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A body has been found in the search for a missing 25-year-old woman from Leeds. North Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal to find Molly Ann Garbutt after her black Renault Clio was found parked off the B6265, near to Dibbles Bridge at Hebden, at 8am on Wednesday morning. RAF Mountain Rescue, Upper Wharfedale Fell

The daughter of a missing woman has told Sky News that the family are “all desperate to find her”. Police Scotland has launched a search for Angela Keenan, 58, who has been reported missing from Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire. Ms Keenan was last seen in the town’s Laxton Drive area at around 7am on Tuesday.

Parts of a south London hospital were sealed off while treating a woman who had swallowed poison, police have said. Two officers were also exposed to the substance and remain at Croydon University Hospital, formerly Mayday Hospital. Officers were alerted at 3.46am by London Ambulance Service to reports of a woman having ingested poison at

Police have said that they are unable to identify any of the human ashes recovered from a Hull funeral parlour. Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has been under investigation since officers recovered bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at its site on Hessle Road. Humberside Police have said detectives have been working “around the clock”

Storm Kathleen is expected to bring heavy gusts and rain - and the highest temperatures of year so far, as it hits the UK today. Pushing in from the Atlantic, the storm is set to bring gusts up to 70mph to Northern Ireland and the west of Britain as temperatures could reach up to 22C (72F)

A police officer has been found not guilty of raping a woman at her home. David Stansbury, 43, who denied three counts of rape, was acquitted by a unanimous jury following a three-week trial at Bristol Crown Court. Sergeant Stansbury, of Ilminster, Somerset, had been accused of sexually assaulting the woman between 23 October and

A Welsh town is “so excited” as town criers from across the world are set to descend for an international competition. Montgomery in Powys will host the annual Guild of Town Criers Championship this year. The event takes place on 17 September and will see town criers pitted against each other to win a silver

Two women have been reported to Scotland’s prosecution service over videos shared online of a toddler vaping. In one clip seen by the Daily Record, believed to have been filmed in East Ayrshire, a young blonde-haired girl is recorded inhaling from a pink vape as adults watch. Another video shows the youngster coughing after using

Visitors will be able to tour parts of Balmoral Castle used by the Royal Family for the first time this summer. Balmoral Castle, set in the Scottish highlands, is widely believed to have been Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite residence and is where she spent most of her summers. Guided “castle interior tours”, which will take

England saw a record amount of rainfall in the year and a half leading up to last month, new figures show. According to provisional figures from the Met Office, 1,695.9mm of rain fell from October 2022 to March 2024. This is the highest amount of rain for any 18-month period in England since the organisation

A football club is investigating allegations of racism after a match on Easter Monday. Staff at Merthyr Town Football Club said they were “aware” of the claims and investigations “are ongoing” after Hungerford Town’s manager said one of his players was subjected to racist abuse by a section of the crowd at the non-league match

Police in Northern Ireland have said they received a complaint that led to the arrest of former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson over allegations of historical sexual offences in early March. Donaldson resigned over the allegations on Friday. It is understood he will be “strenuously contesting” all charges against him. The Police Service of Northern

Heavy rain could disrupt more than two million return journeys on Easter Monday. The Met Office has said drier spells will turn cloudy with patchy rain for much of England and Wales on Sunday, before up to 15mm of more persistent and possibly thundery rain at the end of the Easter weekend. Some 2.01 million

King Charles is expected to attend the traditional Easter Sunday church service later, in one of his few appearances since last month’s cancer diagnosis. The 75-year-old monarch, who will be at the Windsor Castle service with Queen Camilla, has recently stepped back from major public duties while receiving outpatient treatment. Buckingham Palace says he is

A “devastated” mum has criticised a photography firm for offering to remove children with complex needs from class photos. Parents and carers at Aboyne Primary School complained after they were sent a link from Tempest Photography offering an alternative choice of class photos with or without the children with additional support needs. Aberdeenshire Council said

Energy bills are projected to fall by less than expected this summer and autumn due to an increase in wholesale prices, according to a closely-watched forecast. The energy price cap projection in both quarters – July to September and October to December – has risen by around 7% since predictions made last month. This means

Travelling England and Scotland football fans have been warned of the strength of German beer ahead of Euro 2024. Official guidance from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has urged people to “drink responsibly” during their time on the continent for this summer’s tournament. It warned that drunk and rowdy football fans could face

A teacher in Wales was awarded £150,000 after being assaulted by a pupil, new figures have revealed. He sustained injuries to his face, mouth and head and suffered psychological trauma after he was headbutted and punched by the pupil at a school for boys with social, emotional and behavioural issues. The NASUWT says it took

The King has said he is continuing to serve the nation with “my whole heart” in a personal Easter message in the wake of his and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnoses. The pre-recorded audio was broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday ahead of the Easter weekend.

Greater Manchester Police has said it is “reassessing” its decision not to investigate allegations made against Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over her living arrangements after receiving a complaint. The Labour MP has come under the spotlight in recent weeks over the sale of an ex-council house she previously owned in Stockport, having been accused