Police have said they consider Iranian state involvement "highly likely".
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:44:00 (Source: BBC News)The Met Office has named Storm Austen, warning that 70mph winds could hit 38 UK areas from Thursday with severe power cuts, travel chaos, and flying debris
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:20 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's challenge on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a red card.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:56:53 (Source: BBC News)Follow four students from Newcastle as they try out roles for the first time as part of their work experience placements.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:28:43 (Source: BBC News)Captain Temba Bavuma drags South Africa back into their Test series against Australia but did his side bat on too long on day three?
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:27:39 (Source: BBC News)Six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek ends her 2026 season after failing to qualify for the WTA Finals for the first time since 2019.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:24:03 (Source: BBC News)England begin their wandering winter with a sloppy loss to Pakistan in the one-day tri-series in Rawalpindi.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:13:27 (Source: BBC News)The entertainer denies three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:02:03 (Source: BBC News)Mark Allen says that retiring from snooker is "something I have been contemplating for a while" following his 4-2 loss to Jordan Brown in the Northern Ireland Open.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:55:57 (Source: BBC News)The government increased taxes on online casino and sports betting in last year's Budget.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:53:13 (Source: BBC News)Prince Harry says he wants reconciliation with his family, in an interview with a magazine in New York last month.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:49:54 (Source: BBC News)Revolut was one of the hardest hit, with banking services going down for many customers.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:37:26 (Source: BBC News)The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:32:36 (Source: BBC News)Two men have been re-arrested over an alleged plot near RAF Fairford, police said.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:17:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)She said in a Tuesday release of her Messy podcast that she was not happy about the new information and her symptoms have only "gotten worse".
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:16:38 (Source: BBC News)The BBC announced it will close its BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra broadcast channels.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:14:58 (Source: BBC News)The surviving Beatles have welcomed plans for an immersive visitor experience in Liverpool.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:58:48 (Source: BBC News)Esta High, five months old, died at Leeds General Infirmary in November 2023 after doctors missed opportunities to diagnose bacterial meningitis and start antibiotics, an inquest jury has found
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:48:30 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Jamie Collins is described as a "sensitive and caring young man" after his killer admits murder.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:35:14 (Source: BBC News)Another mid-term campaign stop for the President of the United States of America, another insane conspiracy theory that sounds like it came from a 4chan message board in 2011. Donald Trump made a visit to Dalton, Georgia to drum up support for senate, congressional, and gubernatorial races in the state. As is his custom, he […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:12:14 (Source: The Poke)The UK announces it will provide additional defensive military support to Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate in the region.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:54:35 (Source: BBC News)Snooker's World Championship without Ronnie O'Sullivan is hard to conceive, after years of him being so often the central figure at the Crucible. But it may not be far away.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:45:51 (Source: BBC News)Leaders of the movement for independence vow to push on but the margin of defeat could make that difficult.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:39:11 (Source: BBC News)The Sultan of Oman, leader of a Middle Eastern strategic partner, is welcomed to Windsor for a state visit.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:34:11 (Source: BBC News)A man has been arrested after a fire at the town hall of Limoges, according to French media.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:31:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The more Maga leaders tour America in an effort to inspire their supporters to keep them in power at next month’s mid-term elections, the more damage they seem to be doing. Donald Trump and JD Vance have popped up in cities across swing states stumping for local candidates and each appearance brings another bizarre, or […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:29:13 (Source: The Poke)The closures are announced as the corporation continues to try to save £500m over two years.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:10:43 (Source: BBC News)Prince Harry has given his first bombshell interview since he returned to the UK back in August as the Duke of Sussex admits he is looking to "reconcile" with royals
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:03:18 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Nathan Stobbart’s family say he faced deportation from Russia if he did not join the country's army.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:02:09 (Source: BBC News)Three children receive hospital treatment after a bus on its way to Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed crashes.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:56:56 (Source: BBC News)The BBC has confirmed it will close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra linear broadcast services in the spring of 2027.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:55:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)NATO fighter jets were scrambled to examine a BA aircraft after both pilots allegedly failed to respond to air traffic controllers, with the flight continuing safely and no sign of terrorism found
