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This woman taking down the flag from this roundabout was already a hero but the eye-popping fury it prompted among these ‘patriots’ was absolutely hilarious

To be filed under ‘not all heroes wear capes’ comes this woman who’s taken enough of all those flags put up everywhere by anti-migrant protesters desperate to show their patriotism but invariably revealing something else. She was caught on video removing this St George’s flag from a roundabout by a man who, it’s fair to […]

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Suella Braverman was brutally fact checked by Fiona Bruce in real-time and it was an absolute treat

Reform UK-er Suella Braverman was on Question Time on Thursday and went viral for a variety of reasons, one of which was this moment when the Tory turncoat accused the audience of being biased against her. It prompted quite the look from Fiona Bruce who was having absolutely none of her nonsense, and it was […]

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'Dark cloud' hangs over Cornell campus as anger at frat rape investigation grows

Students tell the BBC that the tension on campus has become palpable since allegations from 2024 resurfaced.

Our 25 Favourite Funny Tweets of the Week

It’s not our habit to say “Friyay!”, any more than we’re tempted to plan the holibobs or talk about our fur babies. No judgement if you do – we’re not the word police. But we’re not too proud to admit that a little whisper of Friyay almost leaked out when we realised this interminable week […]

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Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of Us

The star's record label is sued over similarities between her song I've Seen It and Withers' classic.

British paratrooper killed by explosion in Ukraine, coroner rules

L/Cpl George Hooley is the first UK service member to die in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Was long-awaited win a turning point for Bellamy?

Has the impressive 2-1 victory over Norway changed the mood music for Wales and restored fans confidence in head coach Craig Bellamy?

Chaos, coffins and 'Claudiapatra' steal the show in Celebrity Traitors

There is paranoia, confusion and a battle to survive among the celebrities as they fight for survival.

Crypto heist gang attacked man and threatened to kill his pregnant wife

A robbery victim has told of how a masked gang threatened to kill his pregnant wife and forced him to transfer hundreds of thousands of pounds in cryptocurrency.

More than 4,000 deaths recorded in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

More than 4,000 Ebola deaths have been recorded, authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said as they struggle to contain the virus.

Leclerc tops Bahrain GP in Malaysia second practice

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sets the pace in Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot

Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack.

First minister demands 'new deal' for Wales, before Plaid Cymru conference

Rhun ap Iorwerth will address members at Plaid's first conference since winning the Senedd election.

What does Man City guilty verdict mean for their squad?

BBC Sport looks at how Manchester City's guilty verdict will affect their existing players' futures and the club's dealings in the transfer market.

Man City verdict has 'significant implications for integrity of the game', says FA

English football's governing body adds it will "take action where appropriate."

Man City verdict has 'significant implications for game's integrity' - FA

English football's governing body adds it will "take action where appropriate."

Watch: Emotional pilot recounts moment of Flydubai attack

He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower his co-pilot.

People are absolutely buzzing at Ross Kemp’s extreme Celebrity Traitors paranoia – 19 funniest comments

Ross Kemp is best known for two things – playing the violent and troubled Grant Mitchell on Eastenders, and making documentaries about real-life violent and troubled people involved in crime. He’s one person you’d think would have no trouble keeping a calm head under the stress of – for example – being a Faithful on […]

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Zack Polanski to call for three-year 'emergency brake' on private rent rises

In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.

'Hitchy is always with us' - the keeper who died after one-punch attack

The memory of James Hitchcock lives on at non-league Barton Town, almost two years after he died following being punched on a visit to York.

Lib Dem triple lock revolt deepens as leak to Sky News seized on by disgruntled MPs

An internal Liberal Democrat document seen by Sky News sets out the pros and cons of the triple lock, with angry MPs seizing on it in a bid to change the party's position.

Pakistan seizes shipping containers to keep Imran Khan supporters out of capital

Pakistan's efforts to keep supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan out of the capital have led to a pile-up of shipping containers at the country's main port.

To call Donald Trump’s Time interview ‘word salad’ would be an insult to words …and salads – 19 stunned reactions

Donald Trump sat down with Time to give a wide-ranging interview, in which they asked him about AI, his alterations to the White House, the upcoming midterm elections, and the economy, to name just a few topics. His responses were erratic, and he either didn’t hear or couldn’t understand some of the points put to […]

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How to see the Orionid meteor shower from Friday

Friday sees the start of the Orionid meteor shower as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet. It peaks later in October.

