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Mother and two children die in Boxing Day house fire in Stroud
Bea Swallow,West of England,Steve Knibbs,GloucestershireandBeth Cruse,West of EnglandPAA woman in her 30s and her two young children were unable to escape the Boxing Day blazeA mother and her two...
Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment
A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told. A consultant...
Arsenal: Mikel Arteta ‘actively looking’ at signings in January transfer window
Arsenal will be "actively looking" at potential signings during the January transfer window, says manager Mikel Arteta.The Gunners spent about £250m in the summer and brought in eight new...
Pothole claims up 90% in three years, says RAC
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024, according to analysis by the RAC motoring group.The study also found that only a...
Kate Bush ‘heartbroken’ over friend missing at sea
AFPKate Bush said Matthew Upham was kind, thoughtful and a great deal of funSinger-songwriter Kate Bush said she was "heartbroken" after her friend went missing during a Christmas Day...
Ashes 2025-26: Melbourne pitch rated ‘unsatisfactory’ after two-day Boxing Day Test
The MCG's head curator Matt Page left 10mm of grass on the pitch to counter hot conditions forecast later in the match but this has been given as a...
Home secretary urged to strip activist of British citizenship
Alex KleidermanandHarry SekulichMOHAMED EL-RAAI/AFP via Getty ImagesEgyptian democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to...
Man shot dead by Norfolk Police in Thetford after two-car crash
A man believed to be carrying a handgun has been shot and killed by police following a car crash in Thetford, Norfolk Police said.The force was called to London...
Newspaper headlines: ‘Push to strip citizenship’ and ‘God created Bardot’
Senior Labour MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to strip Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah of his British citizenship, the Times reports. The prime minister's "failure to conduct...
The Traitors: Claudia Winkleman teases ‘extraordinary’ twist as she reveals new red cloak
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterBBCWinkleman said viewers could expect some "juicy roundtables" in the forthcoming series of The TraitorsViewers have been sharing their theories on social media after a teaser released...
