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Palace hits back after Diana's brother claims King Charles said world would 'forget' her

Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer has made a bombshell claim about King Charles in his new book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, alleging the King said the world would 'forget' Diana following her death in 1997

Body found in search for missing three-year-old Noah Woods

Police divers discover child's body in a pond after Noah went missing from a playground on Tuesday.

Photos show widespread damage at US sites from Iranian attacks

A wrecked air force plane and destroyed buildings are among the images obtained by the BBC's partner CBS News.

'It's a miracle' - fireball crash victim Millroy praises rescuer Hartog

British racing driver Ollie Millroy says it is a "miracle I'm alive" after fellow driver Loek Hartog "did everything right" when saving him from his blazing car.

Schools in England get extra £500m in bid to avoid teachers' pay strike

The offer of extra money by the government reduces the prospect of strike action by the largest teaching union.

Saudi club given stadium ban over Jota chants towards Neves

Saudi Pro League side Al-Taawoun are ordered to play two matches behind closed doors after supporters taunted Ruben Neves over the death of friend Diogo Jota.

Verstappen passes 100 amateur karters in 14 laps in exhibition race

Four-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen passes 100 amateur drivers in just 14 laps in an exhibition go-kart race at Silverstone.

Noah Woods search volunteers break down in tears as cop's voice cracks after body found

Many of the hundreds of volunteers searching for missing three-year-old Noah Woods have wept at the heartbreaking news that a body has been found in local pond in Brantham

Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in book

Buckingham Palace has pushed back against the claim, saying grief can "colour memory" of events.

British soldier who died in Ukraine road accident named by MoD

Tributes have been paid to Major Paul Wilks, who was described as a "gifted leader".

Eight children among 21 killed after war-damaged Gaza building collapses, rescuers say

Some 10 families had reportedly been living in the six-storey building in Gaza City that was hit by an Israeli strike last year.

Body of child found in search for missing three-year-old Noah Woods

Superintendent Tom Pearse from Suffolk Constabulary has issued a new statement in the search for missing three-year-old Noah Woods after the toddler disappeared over 24 hours ago

Gray sacked by Hibs after six league games

Hibernian sack head coach David Gray six games into the Scottish Premiership season, ending the former captain's 12-year stay at Easter Road.

Gang jailed for horror UK airport gas attack where people 'vomiting blood'

Heathrow Terminal 3 was shut down after tear gas was sprayed leaving people hospitalised and bystanders coughing and choking

Why an escalating Saudi oil crisis could drive up prices everywhere

BBC Verify's Ben Chu examines what impact rising energy costs could have on the global economy.

Noah Woods police share message from missing boy's family as specialist diving team sent

Police searching for missing three-year-old Noah Woods have shared a short message from the his family as the operation continues to find him over 24 hours since the toddler was reported missing

'Putney pusher' suspect found dead at home

Nicholas Brandram was a suspect in the incident where a woman was shoved into the path of a bus nine years ago.

Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough

Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.

Dad jailed over extremist posts said 'If I go to prison, it’ll be for making real change'

Ivan Jennings, a dad of four, has been jailed for encouraging terrorism in an online chat as he encouraged attacks on migrants and how to use poisonous mushrooms in the food of Jews and Muslims

Obamas' 'fiery and gorgeous' dog Sunny dies

The Portuguese Water Dog spent 13 years with the family, meeting many high-profile visitors in the White House, including Pope Francis.

‘What hobby looks peaceful from the outside but is pure stress once you get into it?’ – 22 ‘relaxing’ pastimes that will give you a nervous breakdown

A hobby is an activity that you do in your downtime, a chance to relax and take your mind off the pressures of work and day-to-day life. Well, it’s meant to be. But if the answers to this question posed by Stukwan on the AskReddit page are anything to go by, sometimes it’s the exact […]

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'Let's go, let's go' - inside catastrophic Manchester derby VAR mistake

The controversy surrounding the VAR decision to allow Erling Haaland's winner in the Manchester derby has rumbled on for days, so what led to the error?

'Let's go, let's go' - inside catastrophic derby VAR mistake

The controversy surrounding the VAR decision to allow Erling Haaland's winner in the Manchester derby has rumbled on for days, so what led to the error?

PM and his chancellor have a battle on their hands as the Budget approaches

The Budget is only six weeks away and the economy is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing the prime minister.

Eight German state premiers back Merz amid speculation over future

Christian Democratic Union leadership throws its weight behind the chancellor ahead of two state elections this weekend.

Real Madrid defend players' freedom of expression after Mbappe and Vinicius' shirt stance

Real Madrid have defended their players' right to have differing views after Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior became embroiled in a debate in Spain about migration.