Flydubai captain 'could not let people die' as he describes fight to open cockpit door

The Indian pilot stabbed by his colleague mid-air has said he "could not let people die" as he described how he fought to open the cockpit door while still being attacked.

The Unpromotables: Germany's league champions who can't go up

German football is grappling with a sum that doesn't add up - four promotion spots for five league champions.

The only thing better than Miatta Fahnbulleh’s side-eye was her succinct takedown of Suella Braverman

This week’s Question Time was a lively one, with Reform’s Suella Braverman going on the offensive from the start. She tried to suggest that the audience were biased against her, and got put in her place by Fiona Bruce. Suella Braverman is fact checked live on #bbcqt by Fiona Bruce. pic.twitter.com/I90w7M3t8v — Mike H (@mikoh123) […]

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Key thing everyone needs to do now to prepare for a nuclear attack on the UK

Western governments have issued clear warnings and advice on what to do in the even of a nuclear strike as Vladamir Putin issues terrifying threats from his London embassy.

Prince Harry's feelings for Prince William summed up in stark eight word statement

Prince Harry and Prince William once shared an incredibly close bond but it seems the feud between the two royal brothers is not yet at an end

My missing Celtic jersey spent 25 years travelling the globe in a long-running prank

Kevin Hill's much-loved Celtic top was lost years ago but that was just the start of an international mystery.

'Potential crime' probe into death of Scots wingsuit flyer dropped

British champion Liam Byrne, 24, was fatally injured on the Gitschen mountain in June last year.

No more cereal at the end of the aisle? New rules in Scotland's supermarkets

Restrictions are being put on products with high sugar, fat and salt content, but the meal deal lives on.

'I was terrified': Alex Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson speaks to BBC Breakfast as he approaches his 85th birthday.

Ferguson on being 'terrified' by brain haemorrhage and 'fantastic' return to Man Utd

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson speaks to BBC Breakfast as he approaches his 85th birthday.

Celebrity Traitors is back, and Richard E Grant may have already bagged the unbeatable moment of the series – 24 five-star reviews (with spoilers)

Celebrity Traitors exploded back onto our screens on Thursday night – at one point, quite literally. If you haven’t watched it yet – and intend to – turn back now. Here be spoilers. The twenty-one celebrities playing cat and mouse in the Scottish Highlands under Claudia Winkleman’s mischievous eye include Richard E Grant, Julie Hesmondhalgh, […]

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Burnham gives Labour post-landslide euphoria absent under Starmer, says peer

Andy Burnham has given Labour the "post-electoral euphoria" that they did not have after Sir Keir Starmer's landslide 2024 general election victory, Harriet Harman has said.

UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say

The 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, marking the sixth arrest in connection with Sunday's incident near the airbase.

The rise of lymphatic drainage beauty videos and whether the massages work

Fans of these massages claim they "depuff" and "define" their stomach - but what's actually happening to their bodies?

Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery

The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.

Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU

Amid global tumult, the two countries' alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.

What's gone wrong at Nike? How the world's sportswear giant lost its mojo

Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.

'It could cost me £10k but I need the money now': Why Gen Z are opting out of pensions

A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.

Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says

Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.

Chris Mason: Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters

The prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes.

Watch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveball

The BBC's Noor Nanji on the gameshow's new twist and a traitor's shocking admission.

British-Iranian arrested over RAF Fairford attack plot is 'alleged mastermind'

An British-Iranian arrested over a foiled RAF Fairford bomb plot was the alleged mastermind who hired a proxy gang to carry out a dramatic attack, it is claimed

Woman 'showed teen boy how to kiss and have sex and told him to keep it secret'

A jury heard a teenager testify that Kirsty Slater, 38, engaged in sexual activity with him and swore him to secrecy, allegations she strongly denies

Fury as Andy Burnham accused of backing football cash cheats Manchester City

Downing Street has to step in to calm storm after Prime Minister slammed by players and politicians who accused him of supporting Premier League cash cheats

David Sullivan sues BBC for £150m over sexual misconduct claims made by Panorama

West Ham United's co-owner says TV programme's 'false' allegations exposed him to 'profound public hatred', 'universal ridicule', 'severe commercial alienation' and 'financial destruction’

Weekly quiz: How did two champions fight over marathon dates for next year's London races?

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

Hundreds of French schools to stay closed after violent student protests

Around 400 French schools are expected to stay closed on Friday to try to quell a series of violent student protests around the country.

