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A nursery worker has pleaded guilty to 26 serious sexual offences against children following one of the Metropolitan Police's most harrowing and complex child sexual abuse investigations.

Australian teenagers under 16 are set to face a world-first social media ban from 10 December.

Political leaders in Aberdeen have joined forces to condemn "disgraceful" incidents of workers being threatened while taking down flags to put up Christmas lights.

The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) will no longer offer "formal" membership to transgender women from next April.

An eight-year-old girl described as "the light in everyone's life" has been identified as one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a child's party in California, her devastated family said.

A new appeal has been issued in the search for a missing Surrey man who disappeared one month ago.

King Charles has welcomed German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Windsor Castle at the start of a historic visit to the UK.

About 1,700 historic military drawings worth around £500,000 have been destroyed after a van was stolen and set alight.

The deep-sea hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished more than 11 years ago, will resume this month, Malaysia's transport ministry has said.

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The health secretary has accused the British Medical Association of "juvenile delinquency" and behaving like "moaning minnies" after the union announced that resident doctors will go on strike in the run-up to Christmas.

Melania Trump has unveiled a White House makeover for Christmas - and the theme is "Home Is Where The Heart Is".

A Palestinian anti-Hamas militia leader has been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli army radio.

The Rafah crossing will open "in the coming days" to let Gaza residents cross into Egypt, the Israeli military's arm that oversees aid flows has said.

The Trump administration has paused immigration applications submitted by nationals from 19 countries that were banned from travel earlier this year, according to a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy document.

Cash-strapped Thames Water has revealed a further rise in its debt pile while recording a return to profit on the back of inflation-busting hikes to bills.

Hospital patients are being "set up to suffer" this winter, with "distressing" scenes of vulnerable and elderly people left waiting in corridors likely to be repeated, nurses have warned.

Reform UK and the Conservatives have rejected reports they could merge or form a pact before the next general election.

The Americans were given the full VIP treatment on their visit to Moscow. 

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.