A synagogue was hit by an arson attack overnight, a Jewish community body said.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:52:00 (Source: BBC News)The prime minister says he only learned of security concerns around the ex-US ambassador earlier this week.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:44:41 (Source: BBC News)Warmth after a wet winter has led to brilliant, early displays of UK spring flowers, as Sarah Keith-Lucas explains.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:14:11 (Source: BBC News)Robots competed in a half marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, with the winning machine leaving its human rivals for dust.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:46:34 (Source: BBC News)Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said he is "always happy to put things right" after reports he failed to pay nearly £100,000 in corporation tax.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:05:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Police say a preliminary investigation shows it may be a case of an "unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses".
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:49:45 (Source: BBC News)Gadd's new six-part drama explores the breakdown of the "unshakable" bond between two young Glaswegian men.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:31:07 (Source: BBC News)We’ve covered Katie Miller’s social media output here before. The wife of White House deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, Katie has previously tried to troll people with jokes about ice coffee, as well as posting an ominous picture of Greenland during that brief moment that Donald Trump had that country in his […]
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Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:20:02 (Source: The Poke)Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has paid tribute to a driver who died on a track he was preparing to race on.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:03:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Australia's most decorated soldier, charged with war crimes related to Afghanistan deployments over a decade ago, has publicly denied the allegations against him.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:42:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The headphones have been branded 'brilliant for the money' as shoppers say they're 'worth the price'
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:31:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The majority of young adults now prefer low-key socialising over traditional nights out, with gym sessions, afternoon tea and board games becoming the new go-to activities
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Two women were caught on CCTV allegedly stealing meat from a quaint farm shop before fleeing through the back door and leaving in a silver Honda CRV driven by an accomplice
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)North Korea has been urged to "stop the provocative acts" after firing missiles from its east coast early on Sunday morning.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:55:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Tony Pulis explains why Manchester City's attacking players could prove to be their match-winners in Sunday's Premier League title showdown with leaders Arsenal.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:37:04 (Source: BBC News)An attempted arson attack has been made on synagogue in northwest London - the second suspected antisemitic hate crime in as many days.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:17:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Ben Roberts-Smith has given his first statement since he was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder last week.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:12:40 (Source: BBC News)Criticism of Downing Street's handling of Lord Peter Mandeslon's vetting scandal remains prominent on Sunday's front pages.
Published on: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:15:40 (Source: BBC News)It became the UK's first national park 75 years ago, but has been attracting visitors for longer.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:36:46 (Source: BBC News)Police are warning the public not to approach a "dangerous" missing man who they are urgently searching for.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:31:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The Sussexes' four-day tour of Australia appears to have fallen flat with some.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:09:30 (Source: BBC News)Montenegro and Albania are among the places rising in popularity for Britons seeking a holiday away from tourist traps.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:08:45 (Source: BBC News)Serhiy and Iryna married 40 years ago, unaware a nuclear reactor had exploded less than 3 miles away.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:05:30 (Source: BBC News)Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior admits his side face a "mountain to climb" as their campaign unravels at a crucial juncture following defeat by Manchester United.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:05:00 (Source: BBC News)Abi has had very mixed results when asking a chatbot for guidance about her health issues.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:04:43 (Source: BBC News)Scams have exploded over the last few years. Can countries and companies come together to turn the tables on the scammers?
