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A Thai Airways Boeing B777-300ER takes off from runway 27R at Heathrow Airport, west London. The murky weather has shrouded much of the country over the past few days and shows little sign of abating yet. In some areas, thick fog patches could reduce visibility down to just 100 metres overnight and into Saturday, the Met Office said. Picture date: Saturday December 28, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

Airport chaos with dozens of flights cancelled and delayed over fog

Channel: UK UK December 28, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Viscount Street in Moss Side, Manchester.

Cyclist left with 'life-threatening injuries' after vicious attack

Channel: UK UK December 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Woman wins almost £10,000 after 'unfaithful' husband fired her

Channel: UK UK December 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Elisha-Mai Aitken with daughter Willow. A mum has spoken out about her family???s ???living nightmare??? after her young daughter was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure aged just 13 months. Willow Stansfield, now aged 18 months, was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure in August after suffering multiple cardiac arrests. Without a heart transplant, the young toddler, who still uses a dummy, will die. Mum Elisha-Mai, 18, said the experience is "incredibly isolating, unpredictable, worrying and scary". She added: ???We never know what tomorrow will bring.

Toddler with end-stage heart failure asks Father Christmas for a heart transplant

Channel: UK UK December 24, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Fresh appeal in hunt to find mum of baby found wrapped in field

Fresh appeal in hunt to find mum of baby found covered in snow

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

All the UK Christmas markets that are still open this weekend

Channel: Travel Travel December 20, 2024 By Sophie-May Williams
Pupil's confiscated phone records teachers calling kids 'bellends' and 'knobheads'

Confiscated phone caught teachers calling children offensive names

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Katie Boyden

Police identify man as missing 27-year-old after body pulled from river

Channel: UK UK December 15, 2024 By Lucia Botfield
Daniel Burke

British fighter in Ukraine 'shot dead by comrade nicknamed Jihadi Adam'

Channel: UK UK December 14, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
Two schools were placed on lockdown after a stabbing in a nearby street today. Police and paramedics have been called out to a Greater Manchester street following a stabbing. Officers were called out to Alexander Street in Tyldesley, Wigan borough, this morning (December 13). Credit: MEN Media

Four arrested over stabbing that put primary school on 'lockdown'

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Man breaks world record by eating meat and potato pie in 17 seconds

Channel: UK UK December 12, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock (13789682b) A WH Smith branch in Windsor, Berkshire. It has been reported in the press this morning at High Street stationery and book retailer, WH Smith has been targetted by a cyber attack. The cyber attack has reportedly given illegal access to company data including former and current employees WH Smith Cyber Security Incident, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 02 Mar 2023

Map shows full list of WHSmith stores closing down in 2024

Channel: UK UK January 18, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Pedestrian shopping street 'North Lanes' in Brighton, East Sussex, England. With crowds of people.

Map of UK's disposable income shows exactly how rich your neighbours are

Channel: UK UK December 5, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Map shows list of universities with the biggest amount of stoners

Channel: UK UK December 9, 2024 By Lucia Botfield
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Traveller children 'blocked from Christmas market and forced onto trains by police'

Channel: UK UK November 28, 2024 By Gethin Hicks

Man arrested after investigation into 'Manchester nightlife' viral clips

Channel: UK UK November 27, 2024 By Katie Boyden
Commuters crowd the platform at the Piccadilly station in Manchester, Britain March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Major disruption after person hit by train in Manchester

Channel: UK UK November 26, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen
Sir Jim Ratcliffe smiling in a blue coat, with Manchester, Old Trafford football stadium, and the Man Utd logo behind him as a collage

Inside Man Utd’s £2,000,000,000 plan to turn Old Trafford into ‘Wembley of the north’

Channel: Football Football November 25, 2024 By Sean Kearns
Flowers left at the scene on Ravenscraig Road near Ashtons Field, Salford, in Greater Manchester, where the remains of a baby were found in a field. Police were called at about 1pm on Wednesday after a member of the public discovered the body. Picture date: Wednesday November 20, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Salford. Photo credit should read: Ryan Jenkinson/PA Wire

Fresh appeal to find mum of newborn baby found dead covered in snow

Channel: UK UK November 22, 2024 By Danny Rigg
A woman clearing a car off snow in the UK after snow and icy weather hit.

UK braces for winter whammy of further snow, ice and travel delays

Channel: UK UK November 20, 2024 By Katie Boyden

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