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This ‘greatest foreword in history’ is so good on so many levels it’s better than many books

First in an occasional (let’s face it, totally one-off) series, foreword of the week is surely this, shared by @DLCampanile over on Twitter. That’s one way to get a foreword. https://t.co/0cPELOwYzL — D.L. Campanile (@DLCampanile) October 5, 2026 And just in case that is in any way tricky to read … Foreword by Professor Rupert […]

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Andy Burnham set to make major benefits announcement as one scheme 'not fit for purpose'

A government minister has promised disabled people will not be forced to take vouchers over cash, but refused to rule out future PIP benefit spending cuts

Casino operator pays £5m penalty for series of failures

Rank Group is to pay a £5m penalty after regulators identified a series of compliance issues within three of its casino operators, including duty of care to customers.

'Wear more clothes if it's cold,' schools in Northern Ireland told as energy bills rise

The EA suggests cost-saving measures as it warns school gas and electricity bills are set to rise.

Why you could represent GB in one of newest Olympic sports

The Los Angeles Olympics are just two years away but you could get there with a new sport as Great Britain's flag football team is on the lookout for new talent.

Daughter's secret CCTV captures step-dad's 'disgusting' abuse to terminally ill mum

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Step-dad Keith Foster admitted a campaign of Liverpool domestic abuse against his terminally ill wife, including urinating into her water bottles, as he's spared prison

New global guidelines warn against obesity drugs for children under 10

Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization

An American said they were shocked how rude Europeans are and these A++ comebacks will make you proud to be British

Spare a thought – well, kind of – for this American who came to Europe only to have their trip totally ruined by a never-ending stream of incredible rude Europeans. So much so that they were moved to share the ‘culture shock’ they suffered as a result. i went to europe a while ago and […]

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Jaguar unveils new electric car after 'woke' ridicule

Two years after JLR relaunched Jaguar into a blizzard of controversy, it has launched its new EV.

Pidcock angry after team-mates hit by police vehicle

Tom Pidcock wanted to "stop racing" after he says two of his team-mates were hit by a police vehicle travelling the wrong way down the course at the Tre Valli Varesine.

Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint dies aged 102

She starred opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, then alongside Cary Grant in Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

A Maga bigged up JD Vance for ‘humanising fatherhood’ and the entirety of the internet responded as one

Like us you probably haven’t come across Anna Lulis before but she’s an American pro-life activist who’s a big fan of JD Vance, it turns out. We don’t know if she’s a Maga but you’d imagine it’s an odds on bet, not least after she posted this about the vice president, by all accounts in […]

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US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say

Experts and lawyers called the apparent recovery unprecedented, noting she is believed to be the only known person to survive a lethal injection.

Nurse suspended over 'sexual contact with patient and booking hotel for sex on day off'

Keary-Erin Carrington has admitted to a number of allegations involving a patient, including sexual contact on University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust's premises and telling him she loved him

British couple jailed in Iran for alleged spying meet UK officials, but son says 'I want the phone to ring'

A British couple jailed in Iran over alleged spying have been seen by UK officials after more than 100 days of waiting, according to the family.

GB News-er Michelle Dewberry appeared to link vaccines with cancer and ended up schooled into another dimension

You’ll probably remember Michelle Dewberry back from when she was a contestant on The Apprentice in the days when it was worth a watch. Today she plies her trade as a presenter on GB News, among other things, and it appears to suit her so much better than any job Alan Sugar might have come […]

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Man charged with murder after GP found dead at her home

A man is charged with the murder of a GP who was found dead at her home.

'Dad dragged me out of bed by my hair to work' - rural abuse victims want more support

The National Rural Crime Network says the true picture of rural abuse is often hidden, with survivors often having more barriers to reach support.

Puffin island on cusp of closure as it runs out of water

Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.

Survivors 'betrayed' after rapist fled to Pakistan while on bail

Amar Ilyas left the UK while on bail for sexual offences, and never returned for his trial.

Residents of kibbutz destroyed in 7 October Hamas-led attacks grapple with how to rebuild

Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.

Military training sites to be investigated following rape and abuse claims at Army college

In August, four young women told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at the school in Harrogate.

The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope

Some running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party.

Portrait artist: None of us really know what we actually look like

"A portrait is kind of a document of the relationship between the artist and the sitter, and when that chemistry works, you sense it in the painting."