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:02:48 (Source: BBC News)Former transport secretary Louise Haigh will outline an economic agenda to help voters with the cost of living in one of her most significant interventions since being forced out of cabinet 18 months ago.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:01:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The Royal Family will be remembering the late monarch at events on Tuesday - on what would have been her birthday.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:00:01 (Source: BBC News)A quiet revolution is unfolding as women writers carve out space in the wake of an anti-feminist backlash.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:32:20 (Source: BBC News)Noble Yeats, who won the Grand National as a 50-1 outsider in 2022, dies after a bout of colic.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:15:15 (Source: BBC News)Scenes of celebration turned to bitter disappointment as Tottenham's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League were dealt a devastating blow against Brighton.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:14:50 (Source: BBC News)Squaddies say rations containing meat are being replaced by veggie options that are making troops fart - causing serious issues for soldiers on operations.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:52:09 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton says she just "did my job" in pulling off three crucial late saves as England held on to beat Iceland 1-0.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:48:59 (Source: BBC News)Racing driver Juha Miettinen dies following a seven-car crash during the qualifiers for a race in Germany.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:37:01 (Source: BBC News)A whopping 27 percent of females identified with the Renee Zellwegger character from the 2001 film about a big pant wearing, calorie obsessed singleton
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:29:43 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The 88-year-old, who played Lt Hikaru Sulu in the hit sci-fi show, said Trump's Presidency it was an ‘absolutely insane’ moment in history
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:21:30 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The 54-year-old clashed with the Reform leader over Brexit during their time together on I’m a Celeb in 2023 and says days in UK could be numbered
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:16:47 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)One operator will offer businesses and major organisations access to a dedicated ‘slice’ of mobile phone 5G signal to solve the frustration of a crowded network
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:55:28 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The King will be named as the royal patron of the Queen Elizabeth Trust - a new charity commemorating the late Queen.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:59:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Breaking news! Republicans think religion has no place in politics! Well, not quite. After all, that would be a major reversal of the GOP’s party platform, considering how much hard-core Christianity has bolstered – and influenced – Republican politics and politicians for decades. No, what’s happening now is that some Republicans are criticising the Pope, […]
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Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:27:50 (Source: The Poke)The attacker, who took hostages inside a supermarket, was killed after a shoot-out with police, officials say.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:09:57 (Source: BBC News)We’re not saying that JD Vance would turn up to the opening of an envelope, but this week he was happy to attend a Turning Point USA event – even if actual audience members didn’t get the note about attending. Stale, sorry, fresh from his successfully unsuccessful peace negotiations last weekend with Iran, the absolutely […]
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Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:51:20 (Source: The Poke)River Island has confirmed its Newport store at Friars Walk will close this weekend, as the high street fashion retailer continues a major restructuring that has already shut over 30 UK locations in recent months
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:30:53 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Police are treating an arson attack on a building that used to belong to a Jewish charity in northwest London as an antisemitic hate crime.
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:06:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)A number of food products have been recalled from UK supermarkets this week - here's the full list of affected items and what to do
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:40:13 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Break out your tiniest of violins. Caitlyn Jenner, one of the world’s most famous trans women and a member of the Kardashian clan, has been talking about how she has been affected by the Trump administration’s anti-trans policies. "I can’t travel internationally anymore. I can’t use my passport," Caitlyn Jenner told Tomi Lahren in a […]
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Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:07:43 (Source: The Poke)New York City mayor – and Donald Trump’s favourite man-crush – Zohran Mamdani is making good on his campaign promise to tax the rich. This week, Mamdani announced what he called a “pied-à-terre tax” on owners of luxury second homes worth $5 million or more. The tax will only apply to people who do not […]
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Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:15:18 (Source: The Poke)The Strait of Vermouth – sorry, Strait of Hormuz – is back open to commercial vessels this weekend, after a 10-day truce was agreed between Israel and Lebanon. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, calling it “the Strait of Iran”. "IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY […]
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Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:36:00 (Source: The Poke)Keir Starmer faces a May bloodbath that could decide his fate, as experts weigh up whether a spat with Donald Trump is enough to save him from a party coup
Published on: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:30:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The Labour leader faced calls to go from across the political spectrum after he was said to be “not fit to govern” by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:42:42 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The disgraced Duke was in talks to launch a non-profit organisation known as The Royal Conservancy before his controversial BBC Newsnight interview
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:28:09 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Few leaders in world history have had the ability to confidently avoid the truth on camera quite like Donald Trump. The US President took some time out of his busy schedule ordering McDonald’s deliveries to the White House to share an update on his war with Iran. Mind you, this is a war that Trump […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:44:58 (Source: The Poke)Keir Starmer says it's 'staggering' he wasn’t told Mandelson failed security vetting.
