Reform UK and the Conservatives have criticised plans for the new levy on visitors' overnight stays.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:22:06 (Source: BBC News)Manchester United recorded their biggest Champions League victory since 2020 as they swept Sabah FK aside at Old Trafford.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:01:24 (Source: BBC News)The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:10:51 (Source: BBC News)A deadly blaze left as least 26 students dead and dozens injured after a fire swept through two schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:07:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Bronwen James, 30, admitted abusing two girls and was convicted of offences against a teenage boy.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:59:59 (Source: BBC News)The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is reversing policies put in place after 9/11.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:55:51 (Source: BBC News)Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:16:24 (Source: BBC News)Disgraced former PE teacher Bronwen James faces prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a schoolboy, having already admitted targeting two teen girls
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:50:19 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Edgar Grospiron leaves his position as president of the organising committee for the 2030 French Alps Winter Olympics just 18 months after his appointment.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:50:11 (Source: BBC News)Seven people are arrested after a fight that an eyewitness says broke out near a KFC restaurant.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:46:05 (Source: BBC News)A mother has been charged with the murder of her 17-month-old daughter, police said.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:46:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)The attack in Pavlohrad city centre was the third Russian strike on a mall within days, local media report.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:41:06 (Source: BBC News)Crowds have been flocking to the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry as it's on public display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:27:22 (Source: BBC News)Police charged Gye Worthy with assault at the funeral for his son who was killed in the A66 crash.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:22:11 (Source: BBC News)Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:15:47 (Source: BBC News)Harry and Meghan have moved back to the UK to focus on settling their children, amidst renewed royal tension over a letter sent by King Charles
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:03:53 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The price of oil jumps to $105 a barrel amid signs the Iran war will not be resolved quickly.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:38:31 (Source: BBC News)Lewis Hamilton says he and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have "squashed" any controversy between them from the Italian Grand Prix.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:27:04 (Source: BBC News)New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:13:53 (Source: BBC News)Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 election would be held.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:03:28 (Source: BBC News)Two anti-migrant protests took place in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:57:06 (Source: BBC News)Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:48:37 (Source: BBC News)England's charge towards a two-day victory in the final Test against Pakistan is only halted by rain at Edgbaston.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:44:58 (Source: BBC News)The broadcaster and campaigner says she missed her chance to go before living with cancer became "unbearable".
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:37:18 (Source: BBC News)Malcolm Potier attacked the audience member after she started singing along, a judge is told.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:58 (Source: BBC News)Four people have been taken to hospital after an afternoon stabbing on a high street triggered a major emergency response involving London's Air Ambulance.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:11:47 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)A man who once ordered a hitman to kill his ex-partner has been jailed for throttling a woman because she was singing along during a performance of We Will Rock You.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:54:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if the Republicans win the midterms.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:51:00 (Source: BBC News)Terminally ill TV legend Dame Esther Rantzen has urged MPs to pass the assisted dying bill, revealing she is now too fragile to travel to Dignitas
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:38:03 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Former army colleagues attend PC Tom Clough's funeral alongside police and emergency workers.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:02:18 (Source: BBC News)Martin Rolfe, 51, the senior executive of National Air Traffic Services (Nats) said he took “full responsibility” after Tuesday's outage left more than 2,000 flights to be cancelled
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:57:10 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)TV star Georgia Harrison has warned that failure to take action on explicit images could lead children to suicide as she demands greater action on abuse images online
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:49:43 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The RNLI has advised its staff and volunteers to choose carefully when to wear its uniform after what it described as "unacceptable abuse" endured in recent weeks.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:37:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)A year after giving birth, Alice Kinsella takes the latest step on her groundbreaking return to gymnastics at an international meeting for Great Britain.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:33:10 (Source: BBC News)Organisers say each of the 2,977 drones in the display represents a victim of the 9/11 attacks.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:19:26 (Source: BBC News)The Maga clown car emptied out into the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas last night. One after another, the imbeciles Donald Trump appointed to his administration trotted on stage in a desperate attempt to drum up support for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. The saddest such appearance comes courtesy of Trump’s Treasury Secretary, […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:02:01 (Source: The Poke)Research has discovered most adults in the UK have tried an average of two different sleep methods they've seen online over the last 12 months – but few say they actually work
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:58:12 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Does Mauricio Pochettino have a case that Tottenham should be retrospectively crowned Premier League champions?
