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Pagan Trails 2026: Dartmoor delivers a midwinter epic in the mud
Haldon Trail Runners among the brave runners in the Pagan Trails Marathon Competitors at PAGAN Trails 2026 were left in no doubt who the real adversary was as Dartmoor produced its harshest test yet, turning this year’s event into a full-scale battle against wind, water and relentless mud. “I...
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Iga Swiatek backs Coco Gauff’s Australian Open privacy complaints
Iga Swiatek backed up Coco Gauff’s complaints about a lack of privacy at the Australian Open by claiming tennis players are treated like zoo animals. Gauff sought a spot away from public view to let her frustration out by smashing a racket following her quarter-final loss to Elina Svitolina on Tue...
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts follow Storm Chandra heavy rain
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place after Storm Chandra brought heavy rain across the country. A major incident was declared in Somerset on Tuesday evening, with the council stating that the risk of flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors “remains high as rainwater moves through t...
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Elena Rybakina powers past Iga Swiatek to reach Australian Open semi-finals
Elena Rybakina continued her dominant form to end Iga Swiatek’s hopes of a first Australian Open title. Like Carlos Alcaraz, Swiatek only needs this trophy to complete the career Grand Slam, but she was unable to match the Spaniard by reaching the semi-finals. Although Swiatek was the higher seed,...
Elena Rybakina powers past Iga Swiatek to reach Australian Open semi-finals
Elena Rybakina continued her dominant form to end Iga Swiatek’s hopes of a first Australian Open title. Like Carlos Alcaraz, Swiatek only needs this trophy to complete the career Grand Slam, but she was unable to match the Spaniard by reaching the semi-finals. Although Swiatek was the higher seed,...
Two-year-old snooker prodigy secures two Guinness World Records for trick shots
A two-year-old snooker prodigy has secured multiple Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform two trick shots. Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on October 12 2025. Just weeks earlier, at two years and 261 days ...
Thomas The Tank Engine gets new look as he returns to 3D following 2D series
Thomas The Tank Engine has been given a new look as he returns to 3D following the 2D series Thomas And Friends: All Engines Go. The blue locomotive, who has entertained children for more than 80 years, will star in a new series of Thomas And Friends airing in autumn. Mattel, which controls the fran...
Thomas The Tank Engine gets new look as he returns to 3D following 2D series
Thomas The Tank Engine has been given a new look as he returns to 3D following the 2D series Thomas And Friends: All Engines Go. The blue locomotive, who has entertained children for more than 80 years, will star in a new series of Thomas And Friends airing in autumn. Mattel, which controls the fran...
Wednesday’s briefing: Palmer going nowhere and Arteta promises fun ride
Cole Palmer was the subject of transfer speculation with reports linking him to a shock Chelsea departure and joining his boyhood favourites Manchester United. Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior shut down what he called “unrealistic” reports, while Mikel Arteta urged Arsenal fans to “jump in the...
Wednesday’s briefing: Palmer going nowhere and Arteta promises fun ride
Cole Palmer was the subject of transfer speculation with reports linking him to a shock Chelsea departure and joining his boyhood favourites Manchester United. Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior shut down what he called “unrealistic” reports, while Mikel Arteta urged Arsenal fans to “jump in the...
The King’s environmentalism documentary to show him as ‘an informal person’
The King’s documentary about his environmentalism will show him as “quite an informal person”, according to a senior member of his foundation. Charles appears in a new Prime Video documentary, Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, which will recount how, when he was Prince of Wales, he pursued e...
The King’s environmentalism documentary to show him as ‘an informal person’
The King’s documentary about his environmentalism will show him as “quite an informal person”, according to a senior member of his foundation. Charles appears in a new Prime Video documentary, Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, which will recount how, when he was Prince of Wales, he pursued e...
King and Queen to attend screening at Windsor Castle for new nature documentary
The King and Queen will attend a screening at Windsor Castle for a new documentary about Charles’s environmentalism. They will be accompanied by The Duchess of Edinburgh and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday evening for the premiere of the new Prime Video documentary, Finding Harmony...
King and Queen to attend screening at Windsor Castle for new nature documentary
The King and Queen will attend a screening at Windsor Castle for a new documentary about Charles’s environmentalism. They will be accompanied by The Duchess of Edinburgh and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday evening for the premiere of the new Prime Video documentary, Finding Harmony...
First Drive: Can tweaks to the Ineos Grenadier make it more user friendly?
What is it? Back in 2022, the Ineos Grenadier was launched with the aim of plugging a gap for an old-school off-roader. With the departure of the ‘classic’ Land Rover Defender, the Grenadier arrived as the brainchild of Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, built in the spirit of a traditional four-whe...
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts follow Storm Chandra heavy rain
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place after Storm Chandra brought heavy rain across the country. A major incident was declared in Somerset on Tuesday evening, with the council stating that the risk of flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors “remains high as rainwater moves through t...
Angela Rayner hints at comeback after Andy Burnham blocked from by-election
Labour’s leadership should “do better”, Angela Rayner has reportedly said, as campaigning to win a forthcoming Manchester by-election begins. The former deputy prime minister also insisted she is “not dead yet”, signalling a possible return to frontline politics in the near future, accordi...
Immigration crackdown chief to leave Minneapolis
US Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday. The Trump administration is reshuffling the leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scaling back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) offi...
First Drive: Can tweaks to the Ineos Grenadier make it more user friendly?
What is it? Back in 2022, the Ineos Grenadier was launched with the aim of plugging a gap for an old-school off-roader. With the departure of the ‘classic’ Land Rover Defender, the Grenadier arrived as the brainchild of Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, built in the spirit of a traditional four-whe...
£40m digital healthcare centre wins planning permission
Planning permission has been granted for a £40 million innovation hub in Belfast that will specialise in medical technology and digital healthcare. Led by Ulster University and supported through the Belfast Region City Deal, the Centre for Digital Healthcare Technology (CDHT) project will deliver a...