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200-year-old ‘Excalibur’ sword emerges from lake after water levels plummet

Scorching temperatures have caused the lake near Chiddingstone Castle in Edenbridge to dry out, allowing volunteers who were clearing fallen branches to spot the metal. They fished the blade out with a grappling hook and…

'I've been punched and kicked working in A&E'

"A colleague of mine has had their jaw broken. People have been chased with knives in the department. It can be hard to carry on with your job when there's violence and aggression going on." Turnbull's experience is not…

Messy skip hire site risk to human safety

The 66-year-old, of Winstree Road, Stanway, was given a six-month suspended sentence at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court after admitting four breaches of environmental law. He faces being sent to prison if the yard in…

Kelly Rowland does blind audition as she joins The Voice UK as coach

Read our privacy notice . Former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland has done a blind audition on The Voice UK as she joins the show as a coach. The 45-year-old performed a snippet of The Bee Gees’ Emotion, which was…

The tiny village of Piddington that’s voted to leave the UK

The Home Office is considering using the Bicester barracks to house 1,250 people, but this has been met with fierce opposition from the 350 local residents of Piddington. In response, Andy Burnham said on Tuesday that…

In The Room | Count Binface vs Farage: Flakes, Ferraris and the Clacton by-election

The intergalactic candidate joins Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson to defend his manifesto, from capping 99 Flakes at 99p and building “at least one” affordable home to tackling Britain’s badly positioned hand dryers. He…

Oxford Street shoppers to have faces scanned by controversial technology

Following the Metropolitan Police 's aim to broaden the technology across London, Sir Sadiq Khan indicated that the newly pedestrianised street will be included. It would mark one of the UK’s first permanent deployments…

Men bottle hosepipe water and carry it from Brighton to London to fight ban

Creative partners George Lazarides, 30, and Joe Pattern, 27, drove 25 two-litre bottles of water from Brighton to the capital on August 10. The pair, from London, then set up outside Stockwell Tube station and Croxted…

Hospitals see hundreds of pest control callouts for rats, fleas and wasps

The data from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which covers north Wales, revealed other hospitals in the area also had made hundreds of calls because of problems with vermin, ants, flies, birds, and wasps. The…

Rod Stewart shares emotional message from hospital bed after heart surgery as wife pays tribute

Read our privacy notice . Rod Stewart shared a heartfelt message from the hospital after his heart surgery , which forced him to cancel the remainder of his 2026 US tour. The 81-year-old will take four weeks off to…