69 h. ago Man and woman are arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault after British NHS nurse 'attacked in park by couple who asked if she "came here on a rubber boat"'

A couple who were walking their dog demanded to know if the nurse, an NHS worker of 12 years, 'came here on a rubber boat' and hurled water and grabbed her hair in an alleged assault

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3 d. ago Racist couple demand to know if British NHS nurse 'came here on a rubber boat' in furious attack as they walk dog in park

The couple demanded to know if the nurse, who has worked for the NHS for 12 years, 'came here on a rubber boat' and hurled water at her her during the assault at a park in Halifax on Thursday.

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5 d. ago British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges while on global motorbike trip are 'suddenly whisked' to courtroom

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested in Kerman, southern Iran, on January 3, as they embarked on a motorcycle trip around the world to Australia.

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5 d. ago British couple detained in Iran ‘suddenly whisked’ to courtroom in Tehran

Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been in custody since January.

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5 d. ago British couple detained in Iran during global motorcycle tour ‘suddenly whisked’ to courtroom

The Bennett’s family has said they are ‘deeply concerned’ that they had no prior knowledge of the hearing being organised

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6 d. ago An influencer plagiarised my life story on TikTok. Social media thrives on mimicry – but this was a step too far | Esme Hewitt

At its best, the internet can be a space where people share stories and ideas. But the line between inspiration and theft can easily become blurredLast month, I wrote an article about being adopted by a British couple during the era of China’s one-child policy. Three days after the story ran in a national newspaper, my phone buzzed with a flurry of messages from a friend who had sent me a TikTok post by an influencer telling her life story to camera. Twenty seconds into her video, my jaw plummeted. She had recited entire sections of my article, word for word, to her 20,000 followers. She didn’t even have the courtesy to give me a credit.When I wrote that piece, the idea of exposing personal details of my life to scrutiny or criticism was terrifying. Even so, it felt right to share this story in the hope that others might find comfort if they too had had similar experiences. What I wasn’t expecting was for someone to take my words and claim them as their own. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment illegal migrant is found hiding in British holiday couple's camper van after breaking in at Calais

Paul and Kerry Turton were returning from holiday when the man forced his way into a locked storage cupboard at Calais.

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9 d. ago Two married couples in their 30s are dead after 'British car ploughed into tree in Germany'

Two married couples have died after a British car crashed in Germany. 

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1 week ago Can YOU pass this GCSE maths exam? As teenagers across the UK receive their results, see if you can answer some of the tricky conundrums

After revising long and hard for their exam over the past couple of months, British teenagers have finally received their GCSE results today. But how you fare if faced with GCSE maths questions?

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3 w. ago Nazi bunker from WWII found underneath home on British soil by shocked couple

The discovery shows the extent of the Nazi's occupation of the island, although the family have plans to turn it into something a little more modern and fun than its original function

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4 w. ago British couple accused of spying in Iran 'holding strong' after making first call home

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were detained in January while on a motorcycle tour around the world and later charged with espionage

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4 w. ago British couple drowned on Mallorca after being 'swept away' by 'wall of water', inquests hear

Alex Barrett 'tried to help' his partner Sarah Thompson

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4 w. ago Son of British woman held in Iran speaks to her for first time in 213 days

Joe Bennett says Lindsay Foreman sounded in good spirits despite her and husband being charged with espionageThe son of a British woman being held in Iran on espionage charges has said speaking to her on the phone for the first time in 213 days felt like “five birthdays and 10 Christmases at once”.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested on 3 January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling through the country from Armenia to Pakistan while on a round-the-world motorbike trip. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Lorry filmed speeding towards oncoming traffic on M5 before narrowly missing Porsche

Peter Stone, 55, was driving home from a family trip to St Agnes in his Porsche 911 when a lorry suddenly came crashing towards him on the M5 in Devon, leaving him just two seconds to react

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4 w. ago 'I spent day diving into bins for hidden treasures and was floored by what I found'

A couple have started documenting the secretive world of British dumpster-divers – even using a video camera they found in a bin to launch their own YouTube channel

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