Dogs can sometimes become so intensely motivated by toys that they may begin showing addiction-like behaviour, a new study reveals. Dogs may show different levels of motivation to play with toys like balls or tug ropes,...
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A physical border has finally been removed between Gibraltar and Spain, making lives easier for the thousands who travel between the two everyday. On midnight on Wednesday the fence was officially removed, with hundreds...
One of the most intractable, contentious and niche issues in US politics has come back into the spotlight. This week, the US House of Representatives voted to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States...
Keir Starmer: Ann Widdecombe murder investigation 'really shocking news' Sir Keir Starmer is set to hold his final cabinet meeting as he prepares for his last Prime Minister’s Questions in the top job. The outgoing PM...
A Labrador-loving parish councillor has lost a four-year court fight after his neighbour started tearing out the "dog-proof fence " around his £1.2m country home during a boundary row. Dog lovers David Todd, 69, and...
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739 days after he was elected in the biggest Labour majority since 1997, it’s Keir Starmer’s last week as prime minister. When the former human rights barrister arrived in Downing Street in June 2024, he had a net...
People who survived a serious heart attack were found to have higher levels of tiny plastic particles in their blood, compared to those with normal blood vessels supplying the heart in a small new study. Researchers led...
Troubled Thames Water has revealed it swung to an annual profit but saw its debt mountain balloon close to £20 billion. The UK’s biggest water supplier, which has around 16 million customers across London and the South...
A Utah man accused of stabbing a Muslim mall worker multiple times in broad daylight told police he targeted the victim because of his religion and "intends to kill Muslims," according to court documents. Investigators...
Two young members of a criminal hacking group who carried out a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that cost the organisation millions of pounds are facing jail. Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, hacked...
An intern for the Washington Post has gotten to the bottom of Senator Mitch McConnell ’s so-called proof of life photo, showing the newspaper’s sports section. Conspiracy theories about the Kentucky Republican’s health...
W hen Gibraltar ’s land border with Europe disappears forever this week, a brand-new fleet of London black cabs and freshly painted new red phone boxes will appear on the Rock. It is, perhaps, an effort by the...
Ukraine claims 116 vessels targeted in Sea of Azov over past nine days Ukraine ’s drone forces claimed to have hit 116 vessels in the Sea of Azov in the past nine days as Vladimir Putin vowed a powerful retaliation to...
Oil prices rose in choppy trading on Wednesday as US forces carried out a second consecutive night of strikes against Iranian targets and Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iran’s ports near the Strait of...
A new study suggests that regular engagement with cultural activities, from cinema trips to museum visits, could help to delay biological ageing, with an impact comparable to frequent exercise. Researchers analysed data...
The Royal Mint is launching two collectable “ice and fire” 50p coins to mark 15 years of fantasy drama Game Of Thrones. The coins have been made in collaboration with Warner Bros Discovery Global Consumer Products. The...
S ex education lessons for teenagers will explicitly warn that strangling or suffocating a partner during sex constitutes an imprisonable offence. These government-backed materials, designed for 14- to 15-year-olds,...
Weather records continue to be shattered in 2026 as the Met Office records temperatures of at least 35C in May, June and July of the same year for the first time in the UK. May and June both saw sweltering heatwaves,...
Ann Widdecombe murder was 'targeted attack', say counterterrorism police Police are investigating whether the suspect had plans to target any other Reform UK politicians as part of their probe into the death of Ann...
A reopening of hostilities in the Middle East has seen the Strait of Hormuz shuttered once more, with the US and Iran exchanging missile strikes to leave hopes of an extended ceasefire in tatters. One immediate knock-on...
President Donald Trump is headlining a defense summit at the U. S. Army War College on Wednesday, planning to tout major investments in battlefield technology at a time when the war in Iran has reduced the U. S. supply...
Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U. S. this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota...
A s Dubai looks to build a new port and terminal to bypass the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz, it appears that Gulf countries are already preparing for a life without the crucial waterway. Port operator DP World is in...
Donald Trump has announced a 20 per cent fee on cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would dramatically increase the cost of transporting oil through the vital waterway. The US president vowed...
Dubai is planning to build a new port and terminal to circumvent Iran ’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. Passage through the vital shipping route – through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes – has been...
The wife of the man who was ‘sucked’ head-first through a broken window on a Ryanair flight at 20,000ft has described desperately trying to pull him back in as he repeatedly lost consciousness while stuck “outside up to...
US military says it used drone boats on Iranian targets in first-of-its-kind attack Donald Trump has threatened Iran with airstrikes against their bridges and suggested “other people” will launch a ground campaign for...
In the days after federal officers killed two protesters in Minnesota in January, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed that agents nationwide would soon be equipped with body-worn cameras. Then, in April,...
Florida executed 74-year-old Dennis Sochor, among its oldest prisoners, on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. His execution is one of three...
One person is reportedly dead and another is missing after a pontoon boat carrying 19 people caught fire and sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday. Another 17 people have been rescued, the San...
A landmark study in Scotland is now offering people suspected of having Alzheimer’s disease the opportunity to receive a blood test through their general practitioner. More than 50 GP surgeries across central and...
TV fitness coach Joe Wicks is encouraging parents to embrace active mornings with their children this summer, as a new poll reveals widespread parental concern over inactivity during the six-week break. Wicks is...
The Government must “stand up” to the food industry after decades of failure to tackle obesity that is costing the country tens of billions a year, MPs have said. All outdoor advertising of junk food should be banned...
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has launched a legal challenge to prevent the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal violates federal antitrust law and would...