18 h. ago This Morning's Ben Shephard admits ‘crushing’ axe from show ‘floored me’

Ben Shephard has a successful career as a TV presenter on shows such as Good Morning Britain and This Morning, but it was a 'crushing' blow early in his career that proved 'hugely important'

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33 h. ago Wales snow forecast as UK weather maps show blizzard arriving later this month

Weather charts show snow forecast to sweep across Britain from January 29 with Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow in the firing line

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39 h. ago Huge pop star secretly training as acrobat to wow fans on next tour as she teases return to music

WITH two Brit Awards, six Top Ten hits and a decade-long career under her belt, Becky Hill has more than proved herself as a singer. But she is preparing to return to music in 2026 with a new skill under her belt — as something of an acrobat. Bizarre’s Howell met Becky at the launch...

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51 h. ago Met Office urges Brits in 11 areas to do one thing before getting in their cars

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog, with Brits in 11 areas told to do one thing before setting off in their cars this morning

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63 h. ago “Historic day for British sport”: Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Cardiff confirmed as 2027 Tour de France host cities – as talks over free

“Historic day for British sport”: Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Cardiff confirmed as 2027 Tour de France host cities – as talks over free-to-air TV coverage of UK Grand Départ “ongoing”  Road.cc

Society

64 h. ago Tour de France reveals the six UK stage plans for historic 2027 Grands Départs

British roads will host the start of both races next yearFirst time both Grands Départs have been outside FranceThe men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Départ of the men’s and women’s races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.Across six days of racing on British roads, the men’s Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Tour de France reveals plans for six UK stages with historic 2027 Grands Départs

British roads will host the start of both races next yearFirst time both Grands Départs have been outside FranceThe men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Départ of the men’s and women’s races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.Across six days of racing on British roads, the men’s Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago '2027 will be bigger than anything we’ve seen' – London, Manchester and Cardiff part of British Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grands Départ as routes announced

'2027 will be bigger than anything we’ve seen' – London, Manchester and Cardiff part of British Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grands Départ as routes announced  Cycling Weekly

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64 h. ago '2027 will be bigger than anything we’ve seen' – London, Manchester and Cardiff part of British Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grand Départs as routes announced

'2027 will be bigger than anything we’ve seen' – London, Manchester and Cardiff part of British Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grand Départs as routes announced  Cycling Weekly

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67 h. ago Could an EV calm my kids down and make family road trips less stressful?

Mum of two and family travel expert Hannah Britt knows what makes a good car for children. Here she reveals her honest thoughts on the ‘holistic’ Volvo EX40

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2 d. ago Moment police ram taxi carrying two British drug cartel kingpins as they attempted to flee county

Andrew Fitzgerald, 35, and Sean Richardson, 34, were chased as they sped along the A617 near Newark, Nottinghamshire, in July 2024.

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3 d. ago The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again | Martin Kettle

As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from historyFrom Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand, as the old hymn has it, we seem to inhabit a world that is more seriously troubled in more places than many can ever remember. In the UK, national morale feels all but shot. Politics commands little faith. Ditto the media. The idea that, as a country, we still have enough in common to carry us through – the idea embedded in Britain’s once potent Churchillian myth – feels increasingly threadbare.Welcome, in short, to the Britain of the mid-1980s. That Britain often felt like a broken nation in a broken world, very much as Britain often does in the mid-2020s. The breakages were of course very different. And on one important level, misery is the river of the world. But, for those who can still recall them, the 1980s moods of crisis and uncertainty have things in common with those of today.Martin Kettle is a Guard...

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3 d. ago Britain's Got Talent finalist dies in horror car crash as tributes flood in

A Britain's Got Talent finalist and her partner have tragically died in a car crash

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3 d. ago Britain’s Got Talent finalist Letitia Cuney dies after car crash, aged 53

Cuney appeared on ITV series as part of choir NSO (Northants Sings Out)

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3 d. ago Britain’s Got Talent finalist Letitia Cuney and partner killed in car crash as police arrest man

Singer’s partner Cheryl Pierre, 47, was also killed in the crash just days after Christmas

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3 d. ago Britain's Got Talent finalist Letitia Cuney and her partner killed in car crash as police arrest man on suspicion of 'drug driving'

Britain's Got Talent finalist Letitia Cuney and her partner Cheryl Pierre have been killed in car crash as friends pay tribute. 

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3 d. ago Britain's Got Talent star, 53, dies in horror car crash as family left heartbroken

Singer Letitia Cuney, who was a finalist on Britain's Got Talent with the choir NSO, has tragically died with her parnter in a devastating car crash just days after Christmas

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4 d. ago Driver with 'James Bond' style revolving number plate is jailed after trying to smuggle £2.7million of cigarettes into Britain

Andreu Silivaniuk, 34, attempted to sneak an estimated £2.7million worth of cigarettes into Britain, hidden inside Bentley car parts.

Economics

4 d. ago Met Office issues weather warning for 23 areas and urges people to prepare emergency kit

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for 23 areas, as a swathe of the country braces for heavy rain

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4 d. ago The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash

The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration

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