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It may be time to dig out the winter woollies, according to the Met Office, as the UK starts to feel chillier this week.After a dreary start to November with fog, drizzle and low cloud, this weekend will bring clearer skies and lower temperatures. Frosts are expected in north Wales, the north and north-west England, and Scotland on Tuesday night, with daily highs of between 8C in Scotland and 11C […]

A teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of a "much loved" man.Ben Campbell, 25, died in an incident at a property in Fort William's Grange Road at around 9.55pm on Thursday. In a statement released through Police Scotland, Mr Campbell's family said: "Ben was a much-loved brother, son and friend. He will be missed by all who knew him."A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection […]

A former soldier accused of spying for Iran has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going on the run for four days while he was awaiting trial.Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, changed his plea to a charge of escaping from lawful custody, halfway through giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court. The judge, Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb, told the jury: "In your absence, […]

A minute's silence for Remembrance Sunday was cut short by the referee at a Celtic match as the club's fans chanted in protest at Britain's "hypocrisy".Celtic fans held up banners ahead of the tribute at Kilmarnock reading: "From Balfour to Starmer, the crimes of the empire live on, Britain is committing genocide in Gaza." When referee Nick Walsh blew his whistle to start the silence, Celtic fans sang about the […]

Sir Keir Starmer will attend Armistice Day commemorations in France on Monday - the first UK leader to do so since Winston Churchill in the Second World War.Towns and cities across France will mark the 106th anniversary of the Armistice agreement in 1918 that brought fighting in the First World War to an end. Sir Keir will attend the events at the personal invitation of President Emmanuel Macron and the […]

Four men have been arrested after 400kg of cocaine was found on board a fishing boat off the Kent coast.Border Force intercepted the vessel on Sunday morning, the National Crime Agency said. Three men on board the boat, aged 25, 45, and 64, were arrested on suspicion of importing Class A drugs, while a fourth, aged 36, was arrested at an address in Rainham, east London.NCA operations manager Jules Harriman […]

British cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish said he "couldn't have wished for a better send-off" as he won the final race of his career. The 39-year-old, who was knighted last month, said he was "so emotional" and "so grateful" after crossing the line in the 25-lap Singapore Criterium - his 166th victory. "Thank you very much. I couldn't have wished for a better send-off," he told Eurosport after being congratulated […]

Jamie Oliver has withdrawn a children's book he wrote from sale after criticism that it stereotyped First Nation Australians.In his book, Billy And The Epic Escape, the TV chef tells the story of a First Nations girl living in foster care in an Indigenous community who gets abducted by the novel's villain. But the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation (Natsiec) blasted the book for contributing to the […]

Prince William has given his clearest indication to date of how he thinks the monarchy should work - by doing his duties with "a smaller R in the royal".The Prince of Wales spoke about how he is "trying to do it differently" as he prepared to leave Cape Town after his week-long South Africa tour, adding he thought there should be "more empathetic leadership around the world". Asked about whether […]