Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:18:04 (Source: BBC News)Uefa's letter contained 42 questions, covering Fifa's failed private investment proposals, its Peace Prize and the fallout from Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:56:06 (Source: BBC News)Uefa's letter contained 42 questions, covering Fifa's failed private investment proposals, its Peace Prize and the fallout from Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:56:06 (Source: BBC News)Australia expose South Africa's batting frailties again as Scott Boland takes four wickets to leave hosts in trouble in second Test.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:55:57 (Source: BBC News)The network's chief international anchor has covered wars including Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:48:36 (Source: BBC News)The apparent attack on MP Helen Haines suggests the worst fears of politicians and public figures appear to have been realised.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:32:47 (Source: BBC News)Ronald Araujo has impressed since arriving at Liverpool from Barcelona. Could he prove a longer-term solution?
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:29:34 (Source: BBC News)The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:22:12 (Source: BBC News)Obama says federal agents' search of the Democrat's home was an effort to intimidate a Trump critic.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:16:51 (Source: BBC News)The officer was shot in the foot and remains in hospital in a stable condition, police say.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:50:14 (Source: BBC News)Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been photographed receiving books and letters from the King Charles, officials said.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:53:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Brighton's start to the season has surprised many outsiders. But how high could they finish?
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:52:01 (Source: BBC News)Brighton's start to the season has surprised many outsiders. But how high could they finish?
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:52:01 (Source: BBC News)An expedition to investigate if an anomaly seen on a satellite image of a remote island in the South Pacific was Amelia Earhart’s missing plane has ended without recovering the wreckage.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:45:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Manchester City coach Enzo Maresca explores his attacking options for Tuesday's Champions League game against AEK Athens.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:36:36 (Source: BBC News)The two top tennis pros married in 2021 and have one child together.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:20:03 (Source: BBC News)The two top tennis pros married in 2021 and have one child together.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:20:03 (Source: BBC News)The independent politician is in hospital after what the prime minister says may have been a deliberate attack.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:09:54 (Source: BBC News)European football chiefs have sent a list of 42 questions to FIFA, demanding answers about Gianni Infantino's alleged "conflicts of interest" over business dealings with the Trump family and the World Cup sell-off attempt.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:05:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky 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)Rioting, looting and vandalism has gripped France over the weekend after protests spiralled out of control across the country.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:43:27 (Source: BBC News)The activist is accused of "bully-boy tactics" and denies harassment causing fear of violence.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:42:45 (Source: BBC News)The war between the United States and Iran has stumbled into its eighth month now with no clear ending in sight. The Donald Trump White House continues to sidestep questions about the war they don’t want to call a war and it’s starting to get extremely awkward. Especially when they are forced to confront the […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:36:43 (Source: The Poke)The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is being forced to "drastically reduce" aid to Gaza because of funding shortages.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:34:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed in a stabbing in Manchester.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:30:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:22:24 (Source: BBC News)The reality star's surprise appearance on the runway in the diamond encrusted piece has sparked mixed reaction.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:16:22 (Source: BBC News)Here’s a rather lovely little thing from back in the day that all began when @sassymood asked this over on Twitter. ‘What’s the nastiest read you’ve ever seen someone give?’ And because everyone loves a good put-down it prompted no end of responses like all of these … nobody’s ever dunked on babies this hard […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:13:59 (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)Back in 2023, Yorkshire pudding fans had serious beef with the chef behind this ‘popover’ recipe, because they’re clearly Yorkshires. TikTok chef and author Alexandra Stafford incurred the wrath of the UK and Ireland when she cooked the Sunday roast favourites – and very tempting they looked, too – but gave them their American name, […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:04:34 (Source: The Poke)The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:01:50 (Source: BBC News)The illustrious Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the US equivalent of our very own Oxford English Dictionary. It’s the definitive, comprehensive standard for American English and as such its authority really should be respected on all matters etymological. So when they shared this interesting nugget of information on their Twitter account, you would be wise to accept […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:55:25 (Source: The Poke)In theory, having people over to your house, perhaps for dinner or for the weekend, is a pleasant and sociable thing to do. But, sometimes, the reality is horrifyingly different. Over on the AskReddit page, user Old-Enthusiasm-4943 posed this question… ‘What is the worst thing a guest has ever done in your home?’ And the […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:44:47 (Source: The Poke)A lot of thought goes into naming books, but sometimes there’s a bit of luck involved. The classic Joseph Heller novel Catch-22 was originally going to be Catch-18, but Leon Uris bagged that number with Mila 18 not long before Heller’s book was due to be published, and we now can’t imagine it being anything […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:30:29 (Source: The Poke)You’ll have seen the footage of Elon Musk’s ‘flying car’ – well, sort of – after the internet got hugely excited by the footage of this Tesla doing all sorts of aerobatics. Turns out the future does have flying cars https://t.co/6fexPp6SXI — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 16, 2026 We mention it because it prompted this […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:27:42 (Source: The Poke)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)The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spoke to the daughter of a former heroin addict about the effect drugs have had on her family.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:12:02 (Source: BBC News)White-ball captain Harry Brook says he has "learned a lot" as a captain and a person - and wants to be the player England fans rely on.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:54 (Source: BBC News)A few days to go until the next episode of Celebrity Traitors so fill just a few moments of that time with this fabulous moment that’s just gone viral on Twitter. It’s the moment James Acaster perfectly predicted how they Traitors would be required to murder someone in plain sight and how they’d have to […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:54:16 (Source: The Poke)Anyone who recalls the apparatus coming out for an afternoon PE class in the multi-use hall amidst the smell of the school dinner they just ate will know that the primary school flashbacks never leave us. They’ve been discussing these hardwired sense memories on the AskUK page after user Deepfriedcyanid3 posed this question… What specific […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:24:46 (Source: The Poke)When we think about things we’d like to change about Britain, we tend to focus on the big stuff, like ‘finish HS2’ or ‘tackle the worrying rise in right wing extremists marching about in balaclavas’. However, sometimes it’s the small course corrections that make the difference and add up to big changes. Financial expert and […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:21:38 (Source: The Poke)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)To the studios of LBC now, where Reform UK-er Matt Goodwin – best known for not winning a by-election – was on to talk about that ITV investigation revealing the extreme and racist views within Reform UK. Goodwin’s entirely predictable defence was that it was a ‘few bad apples’ who have since been shown the […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:45:21 (Source: The Poke)To the studios of Fox News now, where Jesse Watters has been doing his Jesse Watters thing, this time complaining how he was heckled by a passer-by who dared to call him a fascist. And we mention it because it prompted an out of this world comeback from his fellow panelist Jessica Tarlov – not […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:22:58 (Source: The Poke)Police in Northern Ireland and Scotland are investigating after threatening emails, deemed to be a hoax, were sent to hundreds of schools.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:52:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)While Donald Trump lies awake at night seething with envy over Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, there’s one area in which he’d beat his predecessor hands down, and it – surprisingly – isn’t golf. In the field of self-delusion, there’s nobody to match the so-called stable genius, who says he knows more about everything than […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:40:43 (Source: The Poke)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)The fallout from that brilliant and absolutely horrifying ITV investigation into evidence of racism, Islamophobia and extremism within Reform UK shows no sign of ending, and thank goodness for that. Over on the BBC’s Politics Live programme, Reform UK councillor George Finch did his best to shake it off, suggesting the people identified in the […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:34:29 (Source: The Poke)Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Maweu, and 29 other co-accused have been found guilty of the murder of 190 children and one adult.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:21:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Researchers travelled to a remote Pacific Island to confirm whether an object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 solved the mystery of the pilot's disappearance.