UK News

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Birmingham offers free pest control as garbage hasn’t been collected for over a month
Birmingham Council is offering ’temporarily free’ pest extermination services amid the bin strikes plaguing the city.
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UK police to search trans women based on birth sex after Supreme Court ruling
Male police officers will now perform searches of trans women following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex.
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Fisker’s UK dream ends with abandoned £520k fleet of electric cars after bankruptcy
Nine brand new electric cars with a total value of between £278,000 and £520,000 have been dumped at the roadside in Nottingham after the Tesla-rivalling manufacturer went into liquidation last year.
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UK police confirm Islamophobic hate crime after 85 Muslim graves desecrated
British police have launched an investigation into what they have now confirmed is an Islamophobic hate crime, after 85 Muslim graves were desecrated at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.
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Woman dies after being hit by van fleeing from police at golf club
A woman who was hit at a golf club by a van that was being pursued by police has died from her injuries.
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Triple killer Nicholas Prosper may walk free: Court to review "lenient" 49-year sentence
The 49-year jail term handed to triple murderer Nicholas Prosper will be reviewed by the Court of Appeal after shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan claimed it was unduly lenient.
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Minecraft movie screening at a UK cinema interrupted due to teenage mischief
The screening of A Minecraft Movie had to be paused at The Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, Kent, so staff could remove the disruptive teenagers as they were interrupting the film.
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British baby dies on first day of Caribbean holiday after fall from bed
Tommy Taylor-Mclean, seven months, died on the first day of the trip to St Lucia, when he fell out of bed and developed a bleed on the brain, East London Coroner’s Court was told today
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Former X Factor star Danny Dearden dies aged 34
Former X Factor star Danny Dearden, who advanced to Mel B’s judge’s house and later built a successful career as a musician, has tragically passed away, according to his manager.
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Travellers cause major disruption in Surrey: pub closed, traffic blocked, resident assaulted
A pensioner has said he was beaten up and left for dead with two cracked ribs when 50 members of the traveller community descended onto a leafy Surrey village.
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Samantha Davis died of cardiac arrest after surgery complications, coroner finds
Actor and dwarfism charity founder Samantha Davis suffered cardiac arrest after surgery complications, coroner concludes
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US may make exception for UK in Trump’s tariff policy — Vance
The US Vice President JD Vance has hinted that the UK could be exempt from Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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Police foil major incident in Salford: Seven arrested, crossbow seized
Seven individuals have been arrested following reports that a person on a bicycle pointed a gun at a group standing on a residential street in Salford.
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UK investigates violence threats to schools after receiving threatening emails
A man threatened to use a gun to ’cause harm’ in emails sent to schools in Sheffield and a nursery in London.
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Terrorists no longer allowed to cook: kitchens banned in UK prisons after incidents
The barbaric assault on three prison officers by Manchester Arena terrorist Hashim Abedi – brother of suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who murdered 22 people in 2017 – has shaken the already strained criminal justice system.
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Manchester Arena terrorist silently smiled while dousing guards with hot oil
Three prison officers were severely injured after Hashem Abedi—the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber—threw boiling oil on them and then attacked with a homemade weapon.
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British soldiers deployed to tackle trash in Birmingham amid sanitation workers’ strike
Soldiers have been called in to tackle huge piles of rubbish as Birmingham bin strikes continue.
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Upstairs Downstairs star Jean Marsh passes away at 90
Jean Marsh, the actress who helped create Upstairs Downstairs and also starred in the series, has passed away at the age of 90.
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Meghan Markle stuns New York with four-car motorcade for theatre outing
Meghan Markle has faced criticism for traveling in an "absolutely abnormal" four-car motorcade to attend a play on Broadway, New York, on Thursday night.
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Inferno near terminal: car bursts into flames in front of passengers at Gatwick
The car was left completely destroyed by the flames. In the footage, chilling explosions can be heard, a reminder of the intense heat as it burst the vehicle’s tires.
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Body found in Thames identified as missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa
The family of an 11-year-old girl who disappeared after falling in the Thames has been informed after a body was discovered this morning.
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Woman killed after BMW M3 mounts curb and strikes family in Crawley
The woman was pinned underneath a BMW M3 following the collision outside an amusement park in Crawley, West Sussex, with paramedics unable to save her despite their best efforts
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Fatal explosion in Worksop: man’s body found under rubble
The body of a man has been pulled out of rubble after a house collapsed in a gas explosion in Nottinghamshire.
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Explosion destroyed house in Nottinghamshire: residents evacuated, rescue workers on site
Major incident declared and surrounding homes evacuated after suspected gas explosion in terrace house in Worksop
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Brother of Manchester terrorist attacks prison guards in the UK
Three prison officers were hospitalized after being attacked by Hashem Abedi, brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, it’s been reported.