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A prolific shoplifter has been banned from all Co-op and Poundland stores in Essex for two years after stealing more than £1,200 of products.
Unionist politicians have asked for investigations into the legal planning status of hotels in the region housing asylum seekers.
The UK is experiencing a "wasp boom" in 2025, caused by warmer temperatures. Here's how much longer the insects are expected to be ...
A cannonball recovered from the battlefield at Culloden has sold for almost £19,000 at auction. The cannonball, engraved with the words “Ogilvy Culloden 16 April 1746”, had been expected to sell for ...
Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant has said his “biggest anxiety” when it comes to the British TV industry is the reduced budgets of public service broadcasters (PSBs).
The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. While girls are still outperforming their male classmates in terms of both top grades and reaching at least a ...
Al-Haq lost a legal challenge against the Government in June over the export of fighter jet parts that can be used by Israel.
The boy filmed himself wandering the corridors, including footage showing him superimposing a hand carrying a semi-automatic pistol.
Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.
London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...