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Black Pudding Throwing Championship

World Black Pudding Throwing Championships take place near Manchester.

11/09/2017

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British mermaids break world record

04/09/2017

United Kingdom

Former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy O'Connor dies

Former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy O'Connor dies aged 85

01/09/2017

United Kingdom

Deported asylum seeker’s reprieve after pilot refuses to fly him to Afghanistan

Pilot said he wasn't prepared to fly Samim Bigzad to Afghanistan because his 'life was in danger'

31/08/2017

World

Wayne Rooney retires from international football

23/08/2017

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May the best toe win!

Toe wrestling is a bit like arm wrestling - but with your feet!

22/08/2017

United Kingdom

Giant pipes wash up on UK beach

Some giant plastic pipes have been discovered washed up on the English coastline

11/08/2017

World News

England's women cricketers queens of the cricketing world

England beat India to win the cricket World Cup

24/07/2017

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IVF hopes for northern white rhino

Scientists at a British zoo use IVF techniques to help save the northern white rhino.

21/07/2017

United Kingdom

Jane Austen featured on new British bank note

Britain is to get a new ten pound bank note made of plastic and with the face of a famous woman on the back of it, the novelist Jane Austen.

18/07/2017

United Kingdom

UK: Thousands join anti-government protest

Carrying placards reading "Tories out" and "Not one day more," thousands marched through London on Saturday in protest against the conservative government's policies.

01/07/2017

United Kingdom

Six people face criminal charges over Hillsborough football disaster

Criminal charges may be brought against 23 suspects over the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster in the UK which claimed the lives of 96 fans.

28/06/2017

France

French football fans to pay tribute to victims of UK terror attacks

France is to pay tribute to the victims of the recent UK terror attacks ahead of a friendly football match against England.

13/06/2017

United Kingdom

UK election: what you need to know

09/06/2017

United Kingdom

Zookeeper mauled to death by tiger was passionate campaigner

30/05/2017

United Kingdom

'Immense' progress made in Manchester attack investigation

As another person is arrested, British police say they've made 'immense' progress in the investigation into the Manchester Arena bombing.

27/05/2017

United Kingdom

UK raises its terror threat level to "critical" following Manchester attack

Britain has raised its security threat level to “critical” following the suicide bombing in Manchester.

24/05/2017

United Kingdom

'Moors murderer' who killed five children in UK dies in prison

The notorious child killer Ian Brady has died aged 79.

16/05/2017

United Kingdom

[watch] Synthetic cannabis turning drug users into zombies

A factory-made cannabis substitute called Spice is causing havoc on the streets of Manchester, north west England, leaving users resembling zombies.

10/04/2017

USA

Sergio García wins first major at US Masters, congratulations flood in

García won the Masters, his first major title, after staging a sensational comeback against his friend and European Ryder Cup team mate Justin Rose.

10/04/2017