All news for 2023-12-16

Police are still yet to recover the so-called 'Skorpion' machine-pistol used to murder three people last year as nine other gun crimes have been linked to the same type of weapon

Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds

BBC Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left confused during Saturday's final as the judges delivered their feedback for each of the three finalists - Ellie Leach, Bobby Brazier and Layton Williams

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 stars Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola took centre stage this weekend on the BBC series during the live final, but one moment left her fighting back years

BURNLEY 0-2 EVERTON: Sean Dyche masterminded a big win for Everton on his first return to Turf Moor since being sacked as Burnley boss as they were relegated 18 months ago

Just before Christmas 20 years ago, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas' brother David took his own life and she hasn't celebrated the holiday since - but new life in the family means all that will change

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi star in Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy

Bukayo Saka and Mohamed Salah's teams are battling it out in the Premier League title race, but when it comes to who the better player is, ex-Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson thinks it's no contest

Glastonbury festival organisers are said to be searching for a new Sunday night headliner option after talks with Madonna fell through due to the cost of her live show

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon began her career in the spotlight back in 2009 when she was a contestants on ITV's The X Factor - in which she ended up landing in third place

One Brit was trying to take a 'quiet Saturday morning walk' along the beach, not far from his Edinburgh house, when he came across officers detonating a historical explosive

Arthur Collins is in HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire – which prepares inmates for release by teaching them how to be baristas. A source said he was moved there as a reward for good behaviour

Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror

Once a stray cat abandoned by the side of a road, Jerry makes daily visits to the Asda superstore in Accrington, Lancashire, where he has become something of a celebrity among adoring shoppers

Leeds had a huge chance to reduce the gap to the Championship’s automatic promotion places against Coventry but an on-pitch bust-up broke out after the final whistle at Elland Road

Strictly Come Dancing fans were moved to tears at the start of this evening's big finale, as professional dancer Amy Dowden made a surprise appearance on the dancefloor amid her treatment for breast cancer

Talia, a 15-year-old girl and member of the Haikito indigenous group, says she was attacked by a group of towering creatures who put an unknown substance on her face and eyes

Ashley Cain and Safiyya Vorajee's baby died at eight months old. Little Azaylia was diagnosed with leukaemia at only eight weeks old. Ashley is now set to become a father again with another woman

The Pentagon said the US army will start the new year off with its smallest band of soldiers since 1941 due to a stark decrease in enlistment, particularly in Gen Z

The three Israeli hostages accidentally shot dead by the IDF earlier this week were waving a white cloth on a stick and shouting in Hebrew, according to officials

An ancient rivalry threatened to flare up again during a Rolling Stones recording session when Beatles legend Paul McCartney came in to record a track - and Mick Jagger poked fun at him

The ex-detective who helped bring to justice the men responsible for Stephen Lawrence's murder is now helping vulnerable kids stay away from knife crime with football kickabouts

Campaigners have accused the BBC of squandering money paid from the license fee to buy train tickets and hotel rooms that were never used and can't be refunded to the broadcaster

Two hit shows - The Yorkshire Vet and All Creatures Great and Small - are teaming up for a Christmas special that will see real-life vet Peter Wright join up with Samuel West

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 viewers tuning into the live final on Saturday evening were left unimpressed by the opening segment of the episode, ahead of the winner being announced