Aldi candle dupes: The White Company, Jo Malone and Diptyque

Its 2025 winter home fragrance collection is landing in stores this weekend, with 30 seasonal scents to choose from across the collection, including floral Sweet Iris or Peony Blush, warming Orange, Cinnamon... Read more »

Starmer urges momentum be seized for second phase of peace amid Gaza summit

The US president and fellow negotiators, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, will sign off the peace plan in Sharm El Sheikh, joined by leaders from more than 20 countries. The summit, co-hosted by... Read more »

Russia launched over 3,100 drones and almost 1,360 guided aerial bombs in a week; Ukraine liberated village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Key developments on Oct. 11-12: Russia launched over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, nearly 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week, Zelensky saysUkraine liberates village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military claimsRussia cuts Zaporizhzhia... Read more »

More than 1,800 tonnes of waste illegally dumped by one man and his firms across Wales

The owners of land where Stephen Williams dumped the piles of rubbish had to pay tens of thousands to clear it up Stephen Williams pleaded guilty to illegally depositing waste at three... Read more »

Collette Bonnar’s Short Stories: The Stranger in Clearwater Cove

The annual party at the Old Vicarage in Clearwater Cove was always the social event of the year. Iris Boyd-Creamer was the perfect hostess who took pride in pushing the boat out for what... Read more »

Sturgeon: ‘Unthinkable’ for care Promise not to be delivered

The Glasgow Southside MSP accepted that the legislation to achieve the goal did not have “everything that everyone wants”. But she encouraged people to back the current proposals and legislate later for... Read more »

Dark past of sisters who became ‘aggressive’ teens and brutally filmed killing man

Two of the teenagers who were jailed for killing 75-year-old Fredi Rivero in an ‘unprovoked attack’ in London, were sisters – and details of their past have emerged Mr Fredi Rivero tragically... Read more »

‘It flew straight at them’ – how Russian drone attack on Ukrainian and French journalists unfolded

L: George Ivanchenko, a Ukrainian photojournalist, was seriously wounded in a targeted Russian drone attack while reporting on the front line in eastern Ukraine on Oct. 3, 2025. (Olha Kovalyova) R: French... Read more »

Ian Watkins’ Lostprophets bandmate speaks out after paedophile frontman is killed in prison

Ian Watkins’ Lostprophets bandmate has spoken out after the paedophile frontman was killed in prison.  The rock singer, 48, reportedly had his throat cut by a fellow inmate at Wakefield Prison in... Read more »

Longford/Westmeath being championed as key area in ‘Ireland, Home of Halloween’

This year marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands in Longford and Westmeath as Fáilte Ireland launches ‘Ireland, Home of Halloween.’ For the first time, the two... Read more »