56 m. ago Seven men charged in child sexual exploitation investigation

Avon and Somerset Police said the offences date from between 2022 and 2025.

Events

59 m. ago Seven men from Syria, Iran and Britain are charged with more than 40 offences after grooming gang investigation in Bristol

The suspects include two Syrians, one Iranian, two British nationals and two men - aged 19 and 26 - who cannot be identified.

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63 m. ago Britain has 'stopped sharing intelligence with the US' about suspected Caribbean drug traffickers after American lethal strikes

British military chiefs and spies are said to doubt the legality of Mr Trump's lethal strikes and do not want their own intelligence being used to identify targets.

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67 m. ago Jess Glynne is 'set to make a surprise I'm A Celebrity cameo' to support Lioness girlfriend Alex Scott

The British singer, 36, has been dating the former Lioness, 41, since 2023 and the pair shared an emotional goodbye as Alex jetted off to Australia on Monday.

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97 m. ago BA passenger issues warning to avoid specific seat or face 'complete hell'

Flying long-haul can come with its challenges, and one passenger has issued a stark warning after they booked a specific seat on their British Airways flight and found themselves in 'complete hell'

Events

1 hour ago Jet2 will start flying from Gatwick next year to take on easyJet and BA

New entrant will face competition from UK’s biggest budget airline as well as British Airways, Tui and Wizz Air

Politics

2 h. ago British & Irish Lions plan ban on R360 players to stop Red Roses jumping ship

Eight of 12 tier-one unions already plan to ban rebelsLions hope to sway stars lured by league’s salary offersThe British & Irish Lions are planning to follow the example of the biggest unions by banning players who join R360 in a move designed primarily to prevent an exodus of England’s Red Roses stars to the rebel league.Eight of the 12 tier-one unions, led by England and New Zealand, announced last month that they would not select R360 players, and the Guardian has learned that the Lions will follow suit. Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa also came out in support of a ban, but Wales and Argentina did not due to smaller player pools and weaker domestic leagues. Continue reading...

Sport

4 h. ago There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr

A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politicsImagine you are given a pile of tokens, representing real money, and invited to donate to a common pot. There are other players but you can’t interact with them. The sum of collective contributions will be trebled, then shared equally among all players. What do you do?If everyone submits all their money, all get richer. But if everyone except you pays in, you can enjoy the collective payout while retaining your original stash. The flaw in the selfish strategy is that other people might have the same idea. If no one pays in, there is no bounty to share.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Woman who tried to be Trump’s press secretary and finance boyfriend wanted by police after ‘racist attack’

COPS are hunting a woman who wanted to be Donald Trump's press secretary and her finance boyfriend after an alleged racist attack. British Transport Police released footage allegedly showing Melissa Rein Lively and her husband Philip Ostermann after a woman was assaulted outside Bond Street Tube station, in London, on October 11. The force confirmed...

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10 h. ago Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad

The actress stars alongside comedian Joe Wilkinson in the ad that follows their relationship after they meet at a Waitrose cheese counter.

Politics

12 h. ago Family quoted £20,000 for four tickets to Dubai in half term

Adam Smith (pictured with son Jude, seven) and his family ended up missing out on a night in Dubai after British Airways cancelled their flights.

Economics

14 h. ago CCTV image released 'after woman sexually assaulted as she slept on train'

British Transport Police have released an image of a man who they believe may have information which could help their investigation in the incident which happened last month

Events

14 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr answers retirement rumours ahead of Conor Benn rematch

Chris Eubank Jr announced he will become a father to twin boys.

Politics

15 h. ago British Muslim commentator Sami Hamdi agrees to leave US after immigration detention

British political commentator Sami Hamdi plans to leave the U.S. after spending over two weeks in immigration detention

Politics

16 h. ago England play Generation Game against All Blacks with overhaul of traditional order of selection

Steve Borthwick has picked six British & Irish Lions on his bench with a further nod to the growing importance of the endgame Selecting your best XV to start a big rugby match feels increasingly quaint these days, as redolent of a different era as the Generation Game or Starsky & Hutch. To the point where you half expect to find the home team sheet to face New Zealand this weekend has D-N-A-L-G-N-E printed at the top of it. Even with the All Blacks in town, the traditional order of selection no longer applies.Instead it is all about the endgame. On this occasion Steve Borthwick has picked six British & Irish Lions on his bench compared with only four in his starting lineup. At some point around the 50th minute on Saturday there will be a mass discarding of XXL tracksuits and a whole fresh set of white orcs will rumble on. As South Africa’s “Bomb Squad” have long since shown, it can be mighty hard to combat. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago Bench impact, digging deep and ‘brilliant basics’: Inside England’s plan to beat the All Blacks

Another bench loaded with British and Irish Lions could be key to England’s chances of a rare win over New Zealand

Politics

17 h. ago ‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize

The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece?When we meet the morning after the announcement of this year’s Booker prize, David Szalay, the winner, seems an extremely genial and gentle author to have created one of the most morally ambiguous characters in recent contemporary fiction. His sixth novel, Flesh, about the rise and fall of a Hungarian immigrant to the UK, is unlike anything you have read before.Szalay (pronounced “Sol-oy”) is often described as “Hungarian-British”, but that has offended Canadians this morning, he says. His mother was Canadian and he was born in that country, where his Hungarian father had moved a few years earlier. “I’m arguably more Canadian than Hungarian.” Now 51, he grew up in England, graduated from Oxford University, and lived in Hungary for 15 years. To make things more confusing, he is over from Vienna, where he now lives with his wife...

Politics

17 h. ago British sniffer dog costs Channel smuggling gangs MILLIONS after tracking 76 small boats

The short-haired pointer has cost organised crime gangs millions in profits by helping to track down 76 illegal vessels on world's second busiest border between Bulgaria and Turkey

Economics

17 h. ago I was haunted by guilt as my family’s weight ballooned due to kebab & Maccies binges so we took a VERY drastic decision

SUE Wilson sat around the family table enjoying watching her grown-up children tuck into yet another takeaway. Like many British families, the Wilsons' get-togethers were always celebrated with a meal out or a pizza and kebabs at home. But when these binges saw them pile on the pounds - with jabs failing to keep the...

Politics

17 h. ago Adam Azim vs Kurt Scoby: Date, start time, TV channel and live stream for clash on Eubank Jr vs Benn undercard

ADAM AZIM takes on Kurt Scoby as US contender steps in on short notice for a super-lightweight showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The pair will go head-to-head on the stacked undercard of the huge rematch between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn. British rising star Azim's original opponent, Zaur Abdullev, had to pull out...

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