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Bradford replace Salford in Super League for 2026

Bradford Bulls are promoted to Super League for 2026 and will replace Salford Red Devils after they were awarded a higher Grade B status under the sport's grading system.

China carried out 'large scale espionage' in UK, government witness said in collapsed spy case

Sir Keir Starmer faces questions after the government released witness statements by top security official.

BBC viewers worried about political interference, boss says

The BBC releases the results of a major questionnaire about its services and place in society.

Inquest opened into Hatton death

An inquest into the death of boxer Ricky Hatton is opened and adjourned.

Nancy Pelosi’s taken enough of ‘reporters’ parroting Trump’s lies for him and her brutal smackdown had everyone cheering

In an America in which high profile Democrat politicians sticking it to Donald Trump are weirdly thin on the ground, Nancy Pelosi was a notable exception. The former House speaker was one of his most high-profile critics during his first stint in the White House, and now that Trump’s back people are questioning her role […]

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Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors

The veteran actress blamed nerves for her releasing wind at a tense moment during the game.

Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials

The submersible disappeared from sensors on its journey to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board.

Someone complained that it costs £21 for sandwich ingredients, and the internet bit back – 17 tasty takedowns

There are plenty of people vying to be the main character on Twitter, right now, but Reform UK member and self-described entrepreneur, author and philanthropist Rob Moore might just have swung it with his hot take on the cost of living. Now, we’re not going to argue that the UK economy is booming, or that […]

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Ricky Hatton's cause of death given at inquest

Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton was found hanged, an inquest has heard.

Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs with British impact unclear

The world's biggest packaged food company, Nestle, is to cut 16,000 jobs in the next two years, it announced on Thursday.

UK economy grew slightly in August ahead of key Budget

The 0.1% growth follows a slight contraction in the economy during July, official figures show.

Nestle to axe 16,000 jobs as new boss pushes to cut costs

The cereal-maker's new boss says he wants to instil a "performance mindset" and prioritise earnings.

Ex-British soldiers fathered Kenyan children while at Army base

A number of men who were stationed at or connected with a British Army base in Kenya have been declared the fathers of Kenyan children by the High Court.

Rohl drops out of Rangers head coach search

Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl drops out of the race to become Rangers' new head coach.

SUV drivers could face higher parking charges in major UK city

Drivers of larger vehicles, such as Range Rovers and SUVs (sports utility vehicles), could face higher charges for parking in a UK city centre under new plans.

Why Man Utd's next four games could shape their season

As Manchester United search for back-to-back wins, BBC Sport looks at why their next four games could be key for Ruben Amorim.

Australia's rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, warn scientists

Australia's rainforests are the first in the world to make the "concerning" switch, say scientists.

Nigel Farage said there’s not much point in him being at PMQs, and it might be the most relatable he’s ever been – 14 nods of agreement

While you might not think so from the lack of attention paid to it by the media, a formerly senior member of Reform UK has recently been in serious trouble after taking bribes from Russia. The former leader of @reformparty_uk in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Putin’s Russia. Not once, […]

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Chris Mason: Digesting the key segments and changes in China documents

Both this government and its Conservative predecessor had deep worries about Chinese espionage, writes the BBC's political editor.

'I don't want my kids growing up in England,' says ex-Premier League footballer who moved to Dubai

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

'I'm not in Dubai for money... I don't want my kids growing up in England'

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

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Watch: BBC follows family forced to move four times in a year and live in hotel for months

Danielle and her three children have moved four times in a year after her landlord wanted to sell their flat.

Grandfather relives eight-day 'nightmare' in Highland wilderness

Ian Currie had been attempting to walk from Glenfinnan to Knoydart when he got into difficulty.

Forget Alan Carr scorching Tom Daley – Celia Imrie’s fart takes the award for the funniest moment of Celebrity Traitors

The Celebrity Traitors has proven to be almost essential viewing. Its strong cast of hand-picked stars, plus Claudia’s deadpan Goth hosting, is certainly a formula for success, with last week giving us the best side-eye UK telly has ever produced, and a hilarious Alan Carr being about as obvious a Traitor as we’ve ever seen […]

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Cabinet Office rejects Cummings' claim China breached 'sensitive' communications

Boris Johnson's ex-Downing Street aide says Beijing obtained "vast amounts" of "secret" data.

Man who moved to US aged four dies after being detained in immigration raid

A 39-year-old man died in hospital alone, miles from his family, after being detained by US immigration officials.

The Papers: 'Chinese stole secrets' and 'Andrew, Epstein and me'

The now-collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China is front and centre for a number of the papers.

