All news for 2023-01-26

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is reportedly plotting moves to encourage stay-at-home mums to return to the office, including an advertising blitz and a letter writing campaign

Today a senior civil servant confirmed that the estimated cost in defending the shamed former Prime Minister had soared by more than £90,000 since 2022

Bone fragments from eight individuals were dated to around 4,000 years ago while others went back 5,500 years, with very earliest dating to the Mesolithic era just after the end of the last Ice Age

Justin Roiland, who is the co-creator of Rick and Morty as well as the voice of the titular cartoon characters, has been dropped by Adult Swim and has resigned from his own company

Schoolgirl Daisy Andrew suffered two 15mm-deep puncture wounds to the back of her leg in the "terrifying" incident during a break time at her school in Kent

Emma Jones, who hosts Match of the Day spin-off MOTDx and other shows, has received another misogynistic message on social media and has hit out at the unacceptable troll

Love Island's Ellie and Spencer shocked the Islanders with their arrival at the end of last night's episode just as the recoupling was about to start

Tommy Fury is long-term rivals with Jake Paul and looks set to meet the YouTube star in the ring next month, but has denied claims there are any clauses to "fix" the fight

PSG boss Christophe Galtier caused some uproar at the Parc des Princes with his decisions in a Coupe de France tie with Pays de Cassel and has now been forced to hold face-to-face discussions to smooth things over

Two main unions covering lift and seasonal workers in the Alps plan “unlimited” industrial action from January 31 as part of wider protests against pension reforms in France

The latest deaths take the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in January to 29, as an elderly woman and two young men were shot in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin

Isla Bryson, 31, was this week found guilty by a jury of raping two women in 2019 before transitioning, as Nicola Sturgeon confirmed she will not be sent to an all-female jail

The seaside town of Withernsea, East Yorkshire, relies on seasonal trade and has seen good times in the past but families have cut trips to the coast as their budgets bite and the town struggles

Champions League winner Zinedine Zidane has been biding his time over a managerial comeback since leaving Real Madrid for a second time at the end of the 2020-21 season

The 'world's best pasta sauce' contains just three ingredients. Dusting off her apron, Mirror writer Grace Hoffman got cooking to give her own verdict on the simple recipe

A woman has taken to Reddit to share her deep-seated dislike for her first name. She claims it doesn't suit her and is used on 'joke' characters in movies and television shows

ITV viewers are convinced they heard Holly Willoughby say the f-word on This Morning after Phillip Schofield scared her live on-air when introducing a new horror movie

The permanent secretary at the tax office Jim Harra also said HMRC would 'help with the inquiry' into the Tory Chairman 'in any way we possibly can' if requested by Rishi Sunak ethics adviser

Princess Eugenie was seen smiling widely as she left an upmarket London restaurant in her first appearance in public since announcing she is expecting her second child

EastEnders actor Alfie Deegan, who played Tiffany Butcher's brother Liam Butcher on the soap, gave an insight into his life a year on from leaving the BBC One soap

Popular TikToker Randy Gonzalez – famous for his wholesome Enkyboys videos with son Brice – has died aged 35 after a stage four cancer battle

Natalie Thomas has been praised for sharing her views in a TikTok video, where she explained she is struggling to come to terms with the ageing process and can't recognise herself any more

Alex Lees smashed a brilliant century off just 94 balls in his first innings since being dropped by England, with the opener hopeful of earning a Test match recall

The lift of the ban will allow Donald Trump to communicate directly with his 34million followers on Facebook, as well as to resume direct fundraising while he runs for the White House

The King inherited Chalk Stream from the late Queen Elizabeth II who bred the horse and raced him in Britain before sending him to Royal Ascot-wining trainer Chris Waller