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:55:43 (Source: BBC News)Axel Scheffler speaks to the BBC alongside author Dame Julia Donaldson, who reads an extract from their new book.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:43:32 (Source: BBC News)Research shows many women would book Botox or filler treatments without checking reviews or credentials.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:37:35 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Flight disruption has ruined holidays and left passengers sleeping on airport floors - so what are their rights?
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:34:17 (Source: BBC News)Experts warn that a super artificial intelligence could cause human extinction within a decade - but how would the computer do it?
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:13:30 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police said.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:05:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)Seven men have been arrested after four were injured, one critically, following a stabbing in a London high street.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:04:00 (Source: The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News)It’s not easy being the Vice President. Strike that. It’s not easy being the Vice President to Donald Trump. Most VPs just ride the president’s coat tails and kiss a lot of babies. But when Donald Trump is running things, the Veep gets thrown into the fire. Every public appearance involves tip-toeing through a minefield […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:31 (Source: The Poke)Margaret Newman has spoken for the first time about her dealings with the monster while teaching his daughter Heather - who he would go on to murder
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:46:41 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)We have never been more disappointed to have missed a flash mob than this high-energy performance of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which took place in Paris one year ago, courtesy of pianist Julien Cohen and his cohort of ridiculously talented musicians. We can’t even imagine how much planning and rehearsal it took – but it was […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:48:30 (Source: The Poke)The assassination sent shockwaves through the conservative youth movement, which students say has lost momentum and a vital figurehead.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:41:59 (Source: BBC News)Are people less intelligent these days? Or are we just exposed to the idiocy of a greater volume of people thanks to the internet? It’s hard to say, but there are definitely a worryingly large amount of quarter-witted folks walking the earth, some of whom came to light on the AskReddit page after user SuspiciousSpell5386 […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:19:59 (Source: The Poke)It’s a hard life if you have nothing in it that can be described as a luxury, even if not everybody sees it the same way. It might be the more expensive insoles that make your job a bit more tolerable, or a high-end shampoo that just smells perfect. Sometimes, though, a luxury is genuinely […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:16:17 (Source: The Poke)Like us, you may not have come across Kalani Smith before. Going by the name of Kalani Ghost Hunter (KGH), the TikTok and much else besides star is a food reviewer who has made it his mission to show the world that British food is not all bad. And we mention him because of this […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:15:29 (Source: The Poke)You don’t have to be a fan of EastEnders to enjoy this. It’s the start of Wednesday night’s episode and the aftermath – Google, Google – of Max Branning’s wedding to Cindy Beale (Cindy’s still in it?) And by the looks of it they started a second or two before the actors get going, and […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:16:36 (Source: The Poke)EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Delves, 90, raped his victim multiple times in her bedroom and in his car after telling her he was preparing her for what “boys would do to her”
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:55:22 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)To the studios of Newsnight now, where the estimable presenter Victoria Derbyshire was finding out just how serious a threat AI might be to the future of humanity. Here she is chatting to Nobel Prize Winner and so-called ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton and her response – unusual for a TV news presenter you might […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:43:10 (Source: The Poke)If there’s one thing Donald Trump enoys, it’s a re-run of his big hits – Sleepy Joe ‘Windmills’ are dangerous The 2020 election was stolen Dumb ends with a b ‘Russia, Russia. Russia’ hoax. You know the drill. We’re personally crossing everything for a return of the shark discourse. One popular line from last year […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:35:07 (Source: The Poke)Cancer care has got worse since the government announced plans to speed up waiting times and save more lives, BBC analysis shows.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:31:16 (Source: BBC News)Like us you won’t have come across Debi Evans who is apparently a retired NHS matron and a super-proud Little Englander by the looks of it. She’s also not happy with the RNLI, the extraordinary volunteer organisation which has been targeted by the far-right this week for refusing to discriminate between people who might be […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:13:26 (Source: The Poke)We’re not saying the Republicans fear a complete and utter meltdown in the midterm elections in November, but they just held their first ever convention in the middle of a presidential term in a desperate bid to shore up support. And Donald Trump was busy doing what he does best – making stuff up – […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:47:30 (Source: The Poke)We cross now to BBC News, where there is a report of a worrying finding from a health study. The article in question warns that people who drink their tea and coffee without giving it the chance to cool down a little are as much as three times more likely to develop oesophageal cancer than […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:14:30 (Source: The Poke)There’s a lot of misinformation and disinformation relating to the Iran-US war – much of it, bizarrely, coming directly from the Orange Man-baby in the White House. Trump posts AI slop with the caption, “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!” pic.twitter.com/HVTF9xFC6B — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2026 Obviously, much of it is quite obviously […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:46:07 (Source: The Poke)The massive supervolcano has recently been discovered beneath England's east coast extending into two counties — and its eruption was one of the largest in Earth's history.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were responsible for the Moors Murders, killing five children in the 1960s – Hindley's own confession details the chilling story behind their first victim, Pauline Reade
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Jennifer Dooley, who was engaged to boxer Ricky Hatton, has spoken for the first time since his death about how she feared he'd never grow old
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Steve Potts survived the 1980 Tenerife Dan Air crash by one last minute decision, and two IRA bombings. If he had made three slightly different decisions any one of these incidents would mean he was not here today.
Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)In the latest ‘We only object to illegal immigration’ news, a crowd of balaclava-clad demonstrators rocked up to Portsmouth’s Marriott Hotel after someone spotted young brown men arriving by coach. With no justification or information other than the colour of these men’s skin, the mob remained outside the hotel until a local Reform councillor informed […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:57:10 (Source: The Poke)In shocking news, it seems that Nigel Farage has taken some time off from his tireless work for the constituents of Clacton to go on a jaunt to Washington DC, where he’s taking part in celebrations of the anniversary of the launch of GB News in the US. Gasps all round, eh? – Re-elected MP […]
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Published on: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:52:08 (Source: The Poke)The St Leger has been hailed as “the most iconic race in the country” as it celebrates an incredible 250 years from Thursday. Doncaster Central MP Sally Jameson said the racing spectacular remains a source of huge pride for the city and a vital boost for its pubs, hotels, restaurants and shops.
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:18:02 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Cat owners know what they’re getting into the moment they bring the furball home. Hardly no attention almost all of the time. But also unrelenting attention at the least convenient times. Early morning face sits and middle of the night bathroom trippings will haunt the cat owner for the entirety of their time together. The […]
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Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:10:21 (Source: The Poke)Reform voters are worried about everything falling apart, but right wing politicians are not, calling each other sell outs and "boring"
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:04:09 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)The funeral service for Pc Matthew Blades, who lost his life on duty with colleague Pc Tom Clough in the horror A66 crash, saw hundreds line the streets as police officers from every UK force were represented
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:01:33 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Despite fervently believing we’re intelligent and autonomous beings, the truth is that, for the most part, we move through life thinking and doing the same thing as everyone else. Just because that’s how it’s always been done. So when we witness somebody stepping outside of what’s expected and making a completely maverick move, it can […]
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Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:09:33 (Source: The Poke)The 25th anniversary of the horrific World Trade Center terrorist attack is this Friday. New York City has already started honoring the people it lost and the heroes who did everything they could to help in the moment. Here is one of the many heroes from that devastating day. That man’s name was Welles Crowther […]
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Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:57:06 (Source: The Poke)Prince George has started at Eton College, and his parents, Prince William and Princess Kate, were there to support him on his first day; however, his father is reported to have ended up in an "unlikely fight"
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:15:49 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Those in the know say the new "clarification" from King Charles is a "royal slapdown" and likely to cause offence to Harry and Meghan, just weeks after they returned to UK shores.
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:13:56 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)We love pretty much everything Dylan Moran does, from Black Books to his brilliant stand-up and everything in between. And that includes this fabulous rant from back in the day – turns out it’s eight years (heck) back in the day – about the state of the state of the nation and the way we […]
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Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:59:01 (Source: The Poke)Andrew Savage - who ran a million-pound cocaine supply network - was captured after using his top secret burner mobile to call police and report a burglary
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:46:50 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)We cross now to the fascinating mathematical field of topology, or rubber-sheet geometry – the study of properties that remain constant under multi-dimensional changes to an object. What we’re going to show you isn’t a Royal Institution Christmas lecture, or even a Ted Talk. It’s actualy a very handy life hack. Feast your eyes on […]
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Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:26:30 (Source: The Poke)Prince George attended his first day at Eton College on Tuesday (8th September), and one subtle gesture his mum, Kate Middleton, made at the school has got people talking
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:05:56 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Tom Daley has unveiled a giant Shaun the Sheep tapestry at London's Natural History Museum, ahead of the release of Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:26:01 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Threatening messages were posted on social media targeting Calderglen High School in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, with an anonymous account on X claiming to have planted explosives — police searched the grounds and found nothing of concern
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:55:07 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's surprise return to the UK has "overshadowed" Prince George's first day at Eton College, according to royal expert Phil Dampier, who said King Charles's letter was a "warning shot"
Published on: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:24:38 (Source: Daily Star - UK News)And will Trump succeed in limiting mail-in voting before the midterms?
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