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A 24-year-old man has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service over last month’s incident near RAF Fairford. Mohmed Abdulkarim and another man, Nouman Essghir, 24, who has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. …

Back in 1980, photography student Sam Hill roamed the streets of Preston looking for young people who stood out – the mods, the punks, the free spirits. He would stop them, take their picture, and move on. “I think I caught a special generation,” said Sam. “A lot of free-spirited …

Shane’s cupboards and drawers are stuffed to bursting with all sorts of tempting and unusual foods, including leek and potato soup and chicken Rogan Josh curries. In fact Shane is confident he can preserve almost anything – with the exception of dairy which he says would curdle. “A lot of …

A Hereford dad is hoping to succeed in a huge darts challenge and win £501,000 by beating world champion, Luke Littler. Zac Griffiths, 25, is among 24 amateur players chosen to take part in Netflix’s live special ‘Beat Luke Littler’, which will be broadcast from the Manchester Central Convention Complex …

In West Cornwall, neighbours said closure orders on two properties in the same street had been effective. Melanie, whose surname we are not using, said residents had been “living in fear” before one neighbour, who was accused of waving a sword, was removed. “You shouldn’t have to live like that …

Harry Kane has become the first English player to win the Ballon d’Or since Michael Owen in 2001, after being crowned the world’s best player at a ceremony in London. Kane scored 61 goals in 51 club matches last season, the most a Bayern Munich player has ever struck in …

In West Cornwall, neighbours said closure orders on two properties in the same street had been effective. Melanie, whose surname we are not using, said residents had been “living in fear” before one neighbour, who was accused of waving a sword, was removed. “You shouldn’t have to live like that …

Jodie Akrill had been a mum for four months when she woke unable to see out of her right eye. She said her vision felt like looking out of a car window on a rainy day. “[It was] like a light switch – I just woke up and I couldn’t …

Meghan’s return to Australia follows a four-day tour of the country she and Prince Harry undertook in April. Meghan’s MasterChef debut was announced on the second day of the tour, a Wednesday on which the duchess had been notably absent from public-facing appearances. That evening, it was revealed she had …

Some major retailers have seen a dramatic increase in sales of essential goods after the government called on the nation to stock up in case of a crisis, according to figures obtained by BBC Newsnight. The Iceland supermarket chain told the programme it was “clear” that consumers had listened to …

Many of the papers on Tuesday consider what will be included in Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget. The front page of Times reads: “Chancellor will boost minimum wage by 4%”. The paper reports that the national living wage, which applies to those 21 and over, and the national minimum wage, …

In the background, John was busy compiling a handover of the household admin. “He even wrote a plan for me titled ‘things you need to know’, packed with every household account, insurance renewal and MOT dates,” she says. He had emailed their energy provider saying he would like Louisa to …

A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member has joined MP colleague Carla Lockhart’s calls for Stormont’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill to be “removed from office”. Diane Forsythe said “profound consequences” pledged over the Sinn Féin vice-president’s handling of the Drumcree parading dispute “must be honoured”. Lockhart last week stepped down …

Jonathan Whitwam, who recently joined the Labour Party, works in finance and says, in addition to his mortgage, his biggest outgoing is supporting his two daughters through university. He and his wife, who live in Essex, pay their rent, which is around £18,000 per year. His daughters will start their …

Lancashire will look into organising a farewell for bowler James Anderson amid fan unrest over his departure from the club. It was announced last week the 44-year-old, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, has been released by the county he first represented in 2001. The topic dominated a tense meeting between the …

In term of trophies, Kane may have ‘only’ lifted the German double last season. But that more than doubled his career trophy total – having also won the Bundesliga the season before. But in terms of individual output Kane – whose previous best Ballon d’Or finish was 10th – was …

A young boy who was “days from passing away” was locked in a room and “systematically starved” before social services discovered him and called the police. The primary school-aged boy was taken to hospital “critically underweight” and malnourished. A man and woman from Colchester were convicted of causing grievous bodily …

When you look through photos of Meghan at events over the last seven years, you wonder what was going on behind the familiar smile. Those years have seen Netflix films, a tell-all memoir by Prince Harry, cookery series, podcasts and TV interviews. But a hidden narrative has been running in …

It is a tale as old as time – dogs chasing cats. But for one very good girl it has led to a national award. Scout, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was found abandoned, desperately underweight and suffering from severe skin problems in Leek, Staffordshire, during the first Covid-19 lockdown. She …

Trees were uprooted and damage was caused as Storm Boelo made its way across the region at the weekend, damaging cars, closing tourist attractions and leaving homes without power. One motorist had a close miss in Barton-upon-Humber when a tree was uprooted and fell on his car bonnet while he …