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Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:57:13 GMTUK Grok ban live: Government to give update on X deepfake row after Musk lashes out over Ofcom probe
The government is due to provide an update on X’s deepfake row on Monday
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:49:54 GMTMajor incident declared after 30,000 homes experiencing water shortages across South East
Storm Goretti, burst water mains and a power cut are among the reasons why some customers are struggling with water pressure
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:11:35 GMTMeghan Markle to visit UK for the first time in four years for Invictus Games event
The Duchess has not visited the UK for four years, when she attended Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in September 2022
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:04:15 GMTEU ‘demands Farage-clause’ in Brexit reset talks with Starmer
The deal reportedly includes a termination clause which would require Britain to pay out if it leaves the agreement
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:55:28 GMTProject Nightfall: UK says it will develop new ballistic missile for Ukraine’s defence against Russia
MoD says Nightfall missiles will carry 200kg warhead and can strike targets deep inside Russia
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:12:51 GMTMet boss hits out at Trump’s claims about London crime as homicide rates fall
New figures showed that there were 97 homicides in the capital in 2025 - the lowest number recorded since 2014
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:03:14 GMTUS warns UK against ‘Russia-style’ ban on Musk’s X as it plays down deepfake images
Sarah Rogers said the UK was ‘contemplating a Russia-style X ban, to protect them from bikini images’
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:49:06 GMTParents to be given state guidance on screen time for children amid development fears
The first-ever state guidance will be published in April
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:44:40 GMTThree teenagers and a taxi driver killed in ‘devastating’ crash as police issue update
Five passengers were also taken to hospital after the crash in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday morning
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:48:36 GMTStarmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric
The potential for British troops in the Danish territory comes days after the PM pledged boots on the ground in Ukraine
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:58:04 GMTIran threatens to hit US military targets if Trump decides to strike over protests
The UK government has praised the bravery of protesters taking to the streets
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:22:38 GMTLondon sees lowest number of homicides in over a decade
Despite London's expanding population over the past decade
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:17:17 GMTWhere in the UK the average home seller gained the most last year
The proportion of loss-making sales in the North East fell to 13.9% in 2025
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:44:23 GMTStarmer hails parental leave changes as putting ‘dignity back at heart of work’
The Government states this will offer an additional 1.5 million parents increased flexibility to share childcare responsibilities
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:22:26 GMTTwo men charged in £24M cannabis bust at farm raid
This is believed to be one of UK’s largest ever seizures
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:12:20 GMTChagossans ‘very hopeful’ Starmer’s Chagos handover deal will be stopped on crunch day for treaty
Exclusive: Louis Misley Mandarin, the interim first minister of the Chagossian government in exile, spoke to The Independent ahead of the Lords voting on the deal with Mauritius and a high court verdict on a legal challenge on Monday
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:18:28 GMT‘Without it, I don’t know what I’d be doing right now’: Inside the UK’s only arts centre dedicated to children
Based in a converted Edwardian church in Hulme – one of Manchester’s most historically deprived and diverse neighbourhoods – this unique facility has been making theatre, dance, literature, comedy and music accessible to young children from all...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:01:23 GMTFive teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after man, 49, found dead
Cleveland Police said footage relating to the incident in Stockton has been circulating on social media and urged people not to share it further
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:35:40 GMTClaims Reeves’s post-Budget U-turns cost her £3bn of £22bn headroom in just six weeks
The chancellor is under pressure to turn her March spring statement into a mini-Budget after a series of concessions and U-turns in recent weeks
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:51:16 GMTExtra defence spending is being lost on MoD’s overdraft, warns former RAF chief
In a damning report for the thinktank Policy Exchange, retired Air Marshall Edward Stringer says increased defence spending is not preventing the UK’s military from shrinking
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:36:28 GMTKemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from social media
A social media ban for under-16s came into force in Australia in December.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:08:47 GMTMandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein
The Labour peer admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that his friendship with Epstein was ‘a terrible mistake’ but appeared to suggest he disagreed with his sacking as ambassador to the US
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:29:21 GMTMet Office weather warnings for snow, ice and wind expanded after deadly Storm Goretti
Met Office issues number of weather warnings across UK on Sunday, warning of up to 20cm of snow, as much as 110mm of rain, and gusts of up to 70mph
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:01:41 GMTWho are the Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike?
Activists began a joint hunger strike in early November, before seven were hospitalised with health issues
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:16:39 GMTWoman feeding pigeons arrested and handcuffed by police as onlookers slam ‘ridiculous’ response
Video shows woman in her forties being detained by at least six Met Police officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow, London
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:52:09 GMTJD Vance backs UK over ‘unacceptable’ sexualised AI images on X
The deputy prime minister raised the concerns with Vance about Grok in a meeting this week