Trump lap dog Mike Johnson says there’s nothing to worry about, AI will regulate itself and the internet begged to differ – 15 prophetic putdowns

Of all the brownnosers in the Trump administration, House Speaker Mike Johnson seems to have his schnoz furthest up the President’s rear end. Johnson will defend literally anything Trump says or does, either directly or through pleas of ignorance. The Speaker is best known for his ability to have not heard the latest reports out […]

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The Brits’ replies to this Maga who said he’d been told not to wear his hat in London is best in class of this type of thing

We’ve featured plenty of posts on these pages of Brits telling various Magas exactly what’s what, and they don’t come much better than this. It’s a rewind to back in the day (does last year count as back in the day?) and this American who arrived in London for some sort of protest or another […]

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Four jailed after tear gas sprayed into an airport lift - causing some to vomit blood

Four men have been jailed after tear gas was sprayed at a Heathrow Airport car park, causing some people to vomit blood.

Harry and Meghan hit with 'fiasco of own making' and have 'serious questions to answer'

Prince Harry and Meghan face a backlash after pulling their kids from school over a security blunder, with experts branding their UK return a self-made fiasco

Major update on missing boy Noah as police issue statement on 'criminality' speculation

Suffolk Police Superintendent Tom Pearse has issued a new statement following online speculation of criminality as the search continues for the missing three-year-old boy Noah

Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity

Mustafa Suleyman says he believes the AI giant is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".

People shared the weirdest interactions they’ve had with a stranger – 17 unforgettable head-scratchers

We’re all aware that talking to a stranger can be a risky endeavour, but sometimes there’s no avoiding it. And as you’d expect, it often leads to some bizarrely memorable moments. To hear about the oddest encounters, C-My-Vest challenged r/AskUK users to share the strangest interactions they’ve had with strangers in the UK. And to […]

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This brutally honest US Senator said what we’re surely all thinking about Trump’s FBI chief Kash Patel and these 15 internet replies said the rest

Kash Patel hasn’t been in the news in a while. For him, that is a very good thing. Because when he does find himself back in the headlines, it’s never positive. Which brings us to Patel’s latest senate hearing, which was basically asking him why he has his job. Not surprisingly, Patel didn’t have a […]

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Suspect in 'Putney pusher' case found dead

A man who was the suspect in the so-called "Putney pusher" case in which a woman was pushed into the path of a bus by a jogger has been found dead at his home, Sky News understands.

This American lawmaker’s takedown of Donald Trump’s grasp of AI will surely never be bettered

If there’s a worse person than Donald Trump to help guard against the frankly terrifying excesses of artificial intelligence then we haven’t met them yet. And yet the president continues to insist it will all be hanky dory despite all of the evidence – exhibit A: Donald Trump – suggesting otherwise. And surely no-one nailed […]

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UK soldier who died in Ukraine was 'one of most talented intelligence officers of his generation'

The British armed forces member who died in Ukraine at the weekend has been named as Major Paul Wilks.

Nadine Dorries suggested Angela Rayner owed the taxpayer a £17k refund only for it to blow up spectacularly in her face

Nadine Dorries should surely have seen this coming when she took aim at Angela Rayner over a Telegraph story about ‘botched local government reorganisation’. The tale, such as it is, concerns Reform UK demanding that Rayner – newly returned to the government under Andy Burnham – repay the cost of the aborted local government shake-up. […]

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Netflix star's 'nuclear' response to Harry and Meghan becoming his neighbours

Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father star Michael Whitehall has shared a brutal verdict on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the royal couple became his new neighbours in the Cotswolds

British-American author and critic Bonnie Greer dies aged 77

Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.

EU chief backs plan for Canada to become 'associate member'

Canada is seeking closer ties with EU after a breakdown in relations with the US and its president Donald Trump.

Jake Humphrey’s response to this unlikely heckle just went viral just not for reasons he would have hoped

Jake Humphrey used to be best known as a sports presenter but now he’s all about the High Performance podcast, helping us all become the very best version of ourselves (or, if we’re lucky, someone else). And we mention Jake because he was out and about minding his own business when a complete stranger yelled […]

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Village votes to leave UK over asylum housing plan in symbolic referendum

Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

This brilliant Victoria Derbyshire interview was held up as an example for American journalists everywhere and it’s just magnificent

This won’t be the first or last time we’ve found ourselves bigging up Victoria Derbyshire on these pages but if anyone is doing this sort of thing better at the BBC (or anywhere else) we’d like to see it. This time it was Tory Mark Harper in her sights, after it turned out she was […]

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How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career

Sheeran tries to stay away from politics and controversy, but that stance has come in for criticism.