Police swarm city centre after 'petrified' students see horror stabbing

A massive police presence was seen in Leicester city centre after reports of a knife incident on Wednesday evening, which left the whole area locked down

UK weather forecasts show 16 counties where brutal -2C snap will be worst

Weather maps show that the UK is set to feel the cold later this month, with temperatures potentially falling below -2C in some areas

Midwife 'used incontinence pad to take notes' during home birth where mum and baby died

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in hospital the day after she gave birth at the home she shared with her husband

Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'

Trump would not be drawn on whether the CIA was seeking to topple Maduro.

The Last Dinner Party are feasting on love, death and killer riffs

The rock band discuss the themes that fuelled their critically-acclaimed new album, From The Pyre.

Sir Keir Starmer releases bombshell witness statements in China spy scandal

The Prime Minister released three witness statements from deputy national security adviser Matt Collins as he battles Tory "cover-up" claims

The real problem with Britain's asylum hotels - and the woman with a bold plan to solve it

Instead of using private contractors to provide hotel rooms to asylum seekers, could paying councils to buy more properties be the solution?

Thousands in UK sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer risks

The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, seen by the BBC.

Virginia Giuffre describes alleged encounters with Prince Andrew including private island 'orgy' in posthumous memoir

The late sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre alleged in her memoir that Prince Andrew was "entitled" and "believed having sex with me was his birthright".

Is Microsoft's first ever handheld Xbox console worth the wait?

The ROG Xbox Ally works with Game Pass out of the box, meaning gamers start off with hundreds of games.

'I can't afford to save both twins': Sudan's war left one mother with an impossible choice

The destruction and hunger that Sudan's war has brought leaves parents with some impossible choices.

Months after fall of Assad, families of Syria's missing still seeking justice

Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who disappeared during the civil war and are presumed dead.

Venezuela's president pleads for peace after Trump sends in CIA

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of a coup attempt after Donald Trump approved CIA operations in the country to tackle alleged drug trafficking.

Severe blow for UK's bid to become minerals superpower

Britain's hopes of becoming a critical minerals superpower have been dealt a severe blow after one of its leading companies abandoned its plans to build a rare earths refinery near Hull.

Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright, Giuffre claimed in memoir

Virginia Giuffre, who took her life earlier this year, gives her account of meeting Prince Andrew.

Teacher says he lost his job for putting up 150 flags after being 'snitched on'

Shaun Remmer reckons he was sacked for putting 150 flags - including Union Jacks - around Thirsk in North Yorkshire where he lives after someone allegedly grassed on him

Potholes 'magically' repaired after JK Rowling's Harry Potter series is filmed in village

Residents in Lustleigh in Devon are celebrating after potholes were fixed thanks to some Harry Potter magic as the forthcoming hit series began filming in the UK village

US Air Force plane carrying Pete Hegseth sees 'windscreen crack' in mid-air emergency

The Boeing C-32A was travelling from Brussels, Belgium when a 'depressurisation issue was detected', as the flight was forced to divert to the UK in an emergency

Elon Musk enthusiastically shared a post claiming “these days ‘far-right’ simply means normal” – and it was a self-own visible from SpaceX

Elon Musk has been ramping up his divisive rhetoric yet again, with his feed becoming increasingly far-right. But, he professes, this label of ‘far-right’ is completely wrong. ‘Far-right’, these days, is just another way of saying ‘normal’. Apparently. He reposted a tweet from Kobie Thatcher, an Australian self-confessed MAGA fan, with an enthusiastic ‘Yup’ of […]

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'Worse than starting from scratch': How big is the task of rebuilding Gaza?

BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.

Widow who helped husband 'die with dignity' won't face charges

A woman who accompanied her husband as he took his own life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland has been told by police she will not face criminal charges.

Pam Bondi admitted she still can’t figure out who runs Antifa and she was owned into oblivion by these 15 replies

Pam Bondi is angry about this Antifa organization she keeps hearing about and she’s not going to rest until she gets to the bottom of it. Her latest threat comes via this Fox News appearance, during which Bondi swears that she will find out who is in charge of Antifa and who is funding all […]

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New York’s governor unleashed a blistering takedown of Magas everywhere and it’s eye-opening to hear a high-up speak so honestly

Pushing back on the Maga movement presents a real conundrum. The far-right operate in such a grotesque space, it’s hard to meet where they’re at without getting sullied in the process. New York Governor Kathy Hochul finally broke. She unleashed a torrent of insults at the state of the Republican party and the Maga influence […]

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England escape with a point as match against Pakistan is rained off

England avoided a shock defeat by Pakistan at the Women's World Cup, being saved by heavy rain in Colombo.

