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US President Donald Trump’s relationship with the world of wrestling will be examined in a new Channel 4 documentary. Wrestling With Trump, hosted by Munya Chawawa, will follow the comedian as he travels to the United States to explore how World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has influenced Mr Trump and his politics. The one-off documentary will also examine the relationship between wrestling and politics beyond Mr Trump’s presidency, looking […]

A woman has been found guilty of fatally cutting her film director sister in the neck before making off with her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch. Nancy Pexton slashed and stabbed her sibling Jennifer Abbott 10 times and then left her body for three days in her flat in Camden, north London. On Wednesday, an Old Bailey jury convicted Pexton, 70, of murdering Ms Abbott on June 10 last […]

The Natural History Museum’s immersive Sir David Attenborough exhibition is to be transformed into a free five-minute show in central London to celebrate his 100th birthday. Our Story With David Attenborough will be adapted to be shown at Outernet London in Tottenham Court Road from Sir David’s birthday on May 8, and will see the veteran BBC nature presenter take viewers through the history of people and the […]

Scottish Labour has pledged to take action on Scotland’s “national scandal” of drug deaths. Party leader Anas Sarwar accused the SNP of “shameful inaction” after data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed an estimated 7,300 people have died from suspected or confirmed drug deaths since a public health emergency was declared in 2019. Mr Sarwar said: “The number of people dying from drugs […]

Broadcasters including Sir Michael Palin, Steve Backshall and Chris Packham are to come together for a special live event to celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. Hosted by Kirsty Young, the evening will be broadcast from London’s Royal Albert Hall and include performances from musicians who have featured on his BBC Planet Earth TV series. Dan Smith, frontman of Brit Award‑winning act Bastille, will join […]

Shop price inflation fell in April on the back of heavy discounting by retailers amid warnings consumers are yet to see the “full force” of the Middle East conflict. Shop prices overall are now 1% higher than last April, down from 1.2% in March and below the three-month average of 1.1%, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NIQ. Non-food prices are 0.1% cheaper […]

While the UK and US have not always agreed on everything, the nations’ shared traditions mean that “time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together”, the King is set to tell Congress. The monarch’s remarks in a speech to both houses on Tuesday will be seen as a tacit acknowledgement of recent transatlantic strains over the Iran war, which have put Donald Trump […]

39.8 million were recorded between January and March Post Office branches handled nearly 40 million cash transactions in the first three months of 2026, in what it said was the highest first quarter on record as households and businesses continued to rely on coins and banknotes. Some 39.8 million cash transactions were made during the first quarter of 2026, including withdrawals and deposits, according to the Post Office’s […]

Issues were reported on March 12th Lloyds Banking Group has paid out more than £200,000 after nearly half a million people were impacted by an IT glitch and revealed more than another 80,500 may have had their financial details exposed in the incident. The lender said the additional customers impacted were joint account holders with some of 446,915 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers who saw other […]