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:44:35 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Kevin Eldon is an underrated comedy genius. Even if you don’t immediately recognise his name, you’ll surely be familiar with his face as he’s appeared in so many brilliant TV shows and films including Hot Fuzz, Four Lions, I’m Alan Partridge, Brass Eye, Nighty Night, Green Wing, The IT Crowd, Detectorists, Inside No. 9 and […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:42:33 (Source: The Poke)Neglect contributed to the death of a five-month-old girl who died from meningitis after opportunities were missed in hospital to save or prolong her life, an inquest jury has found.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:41:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Now he’s no longer on MasterChef for reasons we surely don’t need to go into here, Gregg Wallace has been spending a lot of time on YouTube, doing restaurant reviews about Harvester, stuff like that. But it turns out checking out the salad cart or the all you can eat brunch is not the limit […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:27:48 (Source: The Poke)From the shocking lack of PPE to restrictions on visitors - the key points from the sixth Covid inquiry report.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:16:38 (Source: BBC News)Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says Cristiano Ronaldo "let the team and let me down" during the Dutchman's spell at Old Trafford.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:12:51 (Source: BBC News)Offices are full of meaningless jargon that workers are forced to tolerate. If you’ve ever had to put a pin in some blue sky synergising, you’ll know what we mean. And while most of these words are just tedious, some of them can be a warning that you’re being taken advantage of. To find out […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:09:09 (Source: The Poke)France's second city saw some of the worst violence as chaos gripped the country on Saturday.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:08:06 (Source: BBC News)North Korean state media has published photos of the dictator with his daughter after the unsubstantiated rumour spread.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:45:49 (Source: BBC News)Andrea Jenkyns is probably still best known as being the former Tory MP who once gave the middle finger to protesters outside Downing Street. But she’s doing her best to capture people’s attention as best she can as the Reform UK mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. And even by her own extraordinary standards, her latest pronouncement […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:27:22 (Source: The Poke)Brendan Nugent's family say they have known Helen Haines, who remains in a critical condition, for more than 20 years.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:25:35 (Source: BBC News)If you’ve been wondering how to keep spiders from coming into the house during their mating season – because your home is not a sleazy spider motel, right? – spare a thought for one family in Connecticut, New England, where their unwelcome vistor wouldn’t have been deterred by a few conkers in the corners of […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:24:19 (Source: The Poke)British fighter jets will help defend Saudi Arabia against aerial attacks from Houthi rebels, Ministry of Defence sources have confirmed, as Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has said has condemned the “absolutely despicable” incidents
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:13:42 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)An expert has revealed why Brits struggle to let go of old belongings and stay committed to relationships longer than necessary
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:58:41 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Life, as they say, is short. One moment you’re in school, the next your hair’s greying and you’re wondering how on earth you got this old. This can come as a surprise, because even though getting older happens gradually, it tends to hit you all at once. To find out when the realisation set in […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:50:26 (Source: The Poke)You might have seen in the news that PM Andy Burnham is planning to do something about those incredibly irritating bus and train passengers who insist on listening to their mobiles without headphones. Also in the news are those terrifying riots going on in France right now, with curfews now imposed in cities across the […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:34:01 (Source: The Poke)Winner will earn their status as the Founding Member alongside the ‘Thiago Silva’ rapper himself and will be announced at the Flavour Club launch party at rapper Stormzy’s bar in London.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:32:44 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Once again, we’ve had a rummage through Threads for funny stuff to lift the mood, and we weren’t disappointed. If you’re not on Threads, perhaps these posts will tempt you to give it a go. If you’re already on there, please show your favourites some love. Just a follow or a share – we don’t […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:24:56 (Source: The Poke)A A recent survey found 78% of workers would be more likely to start a family sooner with better parental leave
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:56:14 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Donald Trump loves to wang on about ‘fake news’ if a reporter dares ask him a question he doesn’t like, especially if it’s a woman reporter doing the asking. Which is precisely what he was about to do in this particular instance, only for the reporter to reeassure him that, no, she’s actually from a […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:49:52 (Source: The Poke)The first named storm of the season - Austen - will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK on Friday.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:56 (Source: BBC News)The list of things RFK Jr shouldn’t be in charge of, yet is, grows ever longer with the introduction of a Women’s Health Task Force, announced by Donald Trump on Monday. LOL — Trump announces a women’s health task force to be led by … … … RFK Jr https://t.co/GkMJxgdKzR — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:28:43 (Source: The Poke)We’ve featured plenty of posts on these pages featuring Donald Trump wobbling in and out of various presidential aircraft. But this one is slightly different, a clip of Trump frantically waving and saluting on his way to the presidential chopper, Marine One. Except it got people wondering who precisely Trump was signalling to, and the […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:22:55 (Source: The Poke)Sean Marr has been jailed twice in two years for crimes committed against women he met on Snapchat
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:17:53 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Police have charged a man after an Australian MP was hit by a vehicle, causing her to undergo a leg amputation.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:11:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Drivers are set to get new rights to challenge unfair private parking charges, including 10 minutes to leave car parks without facing a penalty
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:02:52 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)William Chapman tragically lost his life when he entered a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park as his neighbours said he came to Doncaster for a "fresh start" and lived on his own
