29 minutes ago Former Tory minister and MP Andrea Jenkyns defects to join Nigel Farage's Reform UK as party passes 100,000 members

The former skills minister, who lost her Morley and Outwood seat in Yorkshire in the Labour landslide, will stand to be mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May.

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33 minutes ago More than £240,000 lost to sports ticket scams this year so far, says bank

Football-related scams made up over half of all sports ticket fraud losses seen by Santander from January to September.

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1 hour ago Astonishment as missing Canadian hiker emerges after weeks in wilderness

Sam Benastick, 20, discovered shivering and unsteady by two oil workers after getting lost in British Columbia wildHe returned as a ghostly apparition on a forestry road in western Canada, moving slowly and unsteadily with the help of a walking stick in each frostbitten hand. A cut-up sleeping bag was wrapped around his legs, shielding them from the bitter cold.The two oil and gas workers, who had spent the previous week surveying the trail, stared dumbfounded. When they took the sticks from his hands to help him into their truck, he nearly collapsed. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Punches, sweary protests and legendary voiceovers – take the Thursday quiz

Twenty questions on notable pop culture, sporting and political figures we lost this year. How will you fare?Something different this week. As the year draws to a close, the Thursday quiz always takes a pause to reflect on some of the notable pop culture, sporting and political figures we lost in the last 12 months, with our annual in memoriam edition. There are no prizes except the opportunity to remember all the joy these people gave us, via the medium of trying to recall obscure trivia related to them. Do let us know how you get on in the comments.The Thursday quiz, No 188 – annual in memoriam edition Continue reading...

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2 hours ago WWII RAF bomber could be buried with its crew under German town: Lancaster that was believed lost over the North Sea in 1945 crashed on land, maps found in mystery wreckage suggest

Lancaster RA508 was one of more than 1,100 planes dispatched to bomb Dortmund on March 12, 1945 - and one of just two aircraft lost during the raid. Above: Lost crew member Kenneth Robert Haw.

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2 hours ago Bake Off runner up Dylan Bachelet, 20, wows his bosses at Michelin star restaurant The Five Fields as they say they had 'no idea how good' the humble star actually was on the show

The pastry prodigy was a firm favourite to win this year's competition but lost out to Welsh paedriatic nurse Georgie Grasso after cracking under the pressure in the final challenges.

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3 hours ago Tesco grant helps Leith pupils start their day correctly with healthy boost

Pupils at Leith Academy have received a major boost, with Tesco donating £1,500 to ensure young people have access to a healthy breakfast before they start their school day.

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3 hours ago Canadian hiker lost in national park found alive after five weeks after surviving

The young adventurer was found with two walking sticks and his ripped-up sleeping bag strapped to his legs for warmth

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4 hours ago Kane Williamson ‘rides luck’ but hits stylish 93 against England at first Test

Country’s record run-scorer in form at first Test New Zealand 319-8 after being put in to batIt would be wrong to say that Kane Williamson looked like a guy making up for lost time on day one in Christchurch, so unhurried was the way he compiled 93 runs. And given his famous ego-free outlook, claiming it was driven by some kind of inner turmoil about missing New Zealand’s historic win in India would be a stretch too.But given his return from a groin injury for this series opener against England nudged out Will Young – player of the series in that 3-0 triumph – it was still a timely performance. Not that anyone in New Zealand was seriously quibbling, with Williamson the country’s record run-scorer. Judging by Young’s relaxed demeanour at training during the build-up, that one-in-all-in K...

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