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Grieving widow prosecuted over dead husband's £35 car tax bill

Wed, 18/03/2026 - 08:08
A grieving widow has received a criminal conviction over an unpaid £35 tax bill on her husband's car, which wasn't paid in the weeks after his death.

Ad for AI editing app which said it could 'erase anything' banned for sexualising women

Wed, 18/03/2026 - 07:29
An advert for an AI video editing tool which said it could "erase anything" - implying users could remove a woman's clothing - has been banned.

'My daughter thought she was talking to a boy online and sent nude pics - but it was someone else'

Wed, 18/03/2026 - 00:01
Warning: This article addresses child sexual abuse that readers may find distressing

Old graves could be reused amid shortage of burial space

Wed, 18/03/2026 - 00:01
Graves which are more than a century old could be reused in cemeteries across England and Wales under new proposals - but relatives will be able to object and war graves will be protected. 

Pakistani government wants to 'create anarchy' in Afghanistan, claims Hamid Karzai

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 22:19
Hamid Karzai has claimed that the Pakistani government wants to promote "anarchy and weakness" in Afghanistan to ensure the country is "downtrodden".

'Unprecedented' meningitis outbreak being treated as national incident

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 21:42
An outbreak of meningitis is being treated as a national incident after the deaths of a sixth-form pupil and a university student.

Senegal stripped of Africa Cup of Nations over misconduct in final

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 21:38
Senegal has been stripped of the African Cup of Nations after misconduct in the tournament final, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ruled.

Government prepares to sue Abramovich after he missed deadline to release £2.5bn from Chelsea sale

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 21:17
The UK government is preparing a possible court case against former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after he missed a deadline to release £2.5bn he raised from the sale of the club.

Inside Iran's children's wards: The painful human cost of US-Israel airstrikes

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 21:00
The human cost of Israel and America's air campaign on Iran is mounting, nowhere more painfully felt than in the children's wards of its hospitals.

Seven sentenced over series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury shops

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 18:33
Seven men have been sentenced for being part of a group that carried out a series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury stores across London.

Zelenskyy boasts about Ukrainian drone tech in more upbeat speech to MPs and peers

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 18:32
We're used to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the war leader in his combat fatigues.

Princess of Wales celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish Guards

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 18:13
The Princess of Wales wished the officers and guardsmen of the Irish Guards a happy St Patrick's Day as she presented them with traditional sprigs of shamrock.

Trump says he's 'disappointed in Starmer' - and repeats Churchill jibe

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 17:39
Donald Trump has said he's "disappointed with Keir [Starmer]" over the prime minister's initial refusal to send aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

Polanski to warn Starmer 'hasn't done enough' to protect energy customers from bill hikes

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 16:39
Zack Polanski is set to call on Sir Keir Starmer to step in and protect energy price cap customers from steep bill rises at the start of July.

Man charged over death of boy, 8, in firearm incident

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 15:46
A 64-year-old man has been charged over the death of a boy after an incident involving the discharge of a firearm.

What we know about Joe Kent - the top US counterterrorism official who has resigned over Trump's Iran war

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 15:17
Donald Trump's most senior counterterrorism official has resigned, saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the Iran war and claiming the country posed "no imminent threat" to the United States.

Naval escorts could make tankers a target, UN warns

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 14:56
Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and could even present a target for Iran as it attempts to leverage control of the vital shipping lane, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned.

North Sea oil - is it time to reconsider drilling?

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 14:38
It is easy to forget that not all that long ago, Britain was one of the world's biggest oil producers.

Andrew Tate should be extradited to UK from Hong Kong, say MPs

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 14:01
The British government needs to make an urgent extradition request to Hong Kong to send Andrew and Tristan Tate back to the UK to face criminal charges, senior MPs have demanded.

How 'cruel' friendship fraudsters are scamming older people

Tue, 17/03/2026 - 12:31
Older and vulnerable people are being targeted by "cruel" friendship fraudsters online, one of the UK's biggest banks has warned.

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