Jaguar unveils new electric car - two years after rebrand backfired

Jaguar has unveiled its new electric car - two years after the company's controversial rebrand, and 12 months on from a major cyber attack that halted production. 

Messi scores in emotional farewell game for Argentina

Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as he played his final game for Argentina on an emotional evening in Buenos Aires.

What we know about Christa Pike’s ‘unprecedented' recovery

The BBC's Sarah Smith details the injuries sustained by the US death row inmate after two failed lethal injections, and what comes next.

‘Hang-xiety’ dread is real but here’s how you can manage it

For some, a hangover can start an anxious spiral. We spoke to experts about the reasons why.

Froyo's made a comeback, but at £12 a tub will it last?

Frozen yoghurt, which was a huge craze in the 2000s and 2010s, has made its return with multiple chains popping up across the wider UK.

Why it took 10 years to create experimental puzzle game Order of the Sinking Star

Order of the Sinking Star is due out on Thursday and has roughly 1,500 puzzles for players to try

UK risks being 'uninvestable' if new oil and gas fields not approved, warns oil giant

The boss of the Norwegian state company says further investment in the UK could be at risk if Rosebank and Jackdaw are not approved.

Midfield options and a fab front four - what we've learned about England

From Trent Alexander-Arnold's return to Alex Scott's debut, Phil McNulty assesses what England have learned during this international window.

Midfield options and a fab front four - what we've learned about England

From Trent Alexander-Arnold's return to Alex Scott's debut, Phil McNulty assesses what England have learned during this international window.

Honeymoon over as Pocognoli's Scotland suffer domestic disharmony

Sebastien Pocognoli is left with questions to answer after an inert Scotland performance leaves him still searching for his first home win, writes Tom English.

Nepali families left in limbo as many people missing after floods aren't officially dead

Relatives are finding themselves with no compensation and facing an administrative nightmare.

Ronaldo ready to be punished but says Jesus 'broke his word'

Cristiano Ronaldo says he is not retiring from international football but deserves to be punished for walking out on Portugal after head coach Jorge Jesus "broke his word to me".

Green member behind Zionism motion named as 'close friend' of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court

Lubna Speitan offered to testify on behalf of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years after a Heathrow bomb plot investigation.

Christa Pike 'conscious and speaking' after failed execution

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee's failed execution, her lawyers say.

Drinking and consent - Cornell rape allegations expose 'loopholes' in laws

The BBC speaks to experts about current US state sexual assault laws and why some believe changing them will help alleged victims.

What you can do to protect yourself after Asos hacking message

Asos says people should not engage with the unauthorised notification and says it'll provide further information.

Proud cuck who loves watching girlfriend romp with other men says he is 'ultimate feminist'

Josh Vow has defended his non-monogamous relationship with his girlfriend Jade, calling himself the 'ultimate feminist' who champions women's equality and freedom

Watch: Police raid on gang behind fake gay asylum claims

The arrests come after a BBC investigation in April revealed that law firms and advisers were helping migrants pose as gay in an effort to get asylum.

Husband charged with murder after Norfolk GP found dead

A husband has been charged with murdering his wife, who was found dead at a property in Norfolk.

There can’t be many First Dates episodes to challenge this ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ moment for sheer cringe

Back in January 2024, Lauren Simon – who appears on ITVBe’s Real Housewives of Cheshire, apparently – went on Channel 4’s hit show First Dates, where she was paired up with a man names Chiles. Not Adrian. It got off to a slightly bad start when he didn’t recognise her. De-activate your cringe mechanism, then […]

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Harry and Meghan 'ready to eat humble pie' with grovelling apology to Royals

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly planning a sensational apology to the Royals over their bombshell Oprah interview in a bid to end the family feud

This writer’s devastating takedown of Donald Trump is even more on the money now than when it was written

Full disclosure – this is not the first time we have featured this especially excoriating takedown of Donald Trump and, let’s face it, it’s probably not going to be the last. But if anything is worth repetition then it is surely this, an especially vivid (and insulting) description of the current president of the United […]

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Donald Trump was asked about fears of a plague epidemic in Russia and his answer was the polar opposite of reassuring

Just what the world needs right now – another global epidemic, right? And while we don’t want to alarm you or anything, people with much bigger brains than ours are keeping a close eye on the case of a Russian lab technician who died after an apparent accident at a plague research centre in Siberia. […]

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Donald Trump said he’d let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego and the internet went nuclear on his barn door ass – 18 devastating comebacks

