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South East Water will have to pay £30.5million after investigations by the water regulator found there had been 'repeated' supply failures.

If you can afford it, boosting your pension contributions can make you richer in retirement and also keep your taxable income below other key thresholds.

We have grown all-too accustomed to predators trying to grab assets from UK investors on the cheap but the rapacity has hit new depths.

Erling Haaland and his team-mates touched down back in Norway to a heroes welcome after their World Cup exploits - with the forward curiously carrying a stuffed raccoon in his luggage.

A gigantic great white shark that disappeared near the East Coast three months ago has been spotted again as thousands of its fellow predators near US beaches.

The seatbelt sign is staying on for longer. New research shows severe turbulence has jumped. Here's why your next flight could be a rougher ride.

The musical comedy propelled its young cast to fame overnight, yet they have had varied fates in the years that have followed.

The pests are becoming such a nuisance that locals in Llanelli, south Wales, have claimed they can't cook meals without swarms of flies landing in their food.

President Donald Trump's relentless strikes on Iran have been compared to a Civil War-era military strategy as he seeks to increase pressure on the Middle Eastern nation.

The Reform UK leader has accepted an offer from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to meet with the chairman of the body which organises security for the Royal Family and senior ministers.

Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. While not essential for life itself, the molecule can convert into a form thought to be important for life's origins, adding evidence that key prebiotic ingredients may be widespread across the galaxy. The Associated Press reports: Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. They identified the sugar in gas form by comparing telescope signals to samples in the lab. It's the latest kind of sugar detected in space -- in a region crossed by NASA's twin Voyager, the farthest spacecraft to ever travel from Earth. Scientists have found interesting chemistry in our galaxy, including building blocks for genetic material and parts of the cell. They spotted a cousin to table sugar near the center of the Milky Way about 25 years ago, and black grains from asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft yielded other sugars, including a key DNA ingredient. The latest sugar isn't essential for life, but can easily convert to a form that's thought to be crucial to kick-starting life on Earth. And it's one of the most complex sugars spotted so far, said astrophysicist Erika Hamden with the University of Arizona. The results were published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

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Conservative MP Patrick Spencer drunkenly groped the breasts of two women after pestering them to have a drink with him at London's exclusive Groucho club, a court has heard.

The 21-year-old supplied drugs to vulnerable people, including one user who died last year

Audley End in Saffron Walden, Essex, has issued a statement to festival-goers as a major outdoor concert series will not go ahead as planned this summer.

Audley End in Saffron Walden, Essex, has issued a statement to festival-goers as a major outdoor concert series will not go ahead as planned this summer.

Travel agent Gary Cook worked in Marmaris over 30 years ago and has returned to Turkey 17 times since.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood took an hour of Commons questions about Ann Widdecombe's murder. All I could feel was a hollowing sorrow.

Food delivery apps, cheaper-than-ever booze and the myth that wine is 'healthier' than spirits are fuelling a deadly liver disease crisis in the UK, experts have warned.

CRAIG HOPE IN KANSAS CITY: There was concern over the vice-captain's condition coming out of the 2-1 win over Norway on Saturday, after he was forced off at half-time.

Ljubiša Karović, from Serbia, was left hanging outside the aircraft while his desperate wife, Svetlana Grković, clung to his feet after part of the engine broke away during the flight on Friday.