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Reports of children as young as 11 abused in West Midlands mini-marts, BBC reveals

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 17:46
Child sexual abuse reports go back 10 years and were seen by safeguarding group which included police

Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 17:38
The Tory leader has faced calls to sack a colleague who called public prayers an "act of domination".

Weekly quiz: How did this man accidentally turn himself blue?

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 17:34
How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

Hospital order for man who stalked Myleene Klass

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 17:26
Peter Windsor is sentenced after sending items including an air pistol to Klass and another presenter.

Nigel Farage criticised for calling Welsh people 'foreign speakers'

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 17:24
Reform UK's leader made the comment in a paid-for video message on the Cameo app.

Faisal Islam: Iran war is having a dramatic effect on the UK economy

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:21
The knock-on effects of the war in the Gulf go beyond a hold on interest rates and are set to reverberate for months.

Bank ready to raise interest rates if Iran war price 'shock' persists

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:44
Policymakers vote unanimously to hold rates at 3.75% after the Iran war prompts a reversal in the debate over borrowing costs.

Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough - key findings from Covid report

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:00
An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.

Patients harmed as Covid pandemic brought NHS close to collapse, inquiry finds

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:38
Third report into the pandemic says patients and staff were failed as health service only just coped.

Patients harmed as Covid pandemic brought NHS close to collapse, inquiry finds

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:38
Third report into the pandemic says patients and staff were failed as health service only just coped.

Tories only party with a plan, says Badenoch as she launches election campaign

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:25
Speaking ahead of the 7 May poll, the Tory leader says her party is the only one "that can actually fix things".

Snoop Dogg wants to turn Swansea into Vegas - but some think 'he should leave us alone'

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:09
Rapper Snoop Dogg has announced his own 10-year plan to make Swansea the "Vegas of Wales".

Parents jailed after letting 'skeletal' five-stone daughter die

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 14:01
Steffie Davies was found dead and in an "almost skeletal" state by paramedics who were called to her home.

Two men in court accused of spying on London Jewish community for Iran

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:15
The prosecution alleges they carried out reconnaissance of targets including Britain's oldest synagogue.

Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 09:50
Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.

Three killed and three arrested after fatal crash

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 09:35
Three men have been killed and three people arrested after a car crash near Halifax, police have said.

Pay grows at slowest rate in more than five years

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:48
Annual earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.8% in the November to January period, the Office for National Statistics says.

House of Lords backs bid to decriminalise abortion

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:47
Abortion is a crime in England and Wales, unless under strict circumstances, under a 164-year-old law.

Mum 'so proud' of deafblind son's Eastenders debut

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:40
Five-year-old Harvey Hind, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, appeared on the BBC One soap on Wednesday.

The Man Utd prodigy still too young to play senior football

Thu, 03/19/2026 - 07:49
At 15, Manchester United's JJ Gabriel is too young to play in the Premier League but he is already showing clear signs he is a huge talent.