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:11:42 (Source: BBC News)It all started – and here’s a phrase you don’t often read on these pages – this report by media regulator Ofcom on tackling ‘illegal hate and terror content’. X has submitted its first quarterly report on its commitments to tackle illegal hate and terror content. This appears to show improvements in time taken to […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:05:54 (Source: The Poke)Relations between the United States and basically everywhere else in the world – with the possible exception of Russia – have been on a downward curve ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House. But if Europeans find themselves more embarrassed – and terrified – by the American president’s antics with each passing day, […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:48:31 (Source: The Poke)Far-right political activist Montgomery Toms is the founder of Freedom Watch GB which is heavily associated with the delightful Restore Britain movement. He’s basically a kind of cut-price Charlie Kirk tribute act with a posh voice. Here he is in one of his trademark Kirk-style street-debates, being asked a simple, yet rather devastating question by […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:18:43 (Source: The Poke)A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:03:49 (Source: BBC News)Albertans are voting on whether to stay in Canada or pursue independence via a referendum, splitting even some close-knit families.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:55:32 (Source: BBC News)Reform UK is in hot water, and we don’t mean the nice ‘bubbly tub with a glass of prosecco’ kind. The Parliamentary Standards Committee is about to deliver its verdict on whether Farage should have declared the five-million-pound gift/reward for Brexit from a crypto billionaire, to pay for his security/buy a load of Ferraris. Delete […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:18:32 (Source: The Poke)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)An artist living hundreds of miles away felt compelled to help the village that lost its children.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:28:02 (Source: BBC News)With the Midterms just 15 days away, Donald Trump is dividing his time between the important affairs of state and some highly targeted campaigning. LOL. Just kidding. He’s ranting on Truth Social, moving ever closer to bombing Ukraine as a favour to Putin, and rambling about his enemies and how to spell ‘dumb’ at a […]
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Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:25:58 (Source: The Poke)Agents try to attract people on housing benefit by using social media videos that offer free rooms and holidays.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:59:47 (Source: BBC News)Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.
Published on: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:06:25 (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
Published on: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Kevin Lawton has been jailed after sexually assaulting two children - a judge said he posed a serious risk to pre-pubescent girls as he sentenced him with an extended licence period
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:05:38 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The fossil belonged to a group of agile, two-legged carnivores known as megaraptorans and the discovery of the prehistoric beast is the first time a member of this group has been identified in Europe.
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Meet the woman who is taking over the internet by teaching her loyal community of #AfraidToFarters to let go of everything - including that toot you're holding in
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:55:58 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Foreign objects have included everything from Lego and Kinder Eggs to bank cards, Coke cans and remote controls
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:20:25 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Kelly Belsey spent three years working at the discount retailer TK Maxx when she finished school, but never felt it was the right fit but now loves wprking in the porn industry
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Bryan Johnson's £1.6m immortality plan has been picked apart, as top UK scientists reveal a simple, budget-friendly diet trick that actually works
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A man's body was found in a garden in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, on Wednesday evening (October 14), with Nottinghamshire Police treating the death as 'unexplained' and believing it to be an isolated incident
Published on: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:37:53 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Wardy's Wagers - Our top tipster will make you laugh all the way to the bank and as happy as Ross Kemp finding a Traitor with his predictions on the weekend's football, NFL and racing
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:59:48 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)More than 50,000 people completed a free three-minute online hearing screener before being entered onto 'The Testlist' to win tickets to free gig
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:50:40 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)New research has discovered that only one in four Gen Zers feel comfortable handling DIY tasks in the home.
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:28:10 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Nearly half of Brits regularly work towards a personal goal after their day job ends, clocking up 214 extra evening hours a year
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:13:45 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Dr Eleanor Bryant has shared how doing things which terrify you can help with building confidence - including getting lost, going on rollercoasters and public speaking.
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:57:57 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Yorkshire Wildlife Park's future was brought into question after the fatal tiger attack last weekend - and now experts have been weighing in on whether it can remain open
Published on: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:08:40 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Northumbria Police have issued statements about the events this morning after school in Amble has been dramatically evacuated as officers swarmed the area over a 'safety threat'
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