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:33:00 (Source: BBC News)Working in an office in the days before the internet must have been great. If your line manager wanted to tell you to pull for your finger out and do some work, they’d have to physically come and speak to you. Which means, often, they wouldn’t have bothered, and you could have frittered away the […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:13:51 (Source: The Poke)The President of the United States appears to be trying just about everything he can to distract the public from the Epstein Files. The big orange man has attacked multiple countries, dismantled the American economy, and put the entire globe on alert for World War III, all in the last 4 months. And yet, the […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:14:35 (Source: The Poke)Regen Central Ltd has entered liquidation and all bookings made through the company have been cancelled with no refunds available
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:05:25 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The current US White House administration is full of billionaires who live in solid gold palaces. They desperately want to position themselves as the party of the people but any time they open their mouths they shatter that ilusion. The worst offender: Scott Bessent. With every new update on the economy, the US Treasury Secretary […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:56:33 (Source: The Poke)To the world – apologies – of Donald Trump, where the president has been doing his best to show some interest in the affordability crisis gripping the United States right now. Specifically, Trump has been talking corner stores, a phrase it turns out the president has never heard before. But don’t take our word for […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:48:38 (Source: The Poke)It’s Friday, the evenings are getting lighter, the weekend awaits – and Twitter has been very funny recently. We’ve gathered some of our favourite posts from the past week, and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 1. My wife and I are planning a 3 week kitchen remodel , so I […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:49:02 (Source: The Poke)We’ve featured no end of comedy show answers on these pages – unintentionally comedy, obviously – but none of the others are quite so jaw-dropping as this. It’s a moment from ITV’s The Chase which has just gone viral again for reasons which will surely become obvious. We’ve seen it before and we still don’t […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:27:50 (Source: The Poke)Why an oyster fisherman with a controversial past is splitting the Democrats
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:55:00 (Source: BBC News)Like us, you probably won’t have come across Tate Reeves who – apart from having an exceptionally American name – is also governor of Mississippi. We mention them because Reeves spotted a claim about where the UK would rank if it became the 51st state of the United States (the methodology involved is muddled/absolute bollocks, […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:45:46 (Source: The Poke)It’s no secret that Donald Trump is really unhappy with the Pope, because he has been doing his actual job and speaking out against war. 🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Pope Leo XIV just declared the Iran War unjust. Called it a war crime. Said it is “not solving anything.” And told Americans directly — call Congress. […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:30:33 (Source: The Poke)It all began with a think piece about the ‘myth of the independent girl boss’ which need not overly bother us here. But it prompted this response from @emilykmay … "cheap immigrant labor to do their cooking, cleaning, and childcare" is a funny way of saying "it is not men's job to cook, clean, or […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:15:55 (Source: The Poke)Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has hit out after saying he wasn't made aware Lord Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting as he faces mounting pressure
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:07:35 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Starmer faces calls to quit over a security blunder as he prepares to tell MPs why the Foreign Office ignored warnings not to give an ambassadorial role to Peter Mandelson
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:20:18 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Over on Threads, chrisxvargas shared a skit of those ‘I bought a house at 19 with hard work and a gift of a million pounds from my parents’ posts. Here’s his less ambitious boast. View on Threads At the time of writing, it’s been shared 5.5 thousand times, which is not too shabby – but […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:04:19 (Source: The Poke)It’s not been a good week for Pete Hegseth, although we’re still checking the last time it was anything other than a bad week for Donald Trump’s secretary of Defence, sorry, War (don’t hold your breath). But it was an exceptionally unfortunate seven days for Hegseth, who confidently quoted a bunch of verses from the […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:48:02 (Source: The Poke)A couple’s wedding day is one of the most sacred moments in their life together. They should be able to do anything they want to celebrate their love and union. Well, almost anything. There should be a level of awareness to prevent these couples from forever tainting their special day for everyone. To test the […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:13:34 (Source: The Poke)The Democrats of the House Ways and Means Committee had an opportunity to question the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday, and they made the most of it. Commentators expressed concerns for his health, after seeing this clip of a very shaky RFK Jr. 🚨EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. is visibly […]
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Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:54:06 (Source: The Poke)You will have a new way to scan your produce
Published on: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:05:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Sir Keir Starmer has lost confidence in Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins after the department overruled security vetting to clear Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:56:20 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Oifficials in Kansas City will put up fences and close roads to keep prying eyes away from Three Lions’ training sessions.
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:20 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Christopher Phillips, 60, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today (Thursday) after pleading guilty to preventing the 'lawful and decent' burial of Sylvia Phillips, aged 89
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:22:55 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Darcy-Leigh, a five-week-old baby girl, suffered 47 fractures inflicted by her dad Sean Jefferson in repeated attacks as the killer was branded 'scum' during sentencing today
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:10 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Veteran journalist and BBC presenter Lynda Shahwan, 53, sadly passed away following a horror car crash during a family holiday as the vehicle she was in with her two sons overturned
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:11:08 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Research has revealed which hobbies cost the most and take up the most time each week, with many people admitting they often drop new hobbies within a year.
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:59:10 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A family psychologist says playdates - not reading or counting - are the best tool to develop social skills and prepare young children for school
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:42:05 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Church warden Benjamin Field, who was jailed for life in 2019 for the murder of university lecturer Peter Farquhar, has had his conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:40:52 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.
Published on: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:02:47 (Source: BBC News)A man believes he has the answer to where a red kite got hold of the savoury snack in Banbury.
Published on: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:07:41 (Source: BBC News)Becky Chaplain, an occupational therapist, is now helping burns patients in West Africa.
Published on: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:24:20 (Source: BBC News)Chris Haffenden meets one of the RNLI volunteers who saved him after he was trapped by the tide.
Published on: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:18:54 (Source: BBC News)Puss teams up with a fellow thieving feline and Humpty Dumpty to go on an exciting quest.
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