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New train service connects Finland and Sweden for first time in decades

Shortly after 05:00 local time (04:00 BST) on Monday, a double-decker train set off from the coastal Finnish city of Oulu, rumbling its way across the border to Sweden. As the inaugural service crossed the Torne river…

Student stabbed in the heart while on the phone to his girlfriend after falling out with a friend over fake Rolex, court hears

The attack was caught on a passing motorist's dashcam who told how she saw 'a snowstorm of feathers' from one of their puffer jackets, Leicester Crown Court heard on Monday. Dennis, a first year student at Leicester…

Russian court bars only anti-war party from standing in parliamentary elections

Yabloko was the only registered party to oppose Russia's war on Ukraine. The case against it was brought forward by Rodina, a pro-Kremlin nationalist party. Hundreds of people - mostly very young - on Monday had stood…

Reform MS calls for team from outside Wales to take over health board

But the Plaid Cymru-led Welsh government rejected the proposal out of hand as it continues to seek a solution to the health board's woes. Health in Wales has been fully devolved since 1999, which means the Welsh…

Met police detective stalked former partner and ‘persistently’ sent her messages

The pair had a brief relationship, but they broke up as Ms Lane thought Fory was not respecting her boundaries, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday. Fory, 34, who had been serving in the force for four years…

Ronald Araujo claims Liverpool loan switch is ‘right move at the right time’

The 27-year-old Uruguay international has taken a pay cut to facilitate the move, for which the club have an option to buy for a pre-agreed price – believed to be £47million – should it prove successful. It is understood…

Why don’t I feel hungry during a heatwave?

As we enter the fifth heatwave of the summer, you may have noticed small, subtle changes to your eating habits, such as cravings for lighter and cooler foods. We spoke to Dr Lucy Hooper, private GP and co-founder of…

Details of Ann Widdecombe’s funeral service announced

A requiem mass will be held for the former Tory minister, who became a Reform UK spokeswoman, at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. Miss Widdecombe was a frequent worshipper in the Abbey Church. The former MP, 78, died on July 8…

Actor Brad Pitt says he had ‘one little period’ of having suicidal thoughts

The 62-year-old Fight Club star said that after feeling that way his “survival instincts” kicked in and stopped him, and added that he had not considered suicide before or since. He said: “I was never suicidal in any…

The Salt Path stars break silence over source material controversy

An adaptation of Raynor Winn’s 2018 memoir, the film was released in the United Kingdom last year and told the story of how she and her husband, Moth, walked the South West Coast Path after losing their home. The memoir…