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Detectives investigating the rape of a woman in west London have released an e-fit of a man they are working to identify. A woman was walking alone along Bradiston Road, in Maida Vale, when a car – believed to be a dark-coloured Audi A3 – stopped at the junction ahead of her. A man pushed

Police have been made aware of “abhorrent attacks” on social media aimed at Premier League official Michael Oliver and his family, the referees’ body has said. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), responsible for referees in England’s professional football leagues, said it was “appalled by the threats and abuse” aimed at Oliver. It comes

Each Monday, our Money team speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week we chat to James Davies, a specialist orthodontist at Quayside Orthodontics in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire… People think my job is… something they would not want to do. Looking in people’s mouths all day! What I’d say

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump “stressed the importance of the close and warm ties” between their countries and “agreed to meet soon” in a phone call, Downing Street has said. During the conversation on Sunday, the prime minister congratulated the president on his inauguration and paid tribute to his “role in securing the landmark

Donald Trump has said he thinks Sir Keir Starmer has “done a very good job” so far and said the pair will speak over the phone “over the next 24 hours”. The US president said he and the prime minister “get along well” despite Sir Keir being “liberal, which is a little bit different from

The 52-year prison sentence of Axel Rudakubana is to be reviewed following complaints it was “unduly lenient”. Southport’s MP Patrick Hurley was among those calling for a longer term on Thursday after the 18-year-old was jailed for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in July last year.

Mobile network Three has apologised after customers across the country reported problems making and receiving voice calls. More than 10,000 people have logged problems on outage site Downdetector, with the first issues reported around 1pm. The network said a “small percentage” of customers were affected and that it was working hard to fix it. X

A police investigation into the Southport attack is still active, a senior officer has said. Rudakubana murdered three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last summer in the Merseyside town, when he was 17 years old. He was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years behind bars after pleading guilty to killing Alice da

Manchester City have accepted AC Milan’s loan-to-buy offer for defender Kyle Walker. Under the terms of the deal the Italian club can sign the England international permanently in the summer, for a fee of around £4.2m (€5m), Sky in Italy said. Walker, 34, will arrive in the city around lunchtime on Thursday and have a

A rare red alert for “very strong” wind has been issued for parts of the UK ahead of Storm Eowyn. The alert, which covers all of Northern Ireland from 7am on Friday until 2pm, and parts of Scotland from 10am to 5pm, warns of “very dangerous conditions” and “widespread disruption”. Tornados could also hit parts

Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a woman in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall police said officers were called to the West Hoe area of the city at 8.55pm on Wednesday after the woman in her 40s was found seriously injured in the street. She was taken to hospital, but was pronounced

A peer has claimed ADHD is a “fashionable disorder” and that many diagnosed with the condition are “not that ill or not ill at all”. Baroness Claire Fox, who used to be a member of the Brexit Party, spoke about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a debate in the House of Lords. She said

A Russian “spy” ship has been monitored by the Royal Navy after it entered UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has said – as he issued a warning to President Vladimir Putin. The vessel, called Yantar, has been used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure, John Healey told MPs.

The Church of England has said the government slashing funding available for listed places of worship repairs will only provide “temporary relief” and is concerned about a cap affecting larger projects. Heritage minister Sir Chris Bryant, a former Anglican priest, announced the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme will receive £23m for 2025/26 compared with

Police have revealed they had previous “contact” with the family of a father and his six-year-old daughter found dead inside a house in West Lothian – but a top officer has claimed there’s “nothing connected to this incident that causes any concern”. The force said emergency crews attended at a property in Harburn Drive, West

A Welsh national park has insisted its second homes policy is not “discriminatory” to English people. On Wednesday, Eryri National Park’s authority (also known as Snowdonia) voted to make planning permission a requirement for anyone wanting to change a property into a second home. Gwynedd Council has already introduced such a measure and is responsible

Police are investigating new information in the case of a seven-year-old boy who died after being struck by an HGV more than 35 years ago. Danny Leech was fatally injured in Dundee’s Arbroath Road on Friday 8 September 1989. Police Scotland said road policing officers are now evaluating new information from the schoolboy’s family, which

The pink ribbons on the front gates and signposts of Hart Street in Southport are faded now. Warning: This article contains content some readers might find distressing. Placed there in that wave of grief and shock, they are now one of the last visual reminders of what happened on 29 July. One of the others:

Former Manchester United and Scotland footballer Denis Law has died, at the age of 84. In a statement, his family said: “It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away. He fought a tough battle, but finally, he is now at peace. “We would like to

The deaths of a young woman and a teenage boy while in custody at a young offenders’ institution in Scotland “might have been avoided”, an inquiry has found. Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives within months of each other at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in Falkirk in 2018. A fatal