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Royal 100th birthday wishes are Icing on the cake at surprise party for D-Day hero

HERO soldier Mervyn Kersh toasted his 100th birthday at a glittering surprise party held by royal appointment yesterday.

Mosley 'most likely died of heatstroke'

Coroner's open verdict on T'V doctor’s Greek island death

Families and elves join big festive getaway

FRANTIC Friday kicked-off the busiest weekend of the year for travel as millions started the great getaway for the festive period.

With each death, the PM will face more questions about why he's scrapped Britain's only deterrent

\"THE smugglers who were still on the beach told us that it was normal for water to enter the boat,\" Osama Ahmed revealed.

Two brothers charged over brawl at airport

A PAIR of siblings will appear in court next month over an airport fracas that caused public outrage when footage was released of a police officer stamping on a prone suspect's head.

Patients and staff paying more for hospital parking

AT least one in four NHS trusts in England raised the cost of parking for either patients, staff or both in the two years to March 2024.

Mandelson's US job ‘an insult to every survivor who fought to expose Epstein's web of power'

JEFFREY Epstein's victims have reacted with revulsion after the paedophile's friend Peter Mandelson was made ambassador to Washington DC.

Sue Gray named among 30 new Labour peers

SIR Keir Starmer has given a host of close allies, including former chief of staff Sue Gray, seats in the House of Lords.

Wills and Kate help out locals

THE Prince and Princess of Wales have teamed up with a charity to boost mental health support for those living on and around the Sandringham Estate.

KING 'POSITIVE' ABOUT RETURN TO FULL DUTIES

THE King is feeling \"positive\" as he gears up for a return to full duties next year after his cancer battle.

Cheerin' for Sheeran as Ed is star of Ally Pally darts party

ED Sheeran was the real-life superstar amid a sea of seemingly famous faces as he joined fans at the fancy dress carnival of the World Darts Championship.

Last Christmas...and this one

Wham! top festive charts for two years running

Blues make Marc as Guiu hits the jackpot

HAT-TRICK HERO IS QUICK TO SHATTER IRISH HOPES

Lane needs more rain

KEMPTON GROUND FEARS FOR JP'S TEAM

Festive-flavoured vapes slammed by top NHS doctor

Spike in admissions among young users

Profs win battle over smokers' wall

TWO Oxford dons have won a six-figure row with a hotel next door over a collapsed garden wall and its staff \"smoking and chatting\" too close to their home.

PoW life's such a drag for officer in panto

THE war diaries of a British PoW who became an unlikely star attraction in camp as a panto dame have come to light 79 years on.

There's NUN so good at crime fighting!

Ahead of its Christmas special, JAMES RAMPTON visits the picturesque Cotswolds set of Sister Boniface Mysteries (at the height of summer) to discover just why the Sixties-set cosy crime drama has captivated audiences all over the world

Puffin pic secures prize for teenage twitcher Anwen

THIS picture of a plaintive puffin has been picked for the top prize in the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards.

'Blast' prank by soldier ‘reckless'

A SOLDIER left colleagues with hearing loss after \"recklessly\" setting off a battle noise simulator to celebrate the end of an exercise, a court martial heard.

Vegetarian piranha and DiCaprio snake among new species

AVEGETARIAN piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown to science that have been named this year.

Anger over takeover of Titanic shipbuilder

Critics fear final assembly will move from Belfast to Spain

Rape charge added to crossbow deaths

A MAN accused of murdering three members of a BBC racing commentator's family has been further charged with raping his daughter.

Sun-powered spy plane gets off to flyer in trials

A BRITISH-led team has flown a solarpowered aircraft for 24 hours in a move to replace spy satellites.

UK's £225m package to fortify Kyiv

BRITAIN has pledged a £225million package of support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces were unable to drive Russian troops out of his country.

Schoolgirl killer's text plot with man

SCHOOL shooter Natalie Rupnow had been plotting with a man to carry out a mass shooting, officials have said.

Officers empty-handed in 8mph chase

A MOBILITY scooter driver managed to give police the slip following an 8mph chase along a busy dual carriageway.

Going down a storm

Sigourney Weaver stuns in West End's Tempest

2.5 million branded 'too wealthy' for winter fuel payout classed as 'poor'

MORE than 2.5 million OAPs stripped of their winter fuel payments are existing on below-living-standards incomes, a charity has warned.

Fury will boil over if water bonuses don't dry up soon

AS WE are forced to scavenge for extra cash next year to pay for the rise in water bills the average rise in England and Wales will be £86 from April - spare a thought for the hard-pressed bosses of water companies across England and Wales who have continued to enjoy six-figure financial bonuses.