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The Prime Minister has been urged by a backbencher to 'get on with the job of governing - not plunge us into uncertainty'.

Sarah Parker defied instructions from the aircraft's pilot by leaving her seat and using the bathroom during takeoff from Birmingham Airport.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of soldier Liam Potts, 22, who went missing in Northumberland on August 15.

Good Law Project Director Jolyon Maugham KC has restructured the non-profit organisation so it is owned by a 'purpose trust' on the island.

Wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are causing more than 10 fires a week at U.K. recycling centers, according to figures shared with the Guardian: The Environment Services Association (ESA), the trade body for waste management companies, said its members had reported 1,518 fires in the year to March 2026. At least 541 of these fires were directly attributed to lithium ion batteries, the survey found. There were a further 216 battery fires in bin lorries [garbage trucks]. The ESA said the reported number of battery-related fires underestimated the scale of the problem, because in most incidents it was impossible to determine the cause of the blaze. A spokesperson said: "We know 40% of fires at recycling centres are caused by batteries, but we think the actual number is more like 70%." It estimates that annual cost of these fires has increased from £150m in 2021 to £1bn today... The ESA is calling for a £5 deposit scheme on the sale of all vapes to ensure that vape users have an incentive to return used devices to retailers for safe disposal... [Patrick Brighty, the head of recycling policy at the ESA, said] "Vapes are among the biggest culprits because they're cheap, abundant and typically have a short use-life." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo for sharing the news.

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It sounds like a theory that's full of holes. But it appears the secret to maintaining strong bones is… Jarlsberg cheese.

The new volume of the Oxford Dictionary Of English offered more than 350 ways of poking fun at someone. Compliments, on the other hand, totalled just 40.

Many a golf widow might tell you that long hours spent on the course lead to a chap being under par in bed... but now scientists say that the opposite is true.

The eight resident Canada geese were shot dead in the early hours at £2,664-a-year St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club, in Weybridge, Surrey.

What is going on in Cheshire's police force. This bold body once made a boastful film about how they caught Lucy Letby. Now they have suddenly got rid of their Chief Constable, two years early.

Research shows that consuming these foods causes the body to produce a natural compound called urolithin A, which has been linked to anti-ageing.

The lesson plans are part of the Erasmus+ student exchange scheme, which is due to cost the UK £570million in its first year.

The clue is in the name... Punch and Judy - a knockabout puppet show in which the couple argue and hit each other with sticks to the delight of watching children.

Titled The Janitor, it stars Peaky Blinders actor Harry Kirton as a publicist who cleans up the elite's scandals.

Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams with a craft knife after seeing her with another man during a night out in Norwich on January 17, 2026.

Ms Benedetti, now 39, married multi Grammy Award-winning American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, now 64, in 2021. They have a two-year-old daughter Elise - his fifth child.

President Donald Trump has turned against his once-ally, Tucker Carlson, calling the former Fox personality a 'loser' with a 'very low IQ.'

There's nothing wrong with heightened expectation. But it's so easy to be let down when the experience doesn't match the hype

When Monty Roberts died three weeks ago aged 91, he left a lasting legacy not only at the Royal stables - where he was a regular visitor for 35 years - but in horsemanship around the world.

Private members' club The Hurlingham has infuriated its loyal members by closing 'for the first time in its history' so that French luxury fashion brand Hermès could use it.