leo Woodall just happens to be really good at portraying total arseholes. In the irresistibly grubby second season of luxury hotel-based The White Lotus, he was smarmy Essex boy Jack, the “naughty nephew” of an apparently affluent British expat. But as his poor gullible mark Portia discovered, this cheeky chappy was, in fact, a manipulative conman. Next, he starred as Dexter Mayhew in Netflix’s note-perfect adaptation of David Nicholls’s romantic odyssey One Day. The handsome, privileged Dex was just about bearable until he became a TV presenter – at which point his natural talents for narcissism, cruelty and carelessness really started to shine through.By all accounts, Woodall’s talent for playing unpleasant men bears no relation to his actual personality – but the 28-yea...

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21 hours ago Indian police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of a trainee doctor that led to protests

An Indian court has found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year

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28 hours ago Where NFL Divisional Round playoffs are on TV this weekend plus schedule and live stream info

The 2024/25 NFL Playoffs continue this weekend with the Divisional Round, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions joining the action after earning a first-round bye

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24 hours ago Nobody could help me with my psychosis. Then I was sent to jail for holding up a shop with a toy gun

I didn’t remember committing my crime but I knew I had fallen through the cracks of the system. Could prison really be my salvation?Sixteen months ago, I somehow found myself standing bewildered in the dock of a magistrates court, at my own bail hearing for attempted armed robbery, wondering if I was really there or not. I had inexplicably gone into a shop with a toy gun at 7.30am, pointed it at the cashier and screamed at him for money while in a psychotic, delusional state. In my mind, I hadn’t committed a crime at all; I was merely acting out a scene from a film. Legally I had committed a Schedule 15 offence – a list that includes kidnapping, sex offences, manslaughter and soliciting murder, grave crimes that can result in a maximum of 14 years’ custody. Bail wasn’t even considered, as the magistrate believed I underestimated the seriousness of my crime, didn’t think I’d surrender to my bail conditions and saw me as a flight risk. I don’t know if he banged a gavel or not – I like...

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