DAD HIT WITH £42,000 PHONE BILL AFTER DAUGHTER WATCHED TIKTOK ON HOLIDAY

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!

The government has announced it is abandoning plans to make digital identity verification compulsory for proving the right to work in the United Kingdom, a major shift that marks another policy U-turn by the prime minister and his administration, opening the way for people to use existing documentation instead and reducing concerns about state surveillance while keeping the wider digital ID programme under review.

Kamaru Usman has issued a public apology after footage of a private FaceTime conversation with Anthony Joshua surfaced online, sparking criticism online. The call took place in the immediate aftermath of a tragic road traffic accident near Lagos, Nigeria, last week. Joshua was a passenger in a Lexus SUV that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway.

Baby Elsa, the youngest of three siblings abandoned in East London over an eight-year period, is set to be adopted and will remain in regular contact with her siblings, in what a judge has described as a “quite extraordinary” case.

Danielle Scott-Haughton, a highly regarded BBC drama executive who worked on major titles including Peaky Blinders and several Agatha Christie adaptations, has died unexpectedly in her 30s. Her death was announced internally this week by BBC Director of Drama Lindsay Salt and BBC content chief Kate Phillips, who confirmed that Scott-Haughton passed away in her sleep.

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.

The Palestinian embassy in London has been formally opened, marking a major diplomatic milestone after the UK officially recognised the State of Palestine in September 2025. Palestinian envoy Husam Zomlot described the move as a historic shift in Britain’s approach to Palestinian statehood.

Three teenagers have been convicted of murdering 51-year-old Anthony Marks in a violent county lines attack in London. Selfies, videos, CCTV footage, and mobile phone forensics helped police track the assailants and their links to a drug gang, culminating in convictions at the Old Bailey.

Anthony Joshua’s driver has been formally charged following a fatal road traffic collision in Nigeria that claimed the lives of two members of the boxer’s team. The crash left Joshua injured and has prompted an outpouring of tributes and grief from the boxing world.