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The last thing I was expecting to discover on the doorstep of a Falkirk house was a 70-year-old woman crying at the near 16% council tax rise she and tens of thousands of others face next month.

Reform UK's most senior woman has told Sky News the Rupert Lowe row "doesn't look great" and she doesn't "want to see it in the news any more days". 

Wes Streeting has admitted he did not anticipate scrapping NHS England when he became health secretary but said it is a "necessary step".

Police investigating the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven others have widened their scope to include gross negligence manslaughter.

Stephen Graham says the rise of "misogynistic tendencies" is concerning and we're "all accountable to an extent" to finding a solution.

Labour MPs and officials briefing against work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall should "shut up", Harriet Harman has said.

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A teenager who stabbed a 15-year-old girl to death in a row over a teddy bear cried in the dock as he was jailed for at least 23 years.

Stephen Graham says the rise of "misogynistic tendencies" is concerning and we're "all accountable to an extent" to finding a solution.

You have to have a thick skin to take part in Eurovision which might be why last year's UK entrant, singer Olly Alexander, has already reached out to this year's hopefuls to talk about the pitfalls of putting yourself out there.

Hollyoaks star Paul Danan died from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, an inquest has heard.

The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, will soon find out if they can be released from prison.

British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has pleaded not guilty to multiple sexual assault charges in Australia.

British actress Simone Ashley says she believes the industry has "come a long way" in terms of diversifying - but says the process is ongoing.

A drill rapper turned TikTok wildlife presenter hopes to "bridge the gap" between young people and climate change.

Gene Hackman's wife died from a rare infectious disease around a week before the actor died, medical investigators have said.