2 h. ago Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction

New emails reveal ‘panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David TebbuttA Kenyan man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death over an attack on British tourists is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case.Ali Kololo was imprisoned for more than a decade in what his lawyers called “appalling conditions” before being released when his conviction was quashed in 2023. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Daylight saving time 2025: Hidden health impact as clocks go forward this weekend

In the UK the clocks go forward by one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and back by one hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October - this arrangement was constituted in 1972 with the British Summer Time Act

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7 h. ago Ukrainian man, 30, is identified as suspect in Amsterdam mass stabbing after British tourist stopped knifeman who had slashed five

Investigators say he hailed from the Donetsk region in the east of the country - which has operated as a breakaway state from Ukraine for a decade and was unlawfully annexed by Russia in 2022.

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7 h. ago Amsterdam police issue major update on knife attacker who went on rampage

A 30-year-old has been identified as a suspect in the Amsterdam mass stabbing - while a 'modest' British hero has been thanked in person by the city's mayor for stepping in to stop the attack

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22 h. ago Why do the clocks go forward and what impact does it have on your health?

The positive and negative impacts of daylight savings are hotly debated.

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22 h. ago Hero British tourist who tackled Amsterdam stabbings suspect awarded medal

Brit intervened when at least five people were wounded in the mass stabbing which took place near the city's iconic Dam Square on Thursday

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25 h. ago Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida

St. Augustine had a 20-year British period

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29 h. ago British mother, 51, who ended her life at Swiss suicide clinic that did not tell her family had sunk into depression after sudden unexpected death of her only son, 26

The Pegasos clinic helped Anne Canning, 51, to die without informing her family, despite reportedly promising it had changed its practices after a similar case in 2023.

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29 h. ago Swiss suicide clinic that helped healthy British woman, 51, die without telling her family sent automated reply to frantic relatives saying they were experiencing 'higher than usual demand'

The Pegasos clinic helped Anne Canning, 51, to die without informing her family, despite reportedly promising it had changed its practices after a similar case in 2023.

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30 h. ago Farage confirms he wants new NHS funding model but Labour says plan would lead to huge patient bills – UK politics live

Nigel Farage has tried to fend off claims that Reform UK would force people to pay to see a doctorNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, also told Today that the UK should negotiate a wide-ranging trade deal with the US. This should include agriculture, he said. Farage acknowledged that in the past talks on this have been held up by Britain not wanting to allow food imports produced to America’s less rigorous standards, but he claimed the solution was just to give consumers a choice. He said:Now there’s been some concern about chlorine-treated chicken etc, but there is an answer to that which is label things, let consumers decide I would allow consumers in America to buy our products and consumers here to buy their products, and provided we have the right labelling, that’s good.It looks like Nigel Farage has had the full indoctrination at Mar-a-Lago. No one in this country wants chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves.Farage wants to sell out our hard-working British farmers for...

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30 h. ago When do the clocks change in the UK? Here's when the clocks will go forward this weekend

The clocks will go forward by an hour on Sunday, marking the start of British Summer Time.

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31 h. ago Chlorinated chicken: Is it safe and will it be sold in British supermarkets?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would agree to allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US

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31 h. ago Nigel Farage wants huge change to how NHS is paid for that would hit families in the pocket

Nigel Farage has suggested that some British families could be forced to pay health insurance to use the NHS if he was Prime Minister - but Labour analysis shows eyewatering costs

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47 h. ago Minister rejects call for Britain to adopt ‘Churchill Time’ in the summer

Labour MP Alex Mayer used a Commons debate to make the case for double British summer time, which was adopted during the Second World War.

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47 h. ago European leaders agree now ‘not the time’ to lift sanctions against Russia

Support for Ukraine continues with divided opinion on Franco-British plan for ‘reassurance force’ to help ceasefireEuropean leaders have affirmed their support for Ukraine at a Paris summit and agreed now was “not the time” to lift sanctions against Russia, but with splits remaining on Franco-British plans for a “reassurance force” to help guarantee an eventual ceasefire.France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said on Thursday the meeting of more than two dozen heads of state and government had agreed unanimously that sanctions on Moscow should not be eased until “peace has clearly been established” in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago How Richard Wigglesworth earned surprise British and Irish Lions coaching call

The former scrum-half will assist Andy Farrell, his old Saracens and England coach, in Australia this summer

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48 h. ago Huge British singer and a very famous chat show host look unrecognisable in disguise as they treat fans to a surprise gig in the subway

A huge British singer and a very famous chat show host looked completely unrecognisable in disguise during a surprise gig in the subway. But can you guess who they are?

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50 h. ago Roy Keane admits 'I feel quite emotional' after unexpected development took him by surprise

Sky Sports and ITV star Roy Keane was crowned Pundit of the Year at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, prompting a surprisingly emotional response from the popular and opinionated character

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50 h. ago Swiss suicide clinic 'helps British woman die without her relatives' knowledge' after their 'cowboy operation' was slammed by another UK family whose loved

The 51-year-old woman from Wales, whose name was given as Anne, travelled to the Pegasos clinic near the Swiss city of Basel in January to end her life but told her family she was going on holiday

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53 h. ago Urgent warning over 'record high' levels of killer 'bone breaker' virus landing in the UK

Officials have now urged Britons to take precautions to prevent catching the disease while overseas after cases of a potentially fatal disease arriving in British travellers surged 43 per cent in a year.

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