Married couple found dead in campervan at cider festival named as friends say 'life is so cruel'

Tributes have poured in from friends and family of a couple, who were found dead at cider festival last weekend and were today named, with claims that 'life is so cruel'

Funeral director pleads guilty to charges after police found human remains

Robert Bush has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud relating to misleading families of the deceased but will stand trial on charges of preventing lawful and decent burials in October next year

Eric Trump’s ‘takedown’ of New York’s attorney general blew up magnificently in his face – 9 explosive comebacks

To the world of Eric Trump now, who it’s fair to say hasn’t been quite so prominent in Donald Trump’s second coming at the White House as he was in the first. And if he comes up with gold like this, then we hope to see him more often. It’s the third child (and second […]

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Charlie Bigham launches range of £30 supermarket ready meals for home diners

Food entrepreneur Charlie Bigham's new Brasserie range of restaurant-style ready meals launches in Waitrose - he said it is still cheaper than eating out

The Republican majority leader called No Kings protests a ‘hate America rally’ and out of all the spot-on responses, this one nailed the hypocrisy best

The longer this government shutdown goes on, the more both sides are trying to blame the other. (Which is weird, because one side controls all three branches of the government, but that’s neither here nor there right now.) In a recent speech/rant, Louisiana representative Steve Scalise casually referred to the upcoming No Kings protests as […]

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Angela Rayner pockets £17k payout after quitting as deputy PM over tax scandal

Angela Rayner pocketed the cash after resigning in disgrace despite campaigning in 2021 to ban ministers who breached the code from collecting a 'golden goodbye' payout

‘What is a myth about the other gender that you found out to be complete lie?’ – 21 misconceptions about the opposite sex to disregard right now

We’re often led to believe that men are from Mars, women are from Venus and never the twain shall meet, but is any of the cultural nonsense about gender true, or is it just used to sell self-help books and magazines? It seems highly likely it’s the latter, following a discussion on the Ask Reddit […]

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The so-called routine of this tech-savvy 5-year-old was very entertaining, but one TikTok star’s reaction made it so much better

There’s a TikTok trend where people show off the efficiency of their gadgets by completing tasks in super-quick time. It’s usually under the pretence of a guest arriving unannounced or a spouse getting home and the house needing to be spruced up. This was a little different. What could better prove how easy a gadget […]

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Someone asked ‘Is there a specific post that you still think about?’ – 17 absolute hall-of-famers

It’s fair to say that ever since Elon Musk got his hands on Twitter it’s changed dramatically for the worse. Far-right agitators were welcomed back onto the platform, any moderation against hate speech was apparently stopped and the algorithms serve up the most divisive commentary imaginable. Hmmm… it’s almost as though Musk has an agenda. […]

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Margaret Thatcher 'had two affairs during her marriage', bombshell book claims

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - dubbed the Iron Lady - is said to have cheated on her husband Denis twice. Author Tina Gaudoin made the claims

Eric Trump confidently declared that he was ‘saving God’ and had people hollering into the next Testament – 17 properly apocalyptic reactions

Not a day, or a moment, really, goes by without the President of the United States of America saying something so batshit crazy that we all have to collectively sit down and do a breathing exercise. (And then make a Facebook post about it.) Clearly his son has been practicing at home and is ready […]

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People have been sharing their unhinged literary opinions, and these 23 are all something to write home about

You don’t have to be a reader to be familiar with the themes or even quotes of great works of literature …or even rubbish ones. There can’t be many people who couldn’t conjour up ‘To be or not to be’, ‘Reader, I married him’, or ‘Four legs good, two legs better’ from the ether. We […]

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‘What was the pinnacle of wealth to you as a child?’ – 17 not-in-the-least resentful replies

Growing up in the 70s and 80s we still have memories of visiting school friends with better-off parents whose houses were full of invaluable treasures such as Sodastreams, Laserdisc players and bidets. Some of our friends actually had a piano in their house (although it seemed bizarre to us at the time that they couldn’t […]

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Someone asked people on Twitter to come up with some ‘made up American names’ – 22 star-spangled stunners

There are a lot of American names that, if you see them written down you, just know that they’re from the USA. Just look at some of their golfers and you’ll see what we’re on about – you’re certainly not going to find people called Webb Simpson, Bubba Watson, Scottie Scheffler or Brandt Snedeker working […]

