As Jamie Varley faces life behind bars for the horrific murder of 13-month-old Preston, it can now be revealed the tot’s mum Sarah was just 14 when she and a pal beat... Read more »

An Afghan national plied two 14-year-old girls with alcohol and raped them both after befriending one of the teenagers on Snapchat, a court heard today. Sultani Bakatash, 29, took the girls back to... Read more »

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For centuries, the tale has been passed from generation to generation: how the Irish giant Finn McCool built the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland to fight Benandonner, his Scottish rival, by hurling... Read more »

It is a tropical bird typically encountered between west Africa and India, but last week a western reef heron arrived in north Wales in what is believed to be the first ever... Read more »

It was around 2.28am in the UK that John McGinn ended 28, arguably 36, years of hurt – and anyone daft enough to be asleep will surely have stirred as chants of... Read more »

Keir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands. In a major policy shift... Read more »

The new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said. Multiple government sources said... Read more »

People in the UK with hypermobility conditions are waiting up to 21 years to be diagnosed while suffering from symptoms ranging from chronic pain to partially dislocated joints, research suggests. The study... Read more »