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Winter Olympics 2026 – Live: Figure Skating: Team Event
Coverage of the team event in the figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Source link
Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax
Karen Noye, mortgage expert at wealth management company Quilter, said that while average house prices crossing the £300,000 threshold might be good news for current homeowners, "it's yet another...
Pandora switching to platinum from silver as prices surge
The jeweller says it wants to reduce its exposure to silver after the price of the metal soars. Source link
Russian general Alexeyev shot several times in Moscow attack
In December 2025, another high-ranking officer in the GRU, Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, was killed when an explosive device detonated under a car in Moscow. He was in charge...
Gruffalo Granny: Julia Donaldson reveals new character and title for third book
The upcoming edition of the popular children's picture book sees the introduction of Gruffalo Granny. Source link
The Stranraer hotel ice rink producing some of the world’s finest curlers
Three members of Team Mouat are from Stranraer - home to an ice rink built in a hotel. Source link
Top government figures to hand over private messages with Mandelson
Directly addressing Epstein's victims, he said: "I am sorry, sorry for what was done to you, sorry that so many people with power failed you. Sorry for having believed...
Newspaper headlines: ‘PM battles for survival’ and Rayner ‘ready to go’
"Labour 'women in grey suits' may be sent to No 10 to tell PM to resign", writes the i Paper, a reference to the so-called "men in grey suits"...
Deividas Skebas guilty of murdering nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte
Lilia Valutyte was playing outside a shop in Boston, Lincolnshire, when she was stabbed to death. Source link
Captain jailed over North Sea tanker crash death
Vladimir Motin is sentenced after a crew member died in the crash between a cargo ship and tanker. Source link
55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war with Russia, Zelensky says
Special US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, held talks with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, for a...
Thirty deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds
Inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston said "systemic failures" by authorities had led to the deadliest Channel small boat incident on record. Source link