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Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:21:28 GMTGreen Party calls for free bus travel for under-22s
The scheme would bring England into line with Scotland, where young people have been entitled to free bus travel since 2022
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:05:43 GMTTroubled waters: How the UK’s water companies became a national disgrace
Outages in Kent and Sussex this week became the latest in a long list of breakdowns in the UK’s creaking water system. Harry Cockburn asks how Britain can solve its utilities crisis
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:12:50 GMTVoices: ‘Diesel vehicles last’: Why readers say electric won’t replace fuel any time soon
After a report claimed diesel could disappear from some London forecourts, our community explained why they think many will still turn to diesel and petrol over EVs for everyday use
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:29:57 GMTWhite House says Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ will include Rubio, Kushner and former UK prime minister Tony Blair
Blair’s inclusion on the list of board members may be controversial, as he remains a divisive figure in the Middle East following 2003 invasion of Iraq
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:19:29 GMTLammy blocks open prison transfer for killer accused of rapping about murdering schoolboy
The killer was sentenced to life in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:41:12 GMTTrump claim linking paracetamol during pregnancy to autism rubbished by major new study
Researchers warned avoiding paracetamol might expose mothers to risks associated with untreated pain and fever, such as miscarriage or congenital defects.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:15:01 GMT‘Little evidence’ social media or gaming is to blame for teenage mental health problems
Some 25,000 pupils took part in the study across three school years
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:57:54 GMTRare genetic form of diabetes detected in newborn babies for first time
Research shows mutation of the TMEM167A gene is responsible for the rare form of neonatal diabetes
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:29:52 GMTPopular sweets recalled over ‘unsafe to eat’ ingredient with cancer risk warning
Mineral oil is not allowed in food in the UK so specific Jolly Rancher products have been recalled
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:21:56 GMTWill Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform convince wavering Tories to jump ship?
Nigel Farage’s warning that MPs have until May – the date of the English local elections – has prompted fears of more departures, write Kate Devlin and David Maddox
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:19:56 GMTWest Midlands police chief to retire after resisting calls to quit over Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban row
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said Craig Guildford had done ‘the right thing’ after she previously told MPs she has ‘no confidence’ in his role
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:58:29 GMTUnion boss ‘held up communist flag alongside people singing pro-Russia chants in occupied Ukraine’
RMT spokesperson insists that Eddie Dempsey has ‘at no time supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:56:07 GMTEx-prison officer jailed after performing sex act on inmate
Rebecca Pinckard was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison on Friday
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:42:21 GMTNHS manager who gambled away £92,000 of trust’s budget is jailed
The former NHS manager was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:26:34 GMTEleven Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform
Senior Tories are concerned that Robert Jenrick’s departure could trigger others to follow
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:17:04 GMTWill it snow this weekend? Latest Met Office UK weather forecast
The weather appears to have stabilised following a week-long cold snap
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:33:07 GMTNigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to paedophile singer Ian Watkins in Cameo video
The former Lostprophets frontman, who was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences, was stabbed to death at HMP Wakefield
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:16:25 GMTPrison tutor jailed after sending explicit love letters to inmate
The court heard handwritten letters from Murphy containing ‘explicit romantic and sexual content’ were found in the prisoner’s cell
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:16:00 GMTCameraman died in mid-air crash with ‘human swan’ colleague, inquiry told
Sacha Dench survived the crash but suffered serious injuries while attempting a 3,000-mile, round-Britain paramotor challenge
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:11:13 GMTNun convicted of abuse at child home denies wrongdoing in newly released police interview
A former nun and an ex-support worker who were found guilty of abuse at a child home denied wrongdoing in newly released police interviews.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:09:32 GMTGirl’s body found in search for missing teenager
The discovery comes two weeks after a 15-year-old was swept into the water
