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One Direction star Liam Payne dies aged 31 in Buenos Aires – reports

One Direction star Liam Payne dies aged 31 in Buenos Aires – reports

One Direction star Liam Payne dies aged 31 in Buenos Aires – reports

16 October 2024

According to reports he died in a fall at a hotel.


Cabinet ministers pushing back against department spending cuts

Cabinet ministers pushing back against department spending cuts

Cabinet ministers pushing back against department spending cuts

16 October 2024

Senior ministers are pushing back against cuts as Rachel Reeves finalises her first Budget as Chancellor.


London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture

London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture

London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture

16 October 2024

It beat London’s National Portrait Gallery, Sheffield’s Park Hill Phase 2 and the King’s Cross Masterplan in the capital, to the prize.


Funding applications open for primary schools to deliver nurseries in England

Funding applications open for primary schools to deliver nurseries in England

Funding applications open for primary schools to deliver nurseries in England

16 October 2024

It forms the first stage of the Government’s plan to open an additional 3,000 school-based nurseries.


Award winner praises ‘incredible’ William for homelessness initiative

Award winner praises ‘incredible’ William for homelessness initiative

Award winner praises ‘incredible’ William for homelessness initiative

16 October 2024

Shannon, 26, was presented with the Inspirational Award at the Centrepoint ceremony.


Amy Dowden says she feels there is ‘life after cancer’ following Strictly return

Amy Dowden says she feels there is ‘life after cancer’ following Strictly return

Amy Dowden says she feels there is ‘life after cancer’ following Strictly return

16 October 2024

The Welsh dancer missed out on competing with a partner in the BBC dance competition last year due to undergoing treatment for breast cancer.


Prince of Wales calls for ‘systemic change’ to end homelessness

Prince of Wales calls for ‘systemic change’ to end homelessness

Prince of Wales calls for ‘systemic change’ to end homelessness

16 October 2024

William made the comments at the Centrepoint Awards on Wednesday evening.


Driving test delays hit trainee paramedics and aspiring police officers, MPs say

Driving test delays hit trainee paramedics and aspiring police officers, MPs say

Driving test delays hit trainee paramedics and aspiring police officers, MPs say

16 October 2024

Conservative shadow transport minister Greg Smith said the problem of bots ‘requires very firm action’.


EU must do more over crisis in Middle East – Taoiseach

EU must do more over crisis in Middle East – Taoiseach

EU must do more over crisis in Middle East – Taoiseach

16 October 2024

Simon Harris is in Brussels for a meeting of the European Council.


Landlords call for Budget tax breaks to boost supply and control rents

Landlords call for Budget tax breaks to boost supply and control rents

Landlords call for Budget tax breaks to boost supply and control rents

16 October 2024

Organisations representing the private rental sector said landlords are facing uncertainty ‘on a number of fronts’ as demand grows.


Badenoch running a ‘grassroots campaign’ for Tory leader, ‘not a media campaign’

Badenoch running a ‘grassroots campaign’ for Tory leader, ‘not a media campaign’

Badenoch running a ‘grassroots campaign’ for Tory leader, ‘not a media campaign’

16 October 2024

Ms Badenoch’s rival Robert Jenrick has been more visible in the media since the two were named as the final candidates in the contest.


New laser-based test ‘could detect different types of dementia in seconds’

New laser-based test ‘could detect different types of dementia in seconds’

New laser-based test ‘could detect different types of dementia in seconds’

16 October 2024

The research said the MX-Raman technique could ‘revolutionise’ how the disease is diagnosed.


Nigel Farage declares £60,000 in GB News earnings in latest MPs’ register

Nigel Farage declares £60,000 in GB News earnings in latest MPs’ register

Nigel Farage declares £60,000 in GB News earnings in latest MPs’ register

16 October 2024

The latest update of the interests register shows new earnings for a number of MPs, including media appearances and local government work.


Plan for two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge scrapped after Court of Appeal ruling

Plan for two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge scrapped after Court of Appeal ruling

Plan for two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge scrapped after Court of Appeal ruling

16 October 2024

Campaigners were appealing against a decision to refuse a challenge of approved plans to build a two-mile tunnel near the Salisbury landmark.


Murder investigation launched after death of toddler in Northern Ireland

Murder investigation launched after death of toddler in Northern Ireland

Murder investigation launched after death of toddler in Northern Ireland

16 October 2024

The 23-month-old victim was named by police as Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa.


Microplastics found in dolphin breath – study

Microplastics found in dolphin breath – study

Microplastics found in dolphin breath – study

16 October 2024

In the study researchers collected samples of exhaled air from 11 bottlenose dolphins.


Peers urge Government to ‘motor on’ with rolling out electric charging points

Peers urge Government to ‘motor on’ with rolling out electric charging points

Peers urge Government to ‘motor on’ with rolling out electric charging points

16 October 2024

Baroness Parminter said the move to electric vehicles is ‘one of the most important actions if we are going to get to net zero’.


Car was heading in wrong direction before M6 crash which left five dead – police

Car was heading in wrong direction before M6 crash which left five dead – police

Car was heading in wrong direction before M6 crash which left five dead – police

16 October 2024

Two children died in the crash which happened on the motorway near the Tebay services in Cumbria.


Air pollution increasing number of vet visits for cats and dogs – research

Air pollution increasing number of vet visits for cats and dogs – research

Air pollution increasing number of vet visits for cats and dogs – research

16 October 2024

Five years of data on more than seven million visits to veterinary practices across the UK was analysed.


Mother who died after reporting assault was unlawfully killed, jury finds

Mother who died after reporting assault was unlawfully killed, jury finds

Mother who died after reporting assault was unlawfully killed, jury finds

16 October 2024

A jury found there were ‘significant missed opportunities’ to safeguard 23-year-old Daniela Espirito Santo.


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