By all accounts, the United States war with Iran is a complete catastrophe. Soldiers are dying. Innocent children are dying. Gas prices are through the roof in America. Nobody is happy and there appears to be no way out. Just don’t ask the President of the United States, because he has a slightly different view […]

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James Blunt’s turn on Celebrity Traitors sent this old Bake Off clip wildly viral and it’s peak Blunt

There are lots of things we love about the return of Celebrity Traitors and – as anyone who has stumbled upon these pages before will surely already know – one of them is the great James Blunt. So much so that Blunt’s turn on the all-conquering BBC1 show sent this old clip of him on […]

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Mega fly-tip clean-up to cost taxpayers an 'absolute fortune' as it 'isn't Jack the Lad'

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council has approved up to £1.3m to clear an illegal waste dump off the A47 between Hinckley and Earl Shilton. No money has yet been spent, and the council is seeking government help and recovery of costs from those responsible.

Donald Trump was asked to explain his plummeting poll numbers and his playground bully response answered it better than he could ever imagine

There is no love lost between the press and the President of the United States. The two sides just can’t see eye to eye. Anyone with a camera and a microphone who dare question Donald Trump gets berated, banned, or both. So when CNN decided to ask the President about the objective slide in support […]

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This belter of a disappearing trick on Britain’s Got Talent just went viral again and it’s a proper jaw-dropper

To Britain’s Got Talent now – no, not a phrase we thought we’d be using either – and this particular magic trick which has just been doing the rounds on Twitter for reasons which will become obvious. We’re not sure ‘magic trick’ quite does it justice because it’s so good Amanda Holden was moved so […]

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Royal Mail expected to cut 2,500 jobs

Up to 2,500 Royal Mail employees could lose their jobs under an 'organisational review', the company has announced.

RAF Fairford investigation update as terror cops arrest seventh man as six on bail

A 22-year-old British man was arrested in London today on suspicion of terror offences related to the suspected RAF Fairford terror plot, Counter Terrorism Policing said.

‘What’s something everyone agrees is terrible but we all do anyway?’ – 17 bad habits nobody can kick

When it comes to healthy habits, we all know we should eat our five a day and get eight hours of sleep. This is great in theory, but it’s often harder in practice. That’s because our dumb monkey brains like to do things that are bad for us. To find out the worst habits that […]

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Brit dad of boy, 2, who fell from hotel window, in tears as moment will 'haunt him'

Joshua Foster was seen in tears at Paphos District Court as details of the case were read out regarding how his two-yea-old son fell from a window at a hotel in Cyprus

Kemi Badenoch was asked for the vaguest of details about her ‘Iron Dome’ and it was a schoolboy error for the ages

To the studios of LBC now, where breakfast presenter Nick Ferrari was putting the questions to Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch. And it was only natural that the LBC man would want to ask Badenoch about the new air defence system they are proposing for the UK which a Conservative Party press release compared to […]

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Missing girl, 11, found dead in UK park pictured as neighbours left 'frightened'

Miya Deamer-Jones, 11, was tragically found dead in a park near the cricket ground in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, after being reported missing at around 11.20pm on Sunday as West Mercia Police are investigating her death

'My 10 grams of ketamine a day addiction cost me everything – my nose collapsed'

A young man has opened up about his devastating ketamine addiction, which saw his bladder shrink by 35%, his nose collapse, and cost him his job, home and friendships

This American lawmaker’s epic takedown of ‘Putin-loving free speech imposter’ Nigel Farage will never fail to make our day better

There’s nothing Nigel Farage likes more than going to Clacton, sorry, flying to America to get up close and personal the cult of Maga. Except not every American lawmaker is delighted to see him. And when we say ‘not every lawmaker’ who we really mean is Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin, who had this to say […]

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What’s the quickest way to make a bad first impression? – 17 mannerisms that will make people hate you instantly

You only get one chance to make a first impression, so it’s a good idea to make it a positive one. If smiling and being attentive doesn’t come naturally to you in the moment, the least you can do is avoid some common blunders. Luckily u/Aromatic-Ad3000 has highlighted the biggest mistakes by putting this question […]

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Someone mocked people who get their laptops out at the airport and the fury it prompted among these very busy travellers was simply brilliant

Here’s a rather fabulous thing that that started with a funny observation and ended in an escalating ball of eye-bulging fury. And it doesn’t get much better than that. So here is @feelingsplain with their totally on-point observation about people who get their laptops out at the airport. Specifically, the airport bar. Got your laptop […]