Shooting down UFOs 'could spark deadly alien retaliation - and interstellar war'

A legal expert has warned that military strikes on UFOs could risk triggering an unwinnable interstellar war against far superior alien technology

Counter terror police arrest UK-Iranian national over RAF Fairford investigation

A dual UK-Iranian national has become the sixth suspect to be arrested over an alleged terror plot near RAF Fairford.

Sophie Lancaster's 'feral' killer freed despite denying he attacked her

Sophie Lancaster's killer Brendan Harris was released after an appeal to block his parole failed, even though he denied he personally attacked her

Donald Trump’s trade secretary just lowered the bar for publicly kissing his big ass and the internet nearly died of second hand shame

There’s nothing in America that can’t be achieved with the right amount of hard work. As long as all of that hard work is focused directly on slinging third grade teacher-level praise at the President. Donald Trump’s hand-picked Secretary of Commerce leads the pack when it comes to heaping compliments on his dear leader. Howard […]

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Richard Keys tried to take revenge on Liam Gallagher over the Man City fallout but the joke was still very much on him

It’s the only sports story in town right now as Manchester City wait to find out just how severe a punishment they will face after being found guilty of a mountain of serious financial breaches. One person who was keen to tell everyone how he wasn’t surprised was Richard Keys, who older readers might remember […]

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Elon Musk claimed that AI will make us all rich and got dragged to the bank and back in the replies – 17 withering takedowns

Of all the condescendingly idiotic things Elon Musk has said over the years, this might be the most mortifying. Musk was at the White House alongside the other geekiest, and richest, minds in tech to draft a plan for policing artificial intelligence. After putting together a typo-filled, “morally” binding “constitution” for AI, Musk and Trump […]

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'Buzzing' inmates freed early from prison say ‘thank you Andy Burnham’

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been thanked by some prisoners who have been released from jail early today, a decision made by the government due to overcrowding in prisons

‘What’s an obscure item you own that 99.9% of the population does not have?’ – 22 weird and wonderful possessions

We live in a world of rampant consumerism, which means that the vast majority of our possessions are exactly the same as everyone else’s. Yes, it’s a bit embarrassing when you realise your friends’ houses are cookie-cutter versions of yours because they kitted out the whole place from IKEA too. But, very occasionally we end […]

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Teacher who tied boy, 9, to bed and called husband's name during sex act is jailed

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Former prep school teacher Deborah Franklin, 65, has been jailed at St Albans Crown Court for seven years after being found guilty of gross indecency against a boy she tutored

This looks like George Osborne has just found out how the triple lock works, 16 years after he launched it

The former political opponents Ed Balls and George Osborne now have a podcast together, named Political Currency. The two former chancellors don’t solely talk about finance, but it’s often at the heart of their discussions, and their recent dissection of Andy Burnham’s conference performance included their take on his remarks about changing the pensions triple […]

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People shared the ‘craziest thing’ their spouse has ever done and these 14 range from adorably unhinged to utterly bonkers

Ah, marriage, the sacred bond where two people vow to love and honor each other until they eventually drive each other completely insane. We say this after one of the good folk over on Reddit asked married folks to dish on their spouses. And let’s just say people did not hold back. ‘Married people of […]

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More than a third of UK business owners fell into entrepreneurship by accident, according to a poll

A study of 1,000 business owners found 35% hadn't planned to run a business, while 62% had no previous business experience when they started out

An influencer told Chat GPT she was deleting the app and its brain-melting response is a hideous snapshot of where we find ourselves now

Like us you might not be familiar with influencer Alexandra Cross but no matter because you will be perfectly well acquainted with the world of Chat GPT. And that is what brings us here right now after Cross went viral – wildly viral – after she told Chat she was deleting the app. And it […]

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Mum's 'nightmare' as neighbour demolishes his semi-detached home without proper permission

Shivarna Mitra saved up for years to put a deposit down on her three-bed home in Pudsey, Leeds, but claims her house has now been left riddled with problems and 'unsellable'

Some flag-waving patriots had a get-together in the woods and as a vision of Farage’s Britain it’s hard to beat

If you go down to the woods today you’re sure for an unpleasant surprise. Because a bunch of flag-waving patriots have got there before you for what appears to be a bit of a get-together with like minded folk. And as a vision of Farage’s Britain – or something like it – it is surely […]

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Pete Hegseth just declared the American military a ‘woke free zone’ and of all the funny replies this one hit hardest

It’s mission accomplished for Donald Trump’s secretary of defence, sorry, secretary of war Pete Hegseth. No, nothing to do with the absolute clusterfuck that is the war on Iran, but something much closer to Hegseth’s tiny heart – the war on woke. Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are […]

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How much do you know about the celeb Traitors line-up? Take our fiendishly tricky quiz to find out....

