2 h. ago Patient police say they have recovered Fabergé pendant from man accused of swallowing it

Six days after alleged incident, evidence emerges without requiring medical intervention, New Zealand police sayPolice say they have recovered a Fabergé egg pendant from a man accused of swallowing the item in a jewellery story.New Zealand police have spent six days monitoring every bowel movement of the suspect, a spokesperson said, and the NZ$33,000 ($19,000) James Bond Octopussy pendant was recovered from his gastrointestinal tract on Thursday night by natural means, without requiring medical intervention. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Cheers! Pubs to be allowed to pour pints until 1am if a British team reaches next summer's World Cup quarter final

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants to extend opening hours if the Three Lions - or any home nation - reach the quarters, semis or final. Landlords and industry leaders said it will boost the ailing sector.

Politics

4 h. ago January 6 riot pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole is pictured after FBI swooped on his $700,000 Virginia home

Brian Cole, 30, a Virginia resident, was identified on Thursday in a stunning breakthrough in the investigation.

Events

4 h. ago The 'longest garden' in Britain: House for sale for £600,000 has land big enough to land a plane in

The three-bed home, situated at Little Downham, near Ely in Cambridge, features a 500ft-long garden.

Economics

5 h. ago UK schools could be forced to close as 800,000 less children forecast in next decade

A new study says predicted that a fall in the number of children in England over the next decade would be the most dramatic since the 1980s and could prompt school closures and teacher job losses

Politics

6 h. ago Keir Starmer launches major plan to lift 550,000 kids out of poverty by 2030

Keir Starmer writes for The Mirror as the government launches its long-awaited child poverty strategy to lift over half a million kids out of poverty by the end of the decade

Politics

6 h. ago Scotland revealed as UK road rage capital as major city tops list

STRESSED Scots motorists are the most likely to show road rage, a study found. Some 28 per cent of the nation’s drivers have been affected by traffic fights, rising to 29 per cent in hotspot Glasgow. That compares to 25 per cent across the whole UK in the survey of 2,000 adults. Glasgow finished just...

Politics

7 h. ago Maryland dad praised after building daughters $200,000 apartments in his own home as NYC rent is too high

Two adult women with remote jobs opted to leave New York City’s surging rent rates behind for free, brand-new apartment units at their childhood home in Potomac, Maryland

Society

8 h. ago Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests. Is that possible?

Trump administration officials overseeing the latest immigration crackdown are aiming to arrest 5,000 immigrants in New Orleans and across Louisiana

Events

9 h. ago Versace creative director leaves shortly after fashion house’s $1.4bn sale to Prada

Dario Vitale exits after one season, having taken the helm from Donatella VersaceVersace has announced its creative director is leaving, less than nine months after taking on the role and two days after the deal to sell the brand to rival Italian fashion house Prada.Dario Vitale exits after just one season, having taken the helm from Donatella Versace. Prada said it would announce a replacement “in due course”. Continue reading...

Economics

9 h. ago Man Utd star Casemiro set 'to be paid £240,000' as agreement finally reached in court

Casemiro will receive £247,000 from his former club Sao Paulo after a long-standing labour dispute over employment-related payments from his academy days was resolved this week.

Economics

10 h. ago Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security reportChatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver “substantial” amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government’s AI security body.Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation of AI persuasiveness to date, involving nearly 80,000 British participants holding conversations with 19 different AI models. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago TikTok prankster with 31,000 followers launches 'wild animal' attack on man in shop

Gavin Davies, 38, who has 31,000 followers on TikTok, had been drinking after being released from prison and getting engaged

Events

10 h. ago Fugitive Albanian 'gun trafficker' should not be extradited from the UK because he fears being killed in 'blood feud over £25,000 debt'

Alban Gjidiaj is wanted by prosecutors in his home country over an alleged plot to smuggle eight guns and a stash of bullets from Albania to sell to UK-based gangs.

Events

11 h. ago Why Scottish homeowners could be fined £15,000 if they don't fit an expensive heat pump

The SNP’s net-zero ideology, failed attempts to increase the number of new-build properties and ill-considered housing regulations are causing real problems

Society

11 h. ago Creative director Dario Vitale exits Versace two days after Prada's acquisition

Creative director Dario Vitale is leaving Italian fashion brand Versace only eight months after he was appointed, the company said in a statement Thursday

Politics

11 h. ago Former Wishaw Credit Union building in the heart of town centre put up for sale

The Main Street property is on the market for a price of just £100,000.

Politics

11 h. ago Foreign aid cuts will see extra 200,000 children under five die this year, damning Gates report warns

Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite

Events

12 h. ago Luxury fashion firms asked for documents as part of Italian labor abuse probe

Italian prosecutors have asked 13 high-end fashion firms to provide documents on governance, internal controls and audits

Events

12 h. ago Epstein donated at least $150,000 to Harvard social group after his 2008 conviction, records show

Jeffrey Epstein’s charitable foundation, Gratitude America, donated to ‘The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770’ on at least three occasions after 2008, according to tax records

Politics