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Battle to protect 'Austen country' from developers

JANE Austen buffs are battling to protect the \"literary landscape\" that inspired her from being swamped with 3,000 new homes.

Hungary hits sweet spot for holiday heaven

HUNGARY has been named one of 10 \"destinations to watch\" for holidaymakers this year.

'We were told she may only live three days and now she's nearly three years'

CHEEKY Tinsley-Rose Sisson is set to celebrate her third birthday after her parents were told their tot, who only has a half-sized heart, may not survive birth.

10 killed in air strikes on Gaza humanitarian zone

TWO high-ranking officers in the Hamas-run police force were among 10 people killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced families.

'Danger' scrambler rider was a boy of 7

POLICE who halted a \"dangerous\" off-road biker zooming along a street were stunned to find he was a seven-year-old...on his Christmas present.

Luke fans snap up darts at the double

FANS yesterday flocked to the shop of teenage darts sensation Luke Littler's first coach to buy new sets of \"arrows\" and boards.

Strictly Amy: We're still hoping to have a family after freezing embryos

AMY Dowden still hopes to become a mum after freezing embryos with her husband before her breast cancer treatment.

'Budget dealt our funding-crisis pharmacies an extra £200m hammer blow

THE Budget has delivered a devastating \"hammer blow to pharmacies across the country\" that were already battling a funding crisis, ministers have been warned.

Rotherham abuse was only tip of a horrible iceberg

THE widespread child sexual exploitation by gangs of Asian men in northern towns exploded after it emerged that more than 1,500 young girls had been targeted by paedophiles in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.

Misery as train staff begin new year with strike

PASSENGERS faced new year misery after unions brought disruption to the rail network on the first working day of 2025.

KEMI: INQUIRY INTO UK'S RAPE GANGS IS LONG OVERDUE

KEMI Badenoch has demanded a national inquiry into the \"rape gangs scandal\".

IDEAL TONIC FOR ARTETA

Bug-hit Gunners roar back as quick double floors Bees

Pickford loving good old days

JORDAN SAVOURS THE GOODISON FAREWELL

The 12-minute workout that keeps Dame Helen looking fabulous at 79

DAME Helen Mirren says people on a new year health kick needn't splurge on gyms - she still swears by a 12-minute daily routine at home.

WILSON'S A WINNER FOR BLACK CATS

Sunderland home in on top

Kop that! Bunting weaves his magic

TITLE GLORY AND ANFIELD IN SIGHT

RAI HAS 'GREAT' SHOT AT CALL-UP

Donald says Aaron is on f right track for Ryder Cup

HENDO FINDS A GOOD PLACE

LUCKY PLACE impressed with a Relkeel Hurdle triumph at Cheltenham - and is now 10-1 (from 25-1) for the Stayers' Hurdle at the National Hunt Festival in March.

After years of treating my body badly, I now treat it well

Dylan Simkin, 49, had been overweight since his 20s and had a liver transplant in 2021. But after the op he hit 19 stone, so the maths tutor, from Atherstone, Warks, turned to his local Slimming World for help

Can Gen Z's new noise trend bring me calm?

Lying on a hard dance floor with just a thin mat and cushion under my knees for comfort, my back cannot get comfy and my hair gets stuck in my headphones.

'My secret for a long life? Don't get married!'

Kath reflects on love of freedom as she turns 103

Families visit site of Korea plane crash

HEARTBROKEN relatives of the 179 people killed in a fireball plane crash in South Korea queued to pay their respects at the site yesterday.

Calf born using IVF 'step closer to net zero'

Elite heifers to cut methane

13,000 shops shut down last year with 'worse to come

MORE than 13,000 high street shops closed for good last year and experts warn worse is to come in 2025 due to Budget changes.

Kids among 12 dead in Israeli air strikes

DISTRAUGHT men carry the bodies of children after 12 Palestinians died during Israeli airstrikes yesterday.

Joan's snowbusiness look

DAME Joan Collins looks ready for the ski slopes - even though her cosy seasonal knitwear has taken her no further than the shops in balmy Los Angeles.

Woman missing for 52 years found safe

Case solved days after new appeal

We are a muse…….King bust is artist's dream

WITH a slightly furrowed brow, a sculpture shows the King appearing to be engrossed in a subject as he gazes into the distance.

'Labour plans cause hate of clean energy'

LABOUR'S plans to override communities' concerns about new green projects will only foster resentment towards renewable energy, Tory MPs have warned.

We are paying for green target based on cushy subsidies

HAPPY New Year...or not, as it was with the announcement higher of energy bills marking a depressing start to 2025.