Martin Kemp stars as Father Christmas in COVID booster jab ad
The star has lent his support to a new campaign encouraging people to get jabbed in time for Christmas.
Following a Thames Valley police investigation, a man has been sentenced for a public order offence in Oxford.
The actor has been accused of rape and cannibalism; a new documentary explores the allegations and his dark family past.
Birmingham “can put on a great party” for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after making the shortlist of UK cities bidding to host the competition, civic chiefs have said.Flush from hosting a successful Commonwealth Games, Birmingham was named alongside Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle, as possible venues for the glittering 2023 vocal showcase.The competition was set to be held in Ukraine after Kalush Orchestra won this year’s contest, but Russia’s invasion meant organisers instead selected the UK – whose entry Sam Ryder came second – as host.Reacting on Friday, Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward said: “We are delighted to be one of the seven shortlisted cities.
Seven cities have been shortlisted for 2023 contestEurovision
Sir Robert Buckland has become the first Cabinet minister to publicly switch their endorsement for the Tory leadership from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss.
A police force scrambled to investigate a man being bundled into a car boot later discovered it was a mannequin used during water rescues.
Councils are calling for the money to be invested in initiatives to tackle physical inactivity and ensure a Commonwealth Games legacy.
A 39-year-old man has been charged following incidents on the Isle of Skye and Wester Ross on Wednesday (10 August), which left one man dead and three injured, Police Scotland have said. John MacKinnon, 47, was killed after a gun was fired at a property in Teangue yesterday morning. A 32-year-old woman had earlier been injured in an incident about eight miles away in Tarskavaig.
Droughts have been declared in parts of southwest, southern and central England and all of eastern England, as Britons continue to bake in the high temperatures.
TENS of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Oxford University Hospitals Trust in June, figures show.
NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw said the situation was ‘hugely challenging’ for farmers.
Social media posts in Nigeria are sharing an image of a group of armed officers alongside a claim that the country’s secret service had besieged the home of Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s pick as deputy to presidential candidate Peter Obi. However, the image was actually taken in 2018 when armed agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) blockaded parliament in the capital Abuja. There is also no evidence they recently surrounded Baba-Ahmed’s home.“My house has been surrender
Temperatures are climbing into the 30s and could peak around 36C over the weekend.
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Three windows were damaged and a brick was found inside the home in Crawcrook, Gateshead.
A key member of Liz Truss’s leadership campaign team warned on Thursday that a recession on top of the cost-of-living crisis would be a “human disaster”. Amid predictions of a “financial timebomb” this autumn as energy bills rocket, both Ms Truss and her rival for Downing Street Rishi Sunak are under growing pressure to announce plans to offer more support for millions of struggling families. Ms Truss, who is promising to slash taxes to ease the pressure on household budgets, on Wednesday appeared to soften her position on also offering more targeted direct financial support, saying she will do “all I can” to help people through the looming crisis.
The August Sturgeon Moon and the Perseid meteor shower will mark the skies the second week of August
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Stunning timelapse footage captured the glowing Sturgeon Moon as it rose over San Francisco on the evening of Thursday, August 11.Photographer Shreenivasan Manievannan captured the lunar event. Manievannan’s footage shows the supermoon rise behind the Transamerica Pyramid building.NASA said the moon appeared full for about three days, from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning Credit: Shreenivasan Manievannan via Storyful