Kosovo's former president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes

Hashim Thaci has been jailed for crimes including torture and murder during Kosovo's independence war with Serbia.

What’s the angriest you’ve ever made your parents? – 17 times kids pushed their folks over the edge

Annoying your parents is par for the course when you’re a kid. After all, you’re still learning how to be a human. However there are occasions where kids have pushed their folks too far with their nonsense. KuntaWuKnicks was curious to learn more, so they invited r/AskCasual members to share the times they made their […]

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Donald Trump started calling this American lawmaker names so she gave every bit as good as she got and it’s just brilliant

Like us you might not have come across American congresswoman Joyce Beatty but once you watch this you surely own’t be able to forget her. Beatty clashed with Donald Trump after a judge rejected his demand to add his name to the Kennedy arts centre, of which she is a board member. Which the president […]

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Army officers cleared of charge over teen soldier who later took her own life

Two senior Army officers have been cleared by a court martial of failing to deal properly with allegations made by a young soldier who took her own life a few months later.

Tantrum Trump will permanently block the Kennedy Center from reopening unless they put his name on it – 17 scathing takedowns

The world’s biggest toddler and the President of the USA should ideally be two different people, and yet here we are. The Oval Office Orange is having a strop of epic proportions because – yet again – a court has blocked his name from being displayed on the John F Kennedy Memorial Center. This was […]

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Richard Tice complained that a Sky News journalist had become an ‘anti-Reform activist’ and was schooled into next year

Time now to turn to the world of Richard Tice, the increasingly angry Reform UK deputy party leader who’s not happy with Sky News, he’s not happy with Sky News at all. Specifically he’s not happy with the widely respected and multiple award winning journalist Cathy Newman who he has accused of being an ‘anti-Reform […]

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At least 21 killed and dozens trapped after war-damaged Gaza building collapses

At least 21 Palestinians who were sheltering in a bombed-out apartment building in Gaza have been killed after the structure collapsed overnight.

Watch: Will Ed Sheeran cancel his tour as support acts quit?

Sheeran's backing band and all of his support acts pulled out of his US tour, so what happens now?

Trial of 12 men accused of sexual offences against drugged woman to start next month

Twelve men accused of sexual offences against a woman will go on trial next month after her husband admitted drugging and raping her over more than 20 years.

US travel bans for South African officials alleged to be behind anti-white discrimination

The United States has announced a travel ban on South African officials it claims are behind discrimination against white people and other minority groups.

Acclaimed playwright and author dies after brief illness

Playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer has died aged 77 following a brief illness, her husband David Hutchins says.

25 of the Funniest Posts We’ve Seen on Bluesky This Week

Hello, and welcome to the Poke’s round-up of the funniest things we’ve seen on Bluesky since last week. We’re heading to the long slide into the weekend, and that has to be a cause for celebration. If you find something that makes you laugh, show it some love. If we missed a banger that you […]

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Why Trump is all-in on AI despite the warnings

The US president has pushed the issue to the forefront of American politics - even at the risk of losing supporters.

Ex-TV police officer who asked colleague to send him sex video of female suspect jailed

A former police sergeant who asked a colleague to send him an intimate video of a member of the public has been jailed for four years.

Tory Lord Mark Harper tried to break the world record for repeatedly dodging the question, and you could almost see Victoria Derbyshire’s last nerve

The village of Piddington in Oxfordshire has been in the news after residents staged protests over plans to house around 1250 male asylum seekers in a nearby military base. In a village referendum on whether to withdraw from the UK, they voted to leave by 285 to 26, plus one spoiled ballot. The vote carries […]

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Three more Durham Reform councillors have quit, leaving them on the brink of losing control, and we’re shocked. Shocked, we tell you!

At the last set of local elections, Durham Council came under the control of Reform UK, with 65 councillors – including former GB News presenter Darren Grimes, who was appointed Deputy Leader of the council. Last week, a Sky News report revealed chaos in the council, with allegations of bullying and incompetence, illustrated by a […]

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Watch: BBC crew catch thieves in act while filming shoplifting report

BBC crew catch thieves in act while filming shoplifting report.

Our shop doors are locked during opening hours after theft

Businesses reveal the impact of shoplifting with recorded offences still above pre-pandemic levels.

