A man who opened fire on an eight-year-old girl while she sat in a car celebrating her birthday with her family has been sentenced to 38 years in prison.

What was meant to be a quiet overnight burglary turned into a clumsy CCTV moment that quickly went viral, after a man attempting to rob a County Durham petrol station repeatedly fell through the ceiling not once, but four times!

Footage of former Love Island contestant Indiyah Polack kissing Swedish streamer Marlon Lundberg surfaced on the internet on Saturday, quickly sparking widespread discussion across social media. The clip emerged amid ongoing rumours that Polack had ended her three-year relationship with Dami Hope, whom she began dating after meeting on the reality show in 2022.

Learner drivers in England and Wales could soon face a mandatory waiting period of up to six months between passing their theory test and taking the practical driving test under new proposals from the UK government. The measure is part of the Road Safety Strategy published on 7 January 2026, the first comprehensive national road safety plan in more than a decade.

US President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela will turn over between 30 and 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the United States, a move he claims places Washington in effective control of the country’s energy resources. The oil transfer, valued at more than $2 billion (£1.48 billion), would represent one of the largest seizures of Venezuelan crude under US sanctions.

Singer Jesy Nelson, member of the iconic girl group “Little Mix”, has spoken publicly about the health challenges facing her newborn twin daughters, revealing that both babies have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition that affects muscle strength and movement.