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People have been sharing the ‘most frugal’ acts they’ve ever witnessed – 22 examples of epic stinginess

Being a bit frugal is no bad thing, as anyone lucky enough to have some savings in the bank will tell you. However, when being careful tips over into being genuinely tightfisted, the virtue of counting the pennies becomes altogether less attractive. Over on the AskUK subreddit, user cactusdan94 asked this… ‘Whats the most stingy/frugal […]

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25 Funniest Threads Posts to Give Your Day a Lift

Happy Tuesday, if that’s even a thing. It’s happy for us, at least, because we’ve had the pleasure of scrolling through Threads for funny stuff, and that’s a pretty good way to pass the time. If you’re not on Threads, perhaps some of these will tempt you over. If you are, please show your favourites […]

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Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffiths’ humiliating end to his conference speech is the funniest Tory exit since Liz Truss

To the Conservative Party gathering in Birmingham – no, stick with us, please! – where it’s fair to say that shadow chancellor Andrew Griffiths didn’t exactly make a splash with his barely-anticipated conference speech. But while the content of whatever the hell he had to say basically sank without trace … We’re actually just a […]

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Has ASOS been 'hacked'? Customers panic over app notification threat – 'we will leak it'

Dozens of Asos customers have posted on social media after the online fashion giant's app sent a message saying it had been "fully compromised" with a threat that they "will leak it"

Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News, in case you were wondering what to nominate for Least Surprising Development of the Week

It’s been a year of real change for former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. In May she gave birth to her second child, before returning to the lectern just eleven weeks later, full of enthusiasm for her busy schedule of gaslighting the press pack with tales of Trump’s successes and general greatness. Karoline is […]

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Queen Elizabeth's furious row with Prince William where she 'tore a strip off him'

According to a former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, there was one famous occasion where Prince William was given a strict telling off by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II

Emergency steps plague preppers are taking if Russia's outbreak spreads

UK Preppers are discussing preparations amid unconfirmed plague reports in Russia following the death of a 28-year-old lab worker

Asylum seeker said 'I should kill you' as he stabbed man seven times in street

Brear Hassan, 32, was jailed for nearly five years after stabbing Erdalan Ali seven times in the head and body on Babington Road in Birmingham

Dad who demolished half a semi-detached house then fled UK defends 'nightmare' move

A man who tore down half a semi-detached house before moving abroad has blamed council delays and safety guidance, while his ex-neighbour reports severe damage to his home

UK could build Britannia Shield drone and missile system to stop Russian WW3 attack

An 'impenetrable' defence system could be built to stop rogue nations like Russia and Iran attacking the UK from the skies under plans announced by the Conservative Party

Labour and Tory war over rival Bayeux Tapestries featuring Daily Star lettuce

Labour and the Conservatives have clashed over parody versions of the Bayeux Tapestry, with Labour mocking the Tories' AI-generated artwork using the Daily Star lettuce

Everyone wants to be a nerd as they are 'straight-up hot' on dating sites, poll finds

The word used to be seen as an insult but now brains are the new brawn and nerds are 'in' with scammers even trying to fake geek-hood to impress dates

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor instructed not to use King’s money to pay for legal action

The former prince is taking police who nicked him on his birthday to court alleging their search warrants were illegal

Leeds Bradford Airport could 'shutdown for 2 days next week 'as strike action announced

Leeds Bradford Airport could be set to be shut next weekend from Friday morning as almost 130 workers are expected to walk out in a dispute over pay, Unite warns

Cardiff Half Marathon runner dies during event as organisers release statement

A runner has died during the Cardiff Half Marathon, one of the biggest events in the UK, with organisers confirming the tragic news in a statement

London power cut shuts down major travel hub as 32 postcodes hit by electricity outage

Parts of London were hit by a major power outage that has caused travel disruption and issues for both homes and businesses following an electricity issues across 32 postcodes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taking legal action against police after birthday raid

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police following the raid and his arrest on his birthday, with a private High Court hearing to take place later this week

Body of missing 11-year-old girl found dead in park as police 'increase presence'

Police have found a body in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl who disappeared last night as West Mercia Police have confirmed an “increased presence” while they investigate the area

TalkTalk rescued out from collapse in huge deal as message issued to 2.5m customers

BT said it has agreed a deal to buy TalkTalk and its wholesale business PlatformX Communications out of administration to rescue the telecoms group from collapse

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