1 hour ago Brits say ‘worst lurgy ever just won’t shift’ as nation hit by wave of illness in 2025

Health officials warned the NHS is bracing itself for an “unprecedent wave” of infections

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3 d. ago Flu cases at record level as ‘tidal wave’ of illness hits the NHS

Flu cases are 56 per cent higher than this time last year and ten times higher than in 2023

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4 d. ago Flu cases at record levels as ‘tidal wave’ of illness hits the NHS

Flu cases are 56 per cent higher than this time last year and ten times higher than in 2023

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4 d. ago British savers dump nearly £7bn of stock market investments in worst two months ever amid Budget havoc

Trading network Calastone said £3bn was withdrawn from equity funds in November after £3.6bn was extracted in October.

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4 d. ago UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recordedRecord heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.Three of the five worst harvests on record have now occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of the climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops. Farmers are already facing heavy financial pressure as the costs of fertilisers and other inputs have risen faster than prices. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Hillsborough investigation finds 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct charges

A long-running investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium soccer tragedy has found that 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failings during and after Britain’s worst sports disaster

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7 d. ago Woman describes UK winter as 'worst on Earth' and everyone says the same thing

A social media influencer sparked thousands of responses after claiming British winter at six degrees is 'truly the worst on Planet Earth'. Commenters didn't hold back in the replies

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9 d. ago Briton jailed in India transferred to prison ‘among the very worst’

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton near Glasgow, was arrested by the Indian authorities in 2017, just weeks after his wedding in the country.

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1 week ago The scandal of one of Britain's worst mass poisonings: How deadly toxic water claimed lives, burned families and pets and caused 40 years of misery in idyllic town

Thousands were suddenly drinking and washing themselves with contaminated water after 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate were poured into the wrong water tank.

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2 w. ago Voices: Want a Budget millennials won’t hate? Start by taxing life’s biggest nuisances

From boy racers to ultra-processed foods and doomscrolling, Britain’s worst habits cost us dearly, says Sophie Wilkinson – why doesn’t the chancellor put levies on them before taxing us again?

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2 w. ago Hospital under investigation for poor maternity care chased 'natural birth' ideology that 'led to newborn deaths'

In the period that Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust had the lowest number of caesareans - between 2012 and 2023 - its rate of stillbirths and newborn baby deaths soared to the worst in Britain.

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2 w. ago Man wrongly jailed for murder for 38 years struggles with smartphones, apps and self

In one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice, Peter Sullivan spent 38 years behind bars for the murder of 21-year-old florist Diane Sindall.

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2 w. ago Brits' list of worst Christmas buffet faux pas includes 'really disgusting' habit

Brits are preparing for party season in the weeks before Christmas, but many have expressed their anger at the rudest things they've seen revellers do at the buffet table

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2 w. ago Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia

The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off

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3 w. ago Brits set for 'worst ever Christmas' as rail network shuts down for 32 days

EXCLUSIVE: Brits face crippling Christmas commuter hell with journey times expected to treble as 15 million of us take the train over the festive period, when engineering works are scheduled

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3 w. ago London businessman jailed for life after filming his sex attacks on women

Chao Xu, 33, may be one of worst sex offenders in British criminal history, police fearA businessman has been jailed for life for drugging women then subjecting them to sexual attacks which he recorded for his pleasure, as well as committing hundreds of other sexual offences.The Metropolitan police fear Chao Xu, 33, may be one of the worst sex offenders in British criminal history. The judge said his offending was “calculated and planned” and he posed a high risk to women. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prisoner once labelled 'Britain's worst sex offender' learns his fate from parole board

Kevin Lakeman was previously released in January 2019 on parole, but then taken back into custody just two months later

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3 w. ago Inside the depraved borstal where Britain's worst paedophile preyed on vulnerable young boys

In the early 1950s, Medomsley Detention Centre was well known for its 'strict and tough nature' enforced on inmates through a brutal military style regime.

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3 w. ago The victims who exposed Britain's worst paedophile: How brave boys' testimony finally unmasked beast Neville Husband

Neville Husband (pictured) led a campaign of prolific sexual and physical abuse for well over a decade at Medomsley Detention Centre. 

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3 w. ago Abuse by UK’s ‘most prolific sex offender’ was ignored at Medomsley detention centre, report finds

Neville Husband committed hundreds of offences while working at facility in County Durham from 1969 to 1985A man who worked as a prison officer and caterer in a youth detention centre was able to rape and torture boys for three decades while the abuse was “ignored and dismissed”, according to a report labelling him as possibly Britain’s worst ever sex offender.Neville Husband carried out at least 368 sexual offences against young men and boys between 1969 and 1985 while working at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham, but is believed have committed hundreds more crimes, taking the total past the 450 committed by Jimmy Savile. Continue reading...

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