Think you're a Traitors super-fan? Then prove it by showing you know these little known facts about this series' crop of stars. Why not take on your mates to see who can score highest?

GB News’ Tom Harwood was wanging on about plastic bottle tops again, but sympathy was thin on the ground – 18 of the juiciest replies

We’re not exactly sure at what point tethered bottle tops became a central battleground in the modern culture wars, but here we are. For months now, commentators on the right have been directing their absolute fury toward these eco-friendly lids, though few have framed the issue as a personal safety hazard quite like GB News […]

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Kate Garraway burst Suella Braverman’s hypocritical migration bubble in four words flat and it was just magnificent

To ITV’s Good Morning Britain now, where Reform UK-er and Tory turncoat Suella Braverman was in the studio to big up her memoirs about growing up in Thatcher’s Britain and rising up the ranks to be a minister in one of the least effective governments in living memory. And during this particular exchange she looked […]

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Major high street giant Boots in '£7 billion sale deal talks' with ex-Selfridges owner

High street giant Boots is reportedly close to be sold in a huge £7 billion deal to the Canadian arm of the Weston family, who use to own department store Selfridges

Pete Hegseth is creating the Office of Religious Affairs, and the US Constitution would like a quiet word – 21 alarmed responses

We cross now to the United States, where Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has been making a fool of himself and the country with some grade A macho BS. He took some of the military on a run …with flags. We are a ridiculous country. https://t.co/vxqt230J6v — S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 30, 2026 […]

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Mum says a school worker called her a 'nutter' and accused her dog's breed of 'killing babies'

Teresa Clive, 36, describes a "scary" dog lead dispute with a school worker in Greenwich Park, who allegedly called her dog Storm an XL Bully and warned children about "murder dogs'"

This American mocked Brits for saying ‘washing-up liquid’ and these 18 comebacks will make you proud to be British

We feature no end of transatlantic confusion – and sometimes just plain old conflict – on these pages, but this one really is a classic of the genre. It’s a tweet that went viral – so very viral – a little while back about Brits’ penchant for saying ‘washing up liquid’ rather than – stand […]

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Prince William's true feelings about Meghan Markle summed up in two brutal words

Prince Harry is back in the UK but his older brother, Prince William, is said to be keen to "avoid" drama over the return of the Sussex family

OAP arrested after police find suspicious items at Somerset property and evacuate 153 homes

A 100m police cordon has been set up overnight in Worle, near Weston-super-Mare, following the discovery of suspicious substances and items at a property in Somerset

UK weather maps show -1C Arctic blast to hit Britain after Polar Vortex forecast

Bitterly cold weather could be just days away, with forecast models suggesting temperatures will dip below 10C across every part of the UK at some point in October

Boy, 8, dies after being kicked by horse at UK stables in tragic accident

Louie Isaac Webster, 8, from Wigan, was pronounced dead at Alder Hey Children's Hospital after being kicked in the head by a horse at a Warrington livery stables — a coroner recorded a conclusion of accidental death

China spies target 100 UK academics to get hands on James Bond-style secret tech

China is looking at real-life Q's to get hands on 007-style tech after eggheads were given research cash by an organisation the British security service says is a front for Beijing’s intelligence agency

Andy Burnham vows 'honesty' over funding costs of National Care Service

The PM promised to “say where that money is coming from” for the free-at-the-point-of-use service, leaving the door open to tax rises

Teenager admits trying to have sex with Shetland pony named Cheeky

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Thomas Mikaelson, 19, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday (September 30), to attempting to allow sexual penetration by a living animal as he was photographed outside court

Three teens who died when car plunged into River Wear pictured for first time

The three youngsters were in a car that came off the road, and plunged into the River Wear in Sunderland yesterday afternoon

Andy Burnham says 'strong indications Iran played a part' in suspected RAF Fairford plot

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said there is “strong indications” Iran played a part in a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford as he responds to Trump's comments

Police probe spikings amid claims 'university rugby players plotted to target freshers'

Officers toured 20 University of Bath Freshers' Week events to reassure students after a WhatsApp message warning spikers were 'on the prowl' was circulated around the campus

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