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UK residents planning to buy a holiday home in Spain have been warned they could be hit with a 100% tax rise as the country tries to tackle its housing shortage. Public anger is growing in Spain and other European countries as locals are being priced out of home ownership by rents driven up by

A football fan who mocked a dead player at a derby match has been banned and fined. During a game between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United, Brandon Pedryc typed out “Where’s Baldock” in large letters on his phone and waved it at rival fans during the Championship game at Bramall Lane on 11 November last

The inquest into the deaths of five people in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s stadium has heard police officers tried to break the aircraft’s windscreen after it crashed. Police officers in a patrol car spotted the helicopter, on its way from the King Power Stadium to London Stansted Airport, as it dropped. A police

One of the ships at the centre of Scotland’s long-running ferries fiasco has formally entered service. MV Glen Sannox completed its first timetabled passenger voyage on Monday morning, leaving Troon in South Ayrshire just after 6.50am and arriving in Brodick on the Isle of Arran at about 8.15am. It had earlier completed a return test

The chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry will not “hesitate to make recommendations about the use of social media” and its role in spreading “misinformation and disinformation” around vaccines, the secretary to the inquiry has told Sky News. The independent public inquiry resumes on Tuesday with Module 4 looking at Vaccines and Therapeutics. Ben Connah,

The body of a missing man has been found by police at a landfill site in Essex. Officers spent 45 days searching the site for Cumali Turhan. The 46-year-old was feared murdered and was last seen in The Globe pub in Chelmsford, in the early hours of 19 November. His family has been informed of

A hospital in north London has advertised for a corridor nurse, as the NHS grapples with a winter crisis of rising pressures. Recent days have seen more than a dozen hospitals declaring critical incidents as a “quad-demic” of flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all put a strain on the health service’s resources.

A woman has suffered life-changing injuries after she was stabbed at the Accident and Emergency department where she was working. It’s believed she is a nurse at Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester, where the attack happened. A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. It is understood the woman

A police officer has been killed after being hit by a lorry while helping motorists who had been involved in a separate collision. PC Rosie Prior died was killed on the A19 at Bagby in North Yorkshire on Saturday morning. Another driver, Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough, was also killed when the HGV struck him

Police divers have been deployed to the River Dee in Aberdeen in the search for two sisters who disappeared five days ago in the city. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street after leaving their home on Tuesday at around 2.12am. The sisters – who are part of

Former Manchester United footballer David May has shared his fears about developing dementia – and the impact that would have on his family. It comes after the ex-footballer revealed David Windass, the former Hull City, Bradford City and Middlesbrough striker, has been diagnosed with stage two dementia. During the early stages of dementia, people show

A coroner has warned about the effects of depression medication after the husband of the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter took his own life. Thomas Kingston, a 45-year-old financier, was found dead on 25 February last year at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds. Katy Skerrett, senior coroner for Gloucestershire, has said action

Specialist search teams, police dogs and divers have been dispatched to find two sisters who vanished in Aberdeen three days ago. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am on Tuesday. The siblings were captured crossing the bridge and turning right

Novak Djokovic’s rival-turned-coach Andy Murray says he’s “absolutely fine” with the star venting frustrations towards him during matches – as long as he’s “trying as hard as he can”. GB tennis great Murray, who joined the Serbian star’s coaching team last November, months after retiring from playing, spoke to reporters in Melbourne on Thursday ahead

New warnings of widespread disruption caused by freezing weather have been issued, with temperatures expected to plummet to as low as -16C in some areas. Snow, ice and fog warnings have been issued, following on from severe weather on Wednesday, with the South West and south of England particularly affected by heavy snow. Devon and

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government’s latest idea, and it is bold and innovative. It will certainly get attention, even if that doesn’t mean it will work. But it is another effort by this government to differentiate itself from the leaders who came before. In a

The charity that one of the British hikers missing in northern Italy worked for has said it is “aware of reports the body of Sam Harris has been recovered”. The Crystal Palace Football Club charity, Palace for Life, said it was “devastated to receive this news” and its “thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to

Manchester United player Harry Maguire has been banned from driving for almost two months after admitting doing 85mph in a 50mph zone. Maguire, 31, admitted the offence and was banned for 56 days and fined £1,052 during a 20-minute hearing at Bolton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The England defender was caught on camera driving his

West Ham have sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui after less than eight months in charge. The Hammers, who are currently 14th in the Premier League, are expected to announce former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter as the Spaniard’s replacement. Talks with Potter were at an advanced stage on Tuesday night, with a few contract

A body has been found in the search for two missing British hikers who went missing in the Dolomites, Italy’s alpine rescue has said. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London were hiking when they were last heard from, in the early afternoon on 1 January. The two men were meant to return