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:08:56 GMTMoment ‘Deliveroo’ gunman who shot eight-year-old girl and father is arrested
Footage shows the moment that a hitman who shot an eight-year-old girl and her father whilst dressed as a Deliveroo driver was arrested.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:28:39 GMTLord Of The Dance tour could ‘fall apart’ in Michael Flatley’s absence, court told
Switzer Consulting is taking legal action in a civil case against the choreographer and dancer for alleged breach of contract
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:34:53 GMTVoices: ‘Post-Brexit money-spinner:’ Readers slam new UK passport rules for dual citizens
Our community says the Home Office’s new ETA scheme – forcing dual citizens to travel on a British passport or certificate of entitlement – will be costly, confusing, and create unnecessary hassle
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:30:57 GMTSurrey police defend extraditing influencer HStikkytokky on £16,000 private jet
Police insisted the chartered plane was the ‘only option’ after a judge criticised the cost
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:12:38 GMTTeen who plotted Southport copycat attack with plans to target Oasis concert and dance school jailed
McKenzie Morgan told friends he wanted to commit a similar terrorist-style attack and was trying to make the deadly poison ricin
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:06:33 GMTMoment killer dad who murdered wife and used child in chilling cover-up is arrested
Footage shows the moment that a father who killed his wife and used his child as a ploy to get away with murder is arrested.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:56:56 GMTHusband who stabbed wife to death and manipulated their young child to maintain his web of lies jailed
Robert Rhodes had coached the couple’s child to claim he had acted in self-defence
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:11:54 GMTTwo people aged 90 die in London house fire
Two elderly people have passed away following a house fire in Barnet
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:58:09 GMTBMW driver caught drifting with passengers ‘hanging out of windows’ banned from road
The charges relate to incidents that took place in Basingstoke, Alton, Petersfield and Yateley in Hampshire, and Earley in Berkshire
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:15:02 GMTM6 set to remain shut all day after woman found dead near busy motorway
Formal identification has yet to take place but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances, say Greater Manchester Police
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:08:58 GMTCriminals in hospital to lose benefits as Labour closes ‘loophole’
Families of victims of the 2023 Nottingham attacks have welcomed the plans
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:34:58 GMTFarage ‘couldn’t run a five-a-side team’, Jenrick says in leaked audio
Robert Jenrick can be heard criticising his new boss and dismissing Reform UK as ‘not a serious party’ in leaked audio
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:47 GMTOne of Britain’s most prolific train fare dodgers faces jail over 112 unpaid rail tickets
Charles Brohiri, 29, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to evading more than £3,000 in fares over a period spanning nearly two years
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:11:15 GMT‘Extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry at risk from British Museum ‘vanity project’, expert says
Criticism comes after artist David Hockney described moving the 900-year-old treasure as ‘madness’
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:08:27 GMT‘Jenrick will always be known as a Tory traitor, I know because it happened to me,’ says Michael Gove
Reform plots turning it into the ‘Slytherin house’ of politics, says ex-Tory minister
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:08 GMTSon of British couple detained in Iran fears they have been abandoned by UK as regime packs jails with protesters
Joe Bennett has been campaigning for the release of Lindsay and Craig Foreman who are being held in a filthy, overcrowded prison
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:51:29 GMTCold War nuclear bunker just ‘days away’ from falling into sea as it teeters on the edge of a cliff
The structure is clinging to the cliff, with little of it left to support it
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:39:52 GMTHealth and safety rules ‘don’t really apply’ to Michelin-starred restaurants, says critic
Giles Coren said that food inspection rules need to ‘modernise’ after restaurant Ynyshir received a one star rating
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:13:24 GMTHow to know if you are eligible for government cash payouts
The Crisis and Resilience Fund will provide £1bn annually to councils for the next three years from the start of April
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:50:50 GMTNo action against Reform councillor over threat to punch colleague ‘in the jaw’
Reform UK saw the complaint as ‘vexatious’
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:38:14 GMTPensioner threatens to chain himself to historic lamppost if council plan goes ahead
The controversy was first sparked when Kent County Council said that nine such lampposts in Canterbury would have to come down