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A woman’s body has been found during the search for Lucy Charles who went missing three weeks ago. North Wales Police said on Friday that its officers and underwater teams recovered the body from the River Dee. Formal identification is yet to take place. Ms Charles, from Bangor-on-Dee, near Wrexham, was last seen walking past

Police have released a CCTV image of the last known movements of a woman who has been missing for three weeks. Lucy Charles, 39, was last seen walking past a pub in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham county, at 5.34pm on 22 December. Her personal items have been found on the bank of the River Dee during extensive

Burberry shares have fallen sharply after the luxury brand said it had failed to see the global pick-up in demand it had hoped for over the crucial Christmas season. The UK company, which has been seeking to move upmarket under a turnaround plan initiated by chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd, had previously warned on its annual

Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv today as he announces a new package of military aid, security assurances and humanitarian support. Mr Sunak will sign a UK-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – committing the UK to provide intelligence sharing, cyber security, medical and military training, and defence industrial cooperation. The UK will

Police are treating a woman’s death as murder after finding the bodies of a married couple at a home in Scotland. Alison McLaughlin, 53, and husband Neil, 57, were found dead in their home on Greenock’s Banff Road, Inverclyde, after concern was raised for the pair’s welfare on Friday 5 January. A probe was subsequently

A former firearms officer has been awarded a reported £820,000 after winning a sex discrimination case against West Midlands Police. Rebecca Kalam was made the “poster girl” for the force’s firearms unit in 2012 and told she could not pass the training course unless she agreed, an employment tribunal heard. She was also required to

A constable is under criminal investigation after a man died when a police van crashed into him on a pedestrian crossing. Trevor Bartlett, 80, a former photographer for the Nottingham Post, was killed on the A52 in the city on 19 December. The van had its lights and sirens on and was in a bus

An autonomous robot designed to tackle potholes using AI is to venture out of a controlled environment and be tested on actual roads for the first time. The machine called ARRES (Autonomous Road Repair System) PREVENT can identify and characterise potholes and cracks using artificial intelligence. Image: Pic: Zenzic CAM UK Image: It can automatically

Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre said she was paid $15,000 by Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with the royal when she was 17, court documents have revealed. The legal papers are among the latest batch released relating to Ms Giuffre’s civil defamation claim against Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which was filed in

Officers investigating a double murder at a lockdown party are looking for five potential witnesses. A lone assailant shot Cheriff Tall, 21, and Abayomi Ajose, 36, dead at an outdoor “spontaneous gathering”, in a car park off Caythorpe Street, in Moss Side, Manchester, on 21 June 2020. The two men – who were not known

A man who made four trips to Scotland to rehome XL bully dogs before a ban on the breed came into force in England and Wales says the new restrictions are “disgusting”. Sammy Wilkinson, 29, believes XL bullies are being targeted “unfairly and brutally”. The 29-year-old, from Birmingham in the West Midlands, drove to and

Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died aged 74, his former club has announced. He played a big part in Wales’ success in the 1970s – helping them to three Grand Slams – and featured on the triumphant Lions tours to New Zealand in 1971 and 1974 in South Africa.

The energy regulator has warned suppliers over their conduct as a temporary ban on the forced installation of prepayment meters ends. Ofgem said on Monday that it was allowing EDF, Octopus and Scottish Power to resume “involuntary” ‘Pay as you Go’ meter installations. That was because the three firms had met conditions to restart the

A former UK ambassador to the US has told Sky News a second term for Donald Trump in the White House would be “even more difficult than the first”. Sir Nigel Sheinwald, who served in Washington between 2007 and 2012, warned the world will see a “supercharged Trump” if he “gets the second wind of

Areas hit hard by flooding after Storm Henk will be able to apply for thousands of pounds in government money to pay for recovery work and repairs. The government has announced the financial support will be available to eligible areas in England that have experienced exceptional localised flooding. Schemes include flooded households being eligible for

A yellow cold weather alert across England comes into force at 9am this morning – and will remain in force for most of next week. All of this comes as many parts of the country continue to grapple with the aftermath of Storm Henk, with heavy rainfall inundating homes and almost cutting off communities. As

The Metropolitan Police is investigating the Post Office over “potential fraud offences” after the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters. The police confirmed on Friday that it is looking into the handling of the Horizon IT scandal – “such as the monies recovered from subpostmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions”. Detectives are also separately

House prices have risen for the third month in a row, according to new figures from Halifax. The bank said the average cost of a UK home was £287,105 in December. The figure is up 1.1% from the month before and is also the highest level since March 2023. Halifax’s director of mortgages, Kim Kinnaird,

A football club has apologised to its fans after a stadium bar was decorated in the colours of its arch-rivals, days before the teams meet in the FA Cup. Bosses at Sunderland AFC have admitted the club made a “serious error in judgement” after banners saying “Keep the Black and White Flying High” and “We

Mortgage approvals hit their highest level in six months near the end of last year, official data has revealed – as more lenders announce rate cuts. New figures from the Bank of England (BoE), published on Thursday, show that more than 50,000 loans for home purchases were rubber-stamped in November – the highest number since