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This guy on the street was asked about the UK’s ‘immigration problem’ and his reply should be put on prescription to Reform UK voters everywhere

For every hundred (thousand) vox pops that don’t go anywhere fast, there is one absolute gem that makes all the rest worthwhile. And this is surely one of those. Having said that we’re not entirely sure how random this particular ‘man on the street’ really is, but what he’s got to say immediately pushes all […]

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Carol Decker’s not getting on with these new plastic bottle tops and she was owned to her very heart and soul

Carol Decker – you remember – took time out from fondling her dinner service to share her frustration at the new breed of plastic bottle tops. You remember, the ones that are attached to the bottle. And it’s fair to say she doesn’t like them, she really doesn’t like them. Can somebody tell me what […]

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‘What are the most annoying habits you see at the gym?’ – 21 stupid actions from people who put the ‘dumb’ into dumbbell

Unless you’re one of those freaks incredibly committed people who naturally love exercise, you’ll know how hard it is to regularly go to the gym. So when you finally get there, the last thing you want to find is a bunch of people acting like idiots. Unfortunately, it seems to often be the case. User […]

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Be bold with tax hikes or risk 'groundhog day', chancellor told as limited growth recorded

Rachel Reeves faces the prospect of another "groundhog day" unless next month's budget goes further than plugging an estimated £22bn black hole in the public finances, according to a respected thinktank.

People thought Donald Trump was basically trolling Charlie Kirk at Charlie Kirk’s memorial – 17 gobsmacked responses

To the White House now, where Donald Trump posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk on what wold have been his 32nd birthday. Trump said Kirk was a ‘true American hero’ with the Turning Point USA founder’s widow Erika accepting the award. And if you’re thinking what were […]

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Teen charged with attempted murder after schoolboy and girlfriend stabbed at bus stop

The teenage defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies all charges including attempted murder and wounding with intent

UK weather maps show 1,000 mile-wide cloud blanket as Grey Britain is gloomiest for years

A 1,000 mile-wide blanket of cloud will trigger the early onset of Seasonal Affective Disorder as the UK is set for the gloomiest weather it has faced in many years

Covid plan rushed as decision to close all schools drafted overnight, says Williamson

Sir Gavin Williamson said blunders were made when making massive decisions like closing all schools during the covid pandemic as the inquiry into 2020 lockdown continues

Mystery remains over death after patient found with four socks down her throat

Teaching assistant Maria Morris, 44, suffered from bipolar affective disorder and had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act at Bethlem Royal Hospital when she died in 2021

Nursery shut down after 'incident involving staff member' as police investigate

A nursery has been 'temporarily suspended' by Ofsted following an incident on Monday - police are now investigating and the parents of the child involved receiving support

Fishermen snare monster tuna off the UK coast big enough to feed 1000 people

The 38st catch was reeled in with a rod and line after a 45-minute battle 10 miles off the coast of Britain and will be dished up in a Devon restaurant

Madeleine McCann family got 'begging' voicemail saying 'do a DNA test and we'll go away'

Karen Spragg, 61, from Cardiff, and Julia Wandelt, 24, from Poland, are both on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann along with their children

Twelve people have contacted police claiming to be Madeleine McCann, court hears

Operation Grange head Det Chief Insp Mark Cranwell says all of them had been ruled out after analysis of their photos or other details as the trial of Julia Wandelt and one other continues

Sumo things you didn’t know about Japan's national sport ahead of historic UK tournament

Do sumo guys really have all the luck? Find out with our action-packed guide to the Japanese wrestling discipline ahead of the tournament at London’s Royal Albert Hall

Cheeky parrots who caused chaos by ordering takeaways, calling fire brigade and swearing

Parrots can make great pets, if you’ve got a sense of humour. Dame Judi Dench admits her African grey calls her a “sl*g” – and these others aren’t much more polite…

'He tried to finish me off - I'm glad he's dead'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Steven Wood tried to "finish off" Martina Turner in a brutal attack in her kitchen - but the mum-of-three miraculously survived and is now speaking out

Putin's goon promises 'whole of humanity will applaud' if it 'wipes out' UK

Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov warned that the West should understand that the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could spark a new Cuban Missile Crisis

England star's estranged WAG in terrifying raid at £2m mansion

The estranged wife of the Newcastle United and England defender was left shaken after burglars attempted to break in

Some of music history’s most shocking stories revealed

The untold stories behind the most controversial music of the 1980s

Supernatural horror based on Stephen King's novel

A repressed and bullied teenager discovers that she has special powers. Horror.

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