THE BBC's licence fee is antiquated, former Nine O'Clock News anchorman and Today programme host John Humphrys has said in a searingly honest appraisal of the corporation's future.

HEARTWARMING footage has emerged of a pregnant woman's belly being kissed by an orangutan, at a UK zoo.

POLICE have issued an urgent appeal for witnesses after a man was raped in woodland at Clapham Common in south London.

BRITAIN's most popular swear word has been laid bare in a new study.

PROFESSOR Chris Whitty has issued a stark warning to under-50s amid a rise in "very sick" hospital patients - including "young adults".

A RYANAIR flight has been forced to make an early landing.

RISHI SUNAK has been warned axing the triple lock on pensions threatens to send 700,000 people into poverty.

THE UK could be facing the threat of new terror attacks on a similar scale to the 9-11 assault on the US in 2001, a former British commander has warned.

THE Welsh Conservative leader blasted Welsh independence as he explained many citizens were happy remaining in the United Kingdom as he noticed a drop in support for separatist groups and political parties.

THE BBC may devote less time to royal deaths after record complaints and plunging viewing figures over its wall-to-wall Prince Philip coverage.