Kash Patel’s defence of the FBI dropping its bestiality conviction ban for agents raised far more questions than it answered – 29 gigantic side-eyes

We cross now to the US, where FBI chief Kash Patel has been having a normal one in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight. Patel was forced to defend his decision to drop the Bureau’s bar on hiring agents with convictions for theft from an employer, solicitation of sex, or bestiality. Or all […]

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Sprint star Amy Hunt says her attack on Sydney Sweeney is 'nothing personal'

The British 200m ace sparked a huge reaction after hitting out at an ad where Sydney posed naked with strategically-placed footballs and other sporting equipment

Slimmers risking death by buying 'dodgy weight-loss jabs' from fake online pharmacies

Around 5,000 bogus pharmacy websites were accessed by UK consumers in 2025, according to cybersecurity firm Avast

King Charles' hidden rules about how Prince Harry should be treated uncovered in letter

King Charles' letter confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are considered "private citizens" and any duties carried out would not be on behalf of the Royal Family, as experts analyse what this means for the couple's new life in the UK

BBC Weather issues new heatwave verdict after Met Office 'rather warm' forecast

The UK had the hottest summer ever and now it has been suggested that yet more sunshine is on the way in the coming weeks

Brits are sharing the increasingly common Americanisms that they are really not happy about – 17 words and phrases that should be tariffed with immediate effect

Language is what connects us as humans across the globe. Unless it’s Brits and Americans. In which case, it seems to have driven a wedge between two cultures that are entirely unwilling to meet half way. We say this after Twitter user @gabrielledisco posted about the Americanism that is becoming commonplace and they are really, […]

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If we hadn’t seen this mind-blowing bowling trick shot, we’d have thought it was impossible

We wouldn’t have believed someone could pull off this shot if we hadn’t seen it for ourselves, courtesy of ESPN. @espn WAIT FOR IT 😳 (via @Bonzatron) #bowl #bowling #trickshot #timing ♬ original sound – ESPN Well done to @Bonzatron for that 2022 stunner. We’d like to know how many recordings show disaster. It certainly […]

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People shared their most embarrassing moments at a GP surgery and these 22 tales will have you cringing all the way to A&E

Going to the doctor provokes a myriad of emotions, one of which, depending on your ailment, can be an enormous amount of awkwardness. However, experiencing an extreme level of cringe in a medical setting is such a common experience that we can all comfort one another with similar war stories. Which is what they’ve been […]

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Furious airline boss slams 'unacceptable' UK flight chaos as 7,200 passengers stranded

The boss of a major airline has slammed the UK's latest air traffic control problems as 'unacceptable' after a rescue mission was launched to bring 7,200 stranded passengers home

Major high street chain shutting 17 branches as huge clearance sales launch

Another major UK high street chain is closing 17 stores forever, launching clearance sales while adding to a growing wave of nationwide retail closures

Noel Gallagher was left covered in blood after accidental headbutt from Man City star's dad

Noel Gallagher watched Manchester City beat Manchester United at the weekend but has had troublesome fan experiences in the past

Four in 10 Brits credit a mentor for their career – but many never said thank you

New research reveals 84% of people only felt their talent was worth pursuing after a teacher, boss, or mentor stepped in

Spiders looking for sex in your home 'stay out if you use 1 smell they can't stand'

'People suddenly begin spotting those extremely large, lengthy-legged spiders scurrying across floors.'

Meghan Markle's three word verdict on Kate Middleton speaks volumes about royal relationship

Meghan Markle has shared an adorable social media post showcasing the family's first few weeks back in the UK following their return from California

Top 10 signs you're experiencing 'too many tabs syndrome'

Brits juggle multiple thoughts at once – often resulting in 'too many tabs syndrome'. Here are the top signs you might be experiencing it too.

IRN-BRU's granny gang is coming to your city – find them and win £125

IRN-BRU is marking its 125th anniversary by unleashing a gang of balaclava-clad grannies on mobility scooters across four UK cities

Member of UK armed forces killed during 'incident' while in Ukraine

A member of the UK armed forces has tragically died in a “road traffic incident” in Ukraine over the weekend, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed as they extend "thoughts and our sympathies" with their loved ones

Handling cash is a headache for small businesses - but most still say 'cash is king'

Most small businesses don’t think they’d survive if they stopped taking cash.

King Charles 'intervenes' in Harry and Meghan's Invictus Games drama to force U-turn

King Charles has reportedly helped persuade the African nation of Uganda to reconsider its decision to pull out of his son Prince Harry's Invictus Games following a letter

Gas safety warning as Brits overlook potential signs – from tired pets to condensation

One in four homeowners aren't confident they could recognise the warning signs of a gas safety issue at home - putting themselves and others at risk

Inside Ella Toone’s life on and off the pitch

Behind the scenes with Manchester United and England star Ella Toone.

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