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Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 17:30
Data suggests leading adult site Pornhub lost more than one million visitors in two weeks.

Students face nervous overnight wait for A-level, T-level and BTec grades

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 17:30
Admissions experts say a record number of 18-year-olds could get into their first choice of university.

Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 17:27
The foreign secretary has written to the Environment Agency to tell them about the error, and has now bought a licence.

No sentence increase for dog walker's teenage killer

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 16:37
Moves to increase the sentence of the boy who killed 80-year-old Bhim Kohli have been rejected.

I had knife pulled on me in migrant camp, says Philp

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 16:13
Chris Philp says the incident took place as he was talking to people near Dunkirk, France.

London chess prodigy, 10, becomes master player

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 16:11
Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, also became the youngest female player to beat a grandmaster.

Police told they can reveal suspects' ethnicity in high-profile cases

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 15:43
Police forces will be encouraged to release a suspect's details in a move aimed at combating misinformation.

Welsh Labour politician Hefin David dies aged 47

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 15:22
Hefin David had been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Caerphilly since 2016.

Average mortgage rates below 5% for first time since Truss budget

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 15:05
Average two-year mortgage rates have fallen to 4.99%, the lowest point since September 2022.

More than 140 people report crimes to Al Fayed investigation

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 14:54
Police shared the number in an update sent to victims of the late Harrods owner's predatory behaviour

I had knife pulled on me in migrant camp, says Philp

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 14:12
Chris Philp says the incident took place as he was talking to people near Dunkirk, France.

Welsh Labour politician Hefin David dies, aged 47

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 13:43
Hefin David had been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Caerphilly since 2016.

Welsh Labour politician Hefin David dies, aged 47

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 13:43
Hefin David had been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Caerphilly since 2016.

More than 140 people report crimes to Al Fayed investigation

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 13:41
Police shared the number in an update sent to victims of the late Harrods owner's predatory behaviour

Three children charged with murder of man in Kent

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 13:05
Alexander Cashford, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent, police said.

Three children charged with murder of man in Kent

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 13:05
Alexander Cashford, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent, police said.

Scottish public spending deficit grows as oil revenue drops again

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 12:05
Government tax and spending figures show North Sea revenue has fallen for the second year in a row.

Average mortgage rates below 5% for first time since Truss budget

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 11:48
Average two-year mortgage rates have fallen to 4.99%, the lowest point since September 2022.

'We want to show everyone how wonderful Alice was'

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 11:27
Alice Aguiar's parents set up Alice's Wonderdance to help fund access to dance for children.

Facial recognition vans expanded across police forces in England

Wed, 08/13/2025 - 11:18
The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.