67 m. ago Breaking strict Blue Badge rule could mean a £1,000 fine and criminal record

Blue Badges are given to people who struggle to get around to help them reach their destination but there are rules which must be followed

Economics

86 m. ago Families of people killed in UPS cargo plane crash sue carrier for wrongful death

The crash in Kentucky of an MD-11 cargo plane killed 14 people and injured 23 others on November 4

Events

2 h. ago How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?

Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.“We turned the radio on when we got back in the car and that was the headline. Elvis was dead,” remembers Dr Mark Harvey. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Del Boy style brick phones are back in fashion as Gen Z favours '1980s maximalism'

Nearly half of Gen Z youngsters want to ditch their modern smartphones in favour of chunky 1980s-style mobiles, as seen in Only Fools and Horses

Politics

4 h. ago How the UK's ancient stones are drawing renewed awareness of the sacred

On a gray afternoon in November, a group of 19 people took a walk through grassy fields to a remote Bronze Age stone circle in the southwestern-most U.K. county of Cornwall

Events

4 h. ago People with any of 10 conditions urged to 'get protected' before December 11

Health bosses warn 'time is running out' to get protected against flu before Christmas

Politics

4 h. ago Photos of youths roaring over Gaza sand dunes in a return to prewar tradition

Motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles ripped over rolling sand dunes overlooking the ruins and camps of displaced people in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of young men flew over sand dunes, spinning in circles and lifting the front wheels of their bikes into the air as their engines roared.

Events

4 h. ago What happened to Joanne Dennehy and who did she kill as Prime Video release true

The documentary features irst-hand testimony from people who knew her

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5 h. ago German man charged with murder following death of boy, 14, after incident in Hayes 18 years ago

Lejunae Wood, 42, of Wuppertal, Germany was arrested on Thursday, 4 December at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of murder

Events

5 h. ago Desperate final hours of crypto couple found wrapped in plastic and buried in concrete

Three people have been arrested after a cryptocurrency couple were horrifically found dead in a desert - investigators have revealed what the pair's final tragic moments could have been like

Politics

5 h. ago Man charged with murder of boy, 14, who died after severe head injury as baby

Lejunae Wood, 42, was arrested on Thursday at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of murder. Leajunne Wood, who was four months old at the time, was injured in 2007

Events

6 h. ago Labour’s child poverty strategy is a great step forward for social justice

Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

Society

6 h. ago Texas residents and Camp Mystic staffer plead for help in newly released 911 audio from July floods

Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help in newly released recordings of 911 calls made during the floods that killed more than 100 people in July

Events

6 h. ago Trump’s ‘worst of worst’ ICE surge into cities nabbed thousands of migrants — less than 30 percent have criminal convictions

High-profile operations in major cities mostly targeted people who were never convicted of any crimes, data analysis finds

Events

6 h. ago The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland

These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and moralityThe Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even that may be too generous a description.On Thursday, word came that the US military had launched yet another deadly strike on a small boat moving through international waters. This time the attack killed four people, bringing to at least 87 the number of people the US has killed in a series of 22 such strikes on what it says are drug boats – vessels carrying illicit narcotics in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnistGuardian newsroom: Year One of Trumpism: Is Britain Emulating the US? On Wednesday 21 January 2026, join Jonathan Freedland, Tania Branigan and Nick Lowles as they reflect on the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency – and to ask if Britain could be set on the same path. Book tickets h...

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7 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: What the mysterious rise in the numbers demanding wheelchairs to get to their plane tells us about the ever spiralling cost of the welfare state

Getting off a plane in the US the other day, I noticed a lot of people waiting at the plane door. They were all tabarded airport staff, and they all had wheelchairs.

Politics

7 h. ago World Cup draw viewers left furious minutes into BBC coverage

The 2026 World Cup draw took place on Friday evening live from Washington, DC, and people watching around the globe were quick to air their grievances about the over-the-top production.

Politics

7 h. ago Angry Ginge's Rochdale pal and fellow Bov Boy gives verdict on whether he'll be crowned king of the jungle

Morgan Burtwistle, aka Angry Ginge, is one of the favourites to win I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here

Politics

7 h. ago Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia

Emergency crews are racing against time after catastrophic floods and landslides struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people

Events

7 h. ago About our Winter Appeal, supporting the homeless, refugees, and people suffering from food security

Who’s At Your Table is raising money for charities supporting London's most vulnerable

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