Reform also features on the front page of the i Paper today, which reports the party's deputy leader "lobbied Bank of England on crypto after £9m donation". There is no suggestion that Christopher Harborne, whom the paper reports made the donation, asked Tice to write to the Bank of Englan...
In Uganda's military, even senior generals are finding that their rank offers little protection from the wrath of the country's powerful army chief. Over the past 15 months, at least a dozen generals and senior officers have been arrested under Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son ...
The 124m-tall rocket successfully blasted off from the Starbase launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas at 1645 local time (2245 GMT) on Friday. It was supposed to catch the bottom part of the rocket - the Super Heavy booster - six and a half minutes later when it returned to the launch tower, but ...
Some 130 people on a cruise ship docked in New Orleans have been rescued after it was struck by a tanker. The cruise ship, American Heritage, was left lying on its side in the Mississippi River after it was hit by the cargo vessel, Atlantic Asphalt. The collision left 32 people from the st...
Almost £40m was raised by the end of Friday night's Children In Need 2026 live programme. The money will help disadvantaged young people across the United Kingdom. It includes more than £3.8m raised by BBC Radio 2 host Owain Wyn Evans, who completed his challenge of cycling through all fou...
A man says his rare neurological condition means he has lived with a constant headache for two years. Rhys Richards, 30, has hemicrania continua which means his headache lasts "from morning, noon until night", he said. While treatment in Liverpool has provided some relief, he has to travel...
Probation officers have voted to reject a 5% pay rise and take industrial action, citing growing pressure created by the government's prisoner early release scheme. Members of Napo, the probation service union, voted to refuse overtime from 23 November - and could take strike action should...
Two kayakers died after sailing on inflatable kayaks they had earlier repaired with "duct tape and a puncture repair kit", an inquest has heard. Father-of-four Simon Wilson, 35, and Connor Parfitt, 24, both worked as cleaners at Hafan y Mor holiday park near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, where they a...
A member of the crew for the Netflix series Dept Q has died after being seriously injured at a film studio in Edinburgh. Emergency crews were called to FirstStage studio in Leith at about 15:00 on Thursday and the man was pronounced dead a short time later. Left Bank Pictures, which is inv...
Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils suffered a surprise 3-2 defeat by Nottingham Panthers on home ice at the Vindico Arena on Friday. The visitors took the lead in the second period when Aiden Hansen-Bukata and Spencer Naas combined on the powerplay for Benjamin Corbeil to score. Panthers ...
The US Air Force said it has responded to "suspected unauthorised drone activity" over RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk this evening. No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, a spokesperson for the US Air Force said. It comes after unconfirmed reports that sirens were sounded at th...
Microsoft first acknowledged users in the Americas were unable to access Exchange Online mailboxes at 17:54 GMT on Thursday, and shortly after warned the disruption was possibly affecting Microsoft 365 globally. While it launched an investigation and engineers began working to restore serv...