- NewsDavid Harding
Hundreds of Birmingham parents protest over teacher running LGBT lessons
More than 300 parents and children gathered outside of a primary school in Birmingham to protest against lessons on homosexuality and gender.
- NewsYahoo News UK
The Catch-up: Donald Trump declares national emergency over Mexico border wall
Donald Trump has declared a state of national emergency at the US-Mexico border. The highly controversial move means he can now bypass Congress to access an estimated $8bn (£6.2bn) to fund the controversial project. Building the wall was one of Trump’s key promises during the presidential campaign but Democrats had refused to back his plans in Congress.
- NewsEllen Manning
Elderly couple aged 83 and 77 finally tie the knot after 35 YEARS of unmarried bliss
David Wiese, 77, and Carolyn Gabbard, 83, finally tied the knot after 35 years together in a ceremony at the RiverStone Health Hospice Home in Billings, Montana, USA.
- NewsDavid Harding
Prisoners smoke pages from a Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book sprayed in drugs
A Harry Potter book sprayed with drugs was smuggled into a UK prison, where inmates are suspected to have smoked the pages.
- NewsEllen Manning
More than 94 million cattle, sheep and poultry were slaughtered without being stunned in 2018
Figures from the FSA revealed that 94 million cattle, sheep and poultry were slaughtered without being stunned first in 2018.
- NewsDavid Harding
'Is this the Ross from Friends case?' David Schwimmer lookalike appears in court on theft charges
Abdulah Husseini, a 'lookalike' of Friends actor David Schwimmer, has appeared in court and denied a string of fraud and theft offences.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Brexit, weakness and antisemitism: This is why voters are turning against Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
YouGov research has suggested that Jeremy Corbyn's attitude to Brexit and failure to tackle antisemitism is turning people away from Labour.
- NewsDavid Harding
More than a dozen ministers could quit over no-deal as Brexit chaos deepens, says Tory MP
More than a dozen Government ministers could quit by the end of the month if Theresa May refuses to extend the Brexit negotiating period beyond March 29, a leading Tory says
- NewsYahoo UK Staff
Frozen trees and awesome waves: International Landscape Photographer of the Year revealed
The contest, now in its fifth year, attracted nearly 3,000 entries from more than 860 photographers around the world.
- NewsEllen Manning
Donald Trump is now obese but is in good health overall, according to his medical
According to Donald Trump's annual physical, the US President has put on weight and is now officially obese.
- NewsDavid Harding
Anger as Palestinian zoo cuts lion's claws so she can 'play' with children
A lion has been declawed by a Palestinian zoo so visitors can 'play' with the animal, sparking outrage from animal welfare campaigners.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Over 100 MPs will ignore cancelled 'half-term' order to go on holiday next week
The Sun reported that at least 100 MPs will still take a 'half-term' break, despite it being cancelled so Parliament can pass vital Brexit legislation.
- NewsDavid Harding
'Happy' schoolgirl died as she was struck by a train while looking at her phone
'Happy and kind' teenager Evie Wright, 15, died after being struck by a train as she walked across a level crossing looking at her phone.
- NewsEllen Manning
Billionaire boss of The Range blasted for blocking disabled access to flagship store with £200,000 Ferrari
A Ferrari belonging to billionaire owner of The Range, Chris Dawson, was spotted blocking the entrance to his flagship store in Plymouth, Devon
- NewsEllen Manning
Sajid Javid says he 'won't hesitate to block return' of teenage Isis bride Shamima Begum to UK
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said he will not hesitate to stop Britons who left the UK to join IS - like schoolgirl Shamima Begum - from returning.
- NewsYahoo News UK
The Catch-up: Britain ‘won’t rescue’ pregnant Isis schoolgirl
The schoolgirl who fled the UK to join Isis in Syria will not be rescued by Britain, officials have confirmed. Shamima Begum, who is heavily pregnant, left London when she was 15 to join the terrorist organisation. Today, it emerged she is in a refugee camp in Syria and wants to return to the UK.
- NewsAndy Wells
US candidate advances to final round of mayoral elections - despite being dead
Charles Lamb’s name will be on the April 2 ballot to be mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma.
- NewsAndy Wells
Heat turns up on Valentine’s Day as mild weather sees near record warm temperatures for February
Some parts of Britain could be around 10 degrees warmer today than the average for February.
- NewsRob Waugh
Plan to recycle plastic waste into clean fuels
Could this help to solve plastic pollution?
- NewsRob Waugh
Underground volcanoes on Mars ‘are warming a hidden lake under the ice’
Unseen mysteries could be lurking beneath the surface of the Red Planet as scientists suggest that hidden volcanoes may be warming an underground lake on Mars. Radar readings published last year suggests that liquid water lurks beneath the south polar ice cap on Mars. Now researchers say that if there’s liquid water, there must have been recent volcanic activity to keep the water warm.
- NewsRob Waugh
Russia is going to cut the entire country off from the internet in ‘cyber war’ test
Privacy groups are alarmed
- NewsRob Waugh
Inventor of GPS says ‘world has lost art of map-reading’
The makers of GPS did not anticipate many of its uses
- NewsRob Waugh
Footprint of one of the last Neanderthals from 29,000 years ago is found near Gibraltar
One of the last of his kind
- NewsDavid Harding
UK drink-drive deaths hit highest level since 2009
Up to 330 people were killed in drink drive incidents last year, the highest number for a decade
