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Carol Vorderman has left her BBC radio show over the corporation’s new social media guidelines. The former Countdown co-host said she was “not prepared to lose [her] voice on social media”. Ms Vorderman said BBC Wales management had “decided [she] must leave” as she had “breached the new guidelines”. She has presented the Saturday morning

A rise in costs including for energy and repairs has contributed to annual car insurance premiums hitting a new record high, according to an industry body. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) reported a 29% leap in paid-for average comprehensive cover during the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2022.

Rishi Sunak has described a planned pro-Palestinian march in London on Armistice Day as “disrespectful” – but has accepted the protest will go ahead. The prime minister met with the chief of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley for a crisis meeting this afternoon – and had vowed to hold him “accountable” for the commissioner’s

A hotel room in Egypt where a British couple died was next door to a room that had been sprayed with chemicals to kill bed bugs only hours before their deaths, an inquest has heard. John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 63, from Burnley in Lancashire died on 21 August 2018 in the Egyptian

Police support officers are guarding the Cenotaph in Rochdale after “Free Palestine” was painted across it ahead of Remembrance Sunday. It follows two incidents at the cenotaph, one on Monday and one today. It is understood the graffiti appeared on Tuesday afternoon. Two teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with

Boris Johnson said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose another lockdown in September 2020, according to one of his most veteran aides – despite the former prime minister denying making the remark several times. Edward Udny-Lister made the revelation to the COVID inquiry today. It backs up reports in The Daily

A detention officer who discovered a holster that had concealed a gun used to murder a police officer expressed his “astonishment” after colleagues missed it during a search, an inquest heard. Richard Adams shouted “how the f*** did he get a loaded gun in a holster into custody?” after his Metropolitan Police colleague Matt Ratana

Several vehicles travelling along a stretch of road in Caerphilly have been hit by “bricks and patio slabs” as police investigate a spate of incidents in recent weeks. Two drivers whose cars have been struck in the past month have spoken to Sky News, and there are several further reported incidents on social media. Gwent

Tougher sentences for the country’s most serious offenders and a crackdown on grooming have taken centre stage in the first King’s Speech in decades. The King struck a personal note when he began his speech – the first by a king in over 70 years – by acknowledging the “legacy of service and devotion to

After six months of falls house prices across the country are on the rise again, according to analysis from part of the UK’s biggest mortgage lender. Last month, for the first time since March, the cost of buying a house increased as the number of properties on the market shrunk, according to the Halifax house

A man who averted a potential bombing by befriending the attacker told a 999 call handler “he was about to kill a lot of people”, a court has heard. Mohammed Farooq, 28, who is accused of planning a terror attack at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, was “agitated” when Nathan Newby spotted him in the

A tornado that ripped through Jersey during Storm Ciaran was likely the strongest in the British Isles for almost 70 years, an investigation has found. The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) said the wind vortex, which swept in around midnight on Wednesday 1 November, was also “easily” the most powerful ever recorded on the

The government’s policies for the upcoming year will be unveiled during the King’s Speech on Tuesday, with a pledge to put criminal justice “at the heart” of its plans. The speech – devised by the prime minister, but delivered by King Charles – will include details of a Sentencing Bill to ensure whole life orders

Personal letters confiscated by Britain’s Royal Navy 265 years ago before they could reach French sailors during the Seven Years’ War have been read for the first time. Written between 1757 and 1758, the billet-doux (love letters) were meant for the crew onboard the Galatee, a French warship captured by the British. The wives, fiances,

The Isle of Man government is to encourage businesses to round prices to the nearest 5p as it looks to phase out 1p and 2p coins. The island’s treasury stopped minting Manx pennies – equivalent to UK pennies – in 2016 because the cost of making them outweighed their value. However, in a recent survey,

Fireworks have been thrown at riot police in Edinburgh in “Bonfire Night-related disruption”. Dozens of young people gathered in Niddrie, a suburb of the Scottish capital, just before 5pm on Sunday in a repeat of disorder seen last year. Petrol bombs were lobbed at police officers, who were subjected to repeated attacks during the standoff.

This is King Charles’s first King’s Speech as monarch. This matters to him, not only because he knows the world will be looking to see if he does something differently (he won’t – continuity matters), nor because it could be an opportunity to say something about his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in a new

Police have made three arrests during a fourth week of pro-Palestinian protests in central London. One person was arrested after “displaying a placard that could incite hatred”, the Metropolitan Police said. They were held under section 12 of the Terrorism Act. Another was detained for assaulting a police officer while the third was arrested for

Pet owners are gearing up for a stressful time for both themselves and their animals as fireworks season begins. With bonfire night and Diwali in October and November, followed not long afterwards by New Year’s Eve, there is little respite from the bangs and vibrations that can have devastating effects on animals. People suffer as

The national living wage could rise to £11.46 an hour last year – well above what the government has announced. The minimum rate for adults over 23 is pegged to median hourly pay – and stronger-than-expected wage growth means April’s increase could exceed the £11 an hour recently suggested by the chancellor. Average weekly earnings