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:14 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)JD Vance has had it up to here – to here, we tell you! – with people what can’t speak English properly. So much so that the American vice president has declared that he is making English proficiency. Proficiency, as you will already know, being ‘the state or quality of having a high degree of […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:54:19 (Source: The Poke)Anyone can call someone an idiot. Or a f-ing idiot. Or a m———–g idiot, if you really want to be NSFW about it. But there are so many more creative and entertaining ways to let someone know precisely how little regard you have for them. And we say that after Redditor cazzawazza1 asked the following […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:42:02 (Source: The Poke)Hello, pop pickers – or words to that effect. We hope you’ve got your flags ready to wave, and your favourite Status Quo t-shirt ironed and ready to wear on the second of November, which is when GB Music Radio launches. A new digital radio station playing exclusively British and Northern Irish music is set […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:01:16 (Source: The Poke)Major online banking giant Revolut has been hit by a major outage as dozens of users have seen their card "declined" and others left to unable to pay as they confirm "service disruption"
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:45:46 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Hard to believe we know, but we don’t know everything. In fact, we know barely anything. But we like to think we’ve got the fundamentals covered. And not just the really fundamental, like the earth going round the sun, that kind of thing. If this all feels like the build-up to a question someone asked […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:11:30 (Source: The Poke)You’d think being given five million quid by a billionaire mate would be a good thing, but in the case of Nigel Farage, it’s looking more and more likely to be the tugged thread that finally unravels the ‘Call me Prime Minister’ jumper he’s been knitting for the past decade. In April, the Guardian revealed […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:22:52 (Source: The Poke)Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have returned to public life with their first joint appearance since returning to the UK taking place in Nottingham
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)British long-distance runner Jake Smith was enduring a relentless pattern of race, illness, injury, repeat - he had no idea he had REDs and was under-fuelling.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:45:34 (Source: BBC News)Ahead of the midterms Trump has boasted about the performance of the US economy. BBC Verify looks at inflation, jobs and economic growth in the country.
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:00:45 (Source: BBC News)Like a dog peeing on all the walls in its neighbourhood, Donald Trump continues to try and put his pungent stamp on anything and everything. Sometimes that stamp is a coat of gold paint, sometimes it’s an unnecessary, expensive and incompetent construction job, and sometimes it’s a rebrand. He’s changed the Gulf of Mexico to […]
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Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:47:18 (Source: The Poke)With major networks like EE, Vodafone and Sky Mobile expected to increase their prices yet again next year, one lesser-known brand has announced a price freeze
Published on: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:33:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)JD Vance hosted a rather disastrous Town Hall in Michigan over the weekend. The Vice President was looking to connect face-to-face with voters in the key swing state but it’s hard to imagine his appearance did anything to help the Maga cause. Vance’s lack of charisma had nowhere to hide as he was confronted by […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:01:44 (Source: The Poke)WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT: Robert May, 73, was blasted by a judge for his "blatantly nonsensical account" after he was caught pleasuring himself at a window and fondled bras of his elderly neighbour
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:08:55 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Brit tourist Lee Jowitt tragically died after a horror fall inside at Spanish hostel as his sister paid tribute to a "truly special" brother following friends launching an appeal to help bring Lee’s body home to the UK
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:24:16 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)FIAT has launched a new colour-matching service designed to help drivers choose a car paint colour that suits their personal style and preferences
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:11:56 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Police in Northern Ireland are currently investigating a threat made towards several schools this morning with around 160 being evacuated as a precaution with parents told to come collect their child "immediately"
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:34:38 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Mark Edmonds, 61, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to 15 sexual offence charges, including eight counts of child sexual assault and possession of Category A indecent images of children
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:40:19 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A community’s powerful fight for justice after the tragedy of the Aberfan disaster.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:00:00 (Source: BBC News)A beloved woodland in an English city has become the scene of dark activities including a sex attack, a burnt animal and thuggish behaviour.
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:26:40 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Anaise is in constant pain, can't afford bras and gets a lot of unwanted attention from men
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:52:03 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A new report lifts the lid on the everyday struggles of the UK’s 5.7million small businesses - with a third of owners having a a full-time or part-time job on the side
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:27:01 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Ex-England player saiys he'd love to chat to astronauts so he can be convinced that the famous visit to the moon in 1969 actually happened
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)One in three UK adults suffering some form of hearing loss but it tops the list of common age-related complaints that Brits feel the least comfortable talking about.
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:22:04 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Max Stanford chomped his way through a huge platter featuring 14 sausages, 14 rashers of bacon, 14 fried eggs, 14 hashbrowns and 10 black pudding slices as well as a host of sides
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