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Free crack pipes could be handed out by the crisis-stricken NHS - under a 'reckless' plan to encourage addicts to smoke cocaine more safely

Footage shows the moment Anastasia Pearce, three, 'almost died' as she plummeted down the hole after running across it in a communal garden in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

The SexyBack singer, 44, has plans to tackle his flailing career in a much-needed bid to repair his 'golden boy' image following his DWAI and canceled world tour dates. 

European nations have heightened security after a series of suspected sabotage attacks on submarine infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, with officials increasingly pointing to Russia as the likely culprit. Finnish authorities detained the tanker Eagle S in December after it allegedly damaged three undersea fiber-optic connections with Estonia and one with Germany. The vessel, carrying Russian oil as part of a "shadow fleet" evading sanctions, made suspicious course changes while crossing cable routes. In November, two more submarine cables in the Baltic were damaged, with investigations focusing on Chinese-owned cargo ship Yi Peng 3, which reduced speed near the cables and turned off its transponder. NATO launched Baltic Sentry in January to enhance surveillance, deploying ships and naval drones off Estonia's coast. The alliance also established a coordination cell following the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. Russia has denied involvement, accusing NATO of using "myths" to increase its Baltic presence.

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Anthony Littler died after being found with head injuries in an alleyway near East Finchley Tube station on May 1, 1984.

Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, suffered fatal head and chest injuries when Mark Ross, 32, deliberately crashed into a parked car to throw off his victim, a jury was told.

Father and son George Ripley Snr and Jnr who attacked their neighbour with a machete and a plank of wood covered in nails over a parking row have been jailed for 20 years. 

A child has tragically died after a crash involving a car and two children on a pitch at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club in Westmorland and Furness.

During a Tuesday news briefing, NASA's stranded astronauts said Elon Musk's claim that the Biden administration declined his offer to bring them home sooner is 'absolutely factual.'

The victim was found semi-naked with her hands tied behind her back and was only wearing a t-shirt and white socks in an apartment in Medellin, local media has reported.

Nintendo has trumpeted its latest legal success in the company's ongoing fight against pirated games as "significant" not only for itself, "but for the entire games industry." From a report: The Mario maker today confirmed it had won a final victory over French file-sharing company Dstorage, which operates the website 1fichier.com, following years of legal wrangling and repeated appeals. Nintendo's victory means European file-sharing companies must now remove illegal copies of games when asked to do so, or be held accountable and cough up potentially sizable fines as punishment. In 2021, the Judicial Court of Paris ordered Dstorage pay Nintendo $1 million in damages after it was found to be hosting pirate games. Dstorage launched an appeal, which then failed in 2023, and was ordered to pay Nintendo further costs. But the case didn't end there. Dstorage finally took the matter to the highest French judiciary court, where it argued that a specific court order was required before it needed to remove content from its hosting services. This bid has also now failed, ending the long-running matter for good.

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The Little Mix star, 34, broke down in tears as she revealed she's been diagnosed with pre-twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, meaning one or both babies could be at risk of death.

Steph Bohrer, 23, from New Jersey, posted a surprising note she received from a pilot while waiting for a flight.

Marina Gold, 22, from Peru, was banned from a streaming platform after an accidental video.

A man has been arrested for exposure after a number of reports from the public about a man acting suspiciously in a Halstead car park.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is 'prepared' for war with China in response to fighting words from the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. as the trade war heats up.

The group said it collaborated with students to mark the office which manages the university's Endowment Fund, The Old Schools on Trinity Lane yesterday.

In the fashion world the French are renowned for effortless elegance, while British brands have a monopoly on cool. But did you know we also produce some of the world's highest-quality fabrics.

Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops

The UK's investigation into competition concerns arising from Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI has reached a conclusion, albeit an anticlimactic one in which officials have left loose ends.…

Geoffrey.landis writes: Over the last three months of 2024, more than 800 cases of GPS interference were recorded in Lithuanian airspace. Estonia and Finland have also raised concerns, accusing Russia of deploying technology to jam satellite navigation signals near Nato's eastern flank. A group of British scientists -- dubbed the "Time Lords" -- are working on a solution: to develop portable atomic clocks. By carrying a group of atoms cooled to -273C on the plane itself, rather than relying on an external signal, the technology can't be interfered with by jamming. But the problem is that the equipment is still too large to be used routinely on planes. The UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position Navigation and Timing (QEPNT) was set up last December by the government to shrink the devices on to a chip, making them robust enough for everyday life and affordable for everyone. Henry White, part of the team from BAE Systems that worked on the test flight, told BBC News that he thought the first application could be aboard ships, "where there's a bit more space".

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