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Fatherhood is a rarity for humpback whales in South Pacific, study finds

As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the breeding grounds around New Caledonia in the South Pacific may have fathered offspring, a study has found.

Man charged with stalking Shirley Ballas

A man has been charged with stalking the Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas.

Scottish man killed while serving as medic in Ukraine

A Scottish man has been killed while serving on the frontline with the Ukrainian army, his family has said.

Director's exit is latest plot twist at under-fire society of literature

The director of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) will leave to \"pursue new career opportunities\" after a year in which the society's management has faced intense scrutiny.

Ministers hope 'new deal' can help to reset relationship with industry

The government is aiming to reset its relationship with farmers with what it describes as a \"new deal\" for the industry.

'Get on my land' The access-friendly farmers boosting the right to roam

When Debra and Tom Willoughby first arrived at their tenant farm in Nottinghamshire, they tried to reroute a bridleway that runs through their farmyard.

Bristol Old Vic theatre school to scrap degree course amid financial pressures

One of the UK's most celebrated drama schools, which counts the Oscar-winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jeremy Irons among its alumni, is to scrap its undergraduate degrees because of a range of financial challenges.

Hamster and a fake leg among items left on Northern trains

A prosthetic leg, an ironing board and a hamster are among the things passengers have left on Northern trains.

Afghans killed by SAS described as 'flat-packed', inquiry hears

Afghans who were killed by members of the SAS in Afghanistan were described dismissively as having been \"flat-packed\" according to revealing testimony given by a former member of the elite force's sister unit to a public inquiry.

'Thousands gone' Hero pub owner counts cost after flood water wrecks restaurant

As Cimi Kazazi stood in the middle of his flood-damaged bar and restaurant in the Leicestershire village of Great Glen, he struggled to find the words to describe the devastation.

At long last orders Guests snowed in at highest pub in UK free on fourth day

It was the moment they had waited four days for. A tractor appeared on the horizon, bringing the possibility of escape for most of the 33 people snowed into the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub.

Pair of British hikers missing in Dolomites since New Year's Day

A search is under way for a pair of British hikers in the Dolomites who have been missing since New Year's Day.

Some states not acting in good faith on climate, says expert

The international effort to avert climate catastrophe has become mired by misinformation and bad faith actors and must be fundamentally reformed, according to a UN expert.

Black police chief denies 'racist' group chat messages, hearing told

The Metropolitan police's Black Police Association head was part of a group chat where \"racist\" jokes about east Asian people and a video mocking Katie Price's disabled son, Harvey, were shared, a misconduct hearing was told.

McDonald's Fired 29 Staff After Harassment Claims, MPs Told

The chief executive of McDonald's has said 29 people have been dismissed in the past year after allegations of sexual harassment.

Peter Yarrow, of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

Peter Yarrow, a vocalist with the US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged 86.

AI helps increase breast cancer detection rate in first real-world test

The use of AI in breast cancer screening increases the chance of the disease being detected, researchers have found, in what they say is the first real-world test of the approach.

Vinyl and streaming lead the way in record-breaking year for UK music

Music lovers spent a record £2.4bn on streaming subscriptions and physical music last year as the British music industry finally recovers from the digital revolution that ushered in rampant online piracy and the slow death of the CD.

London the only major UK city that is ageing, thinktank finds

Post-Brexit migration patterns and falling birth rates mean London is the only major UK city getting older, according to new analysis.

Apple will update AI tool after inaccurate summaries of news

Apple has said it will update an artificial intelligence feature that has issued inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones, including that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself and that the tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.

Police appeal for information after boy, 14, fatally stabbed on London bus

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, south-east London, in the middle of the afternoon yesterday.

Tulip Siddiq Bangladesh demands bank details of UK anti-corruption minister

Anti-money laundering officials in Bangladesh have demanded the bank account details of Tulip Siddiq, the UK anti-corruption minister, in the latest escalation of the inquiries into her family's financial interests.

Reform Farage paid £189,000 for promoting gold company

Nigel Farage was paid £189,000 last year as a brand ambassador for a gold company, taking his total income since July's election to just under £600,000.

'A long way to go' What black voters think of Labour's first six months

In Toxteth, a fast-gentrifying area of Liverpool that has for decades been the nucleus of the city's 300-year-old Black community, Saeed Olayiwola considered how the Labour government compared with the Conservatives. \"I don't see much that sets them apart at the moment,\" Olayiwola said.

Chameleon ex-minister now bends reality live on air as Useful Idiot for the X billionaire

You can tell that Elon Musk must have overstepped the mark when even Kemi Badenoch has taken a break from tweeting her support for the ketamine-riddled billionaire.

'Xenophobic' Jenrick 'alien cultures' comment condemned

Tories have privately accused Robert Jenrick of stoking divisions to fuel his own leadership ambitions, as community groups condemned the shadow justice secretary for describing Britons of Pakistani origin as \"people from alien cultures\".

'Of course I worry' Phillips' fears over abuse by Musk

Elon Musk knows \"absolutely nothing\" about protecting women and girls, Jess Phillips has said after the billionaire called her a \"rape genocide apologist\" and an \"evil witch\".

Schools in England face 'death by a thousand cuts', warn heads

Schools in England are facing \"death by a thousand cuts\", headteachers have warned, after a leading economics thinktank said rising costs are likely to outstrip funding in the coming year despite recent injections of additional money.

Ketamine may be reclassified as class A drug after increase in illegal use

Ketamine could be reclassified as a class A drug by the Home Office after illegal use was reported to have reached record levels last year.

A Provocateur Whose Unabashed Racism Paved the Way for the Populism of Today

In an age of more deliberately divisive extremism peopled by the likes of Trump, Le Pen's rhetoric might have worked