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A six-legged dog who was abandoned outside a shop is settling into her new home.Ariel, named after Disney's Little Mermaid, was left outside a B&M store in Pembrokeshire last September. She was only 11 weeks old at the time and was taken in by local centre Greenacres Rescue in Haverfordwest.As well as six legs, the cocker spaniel was also born with two vulvas and only one kidney.Ariel's new owner, Ollie […]

Jay Slater's mother has given an update via a £35,000 fundraising page set up to help the search for the missing teenager.Debbie Duncan, posting on the GoFundMe page "Get Jay Slater home", said the family were working with the company to withdraw some of the money. She said the money would be used to help cover accommodation and food expenses while the family were out in Tenerife helping to search […]

Jeremy Hunt has donated a further £32,000 of his own money to his constituency party as he tries to avoid becoming the first sitting chancellor in modern British history to lose his seat.Figures from the Electoral Commission show in the first quarter of this year, Mr Hunt made three donations to the Godalming and Ash Conservatives. Election latest: Follow liveThe chancellor gave £7,794 across two separate donations on 2 January then […]

Failures "across multiple agencies" contributed to the murder of Zara Aleena, an inquest has found.The 35-year-old law graduate was killed as she walked home from a night out in east London. Her killer Jordan McSweeney was freed from prison nine days before he attacked Ms Aleena as she walked home in Ilford on 26 June 2022.Ms Aleena died in hospital from a blunt force head injury and neck compression, the […]

Princess Anne is "recovering slowly", her husband has said as he left hospital after visiting her.Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, 69, also said the Princess Royal would leave "when she's ready". He made his comments after spending two-and-a-half hours with his wife at Southmead Hospital in Bristol on Wednesday. Image: Sir Tim has thanked the medical teams for their help. Pic: PA The 73-year-old has spent three nights in hospital […]

A man has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the Westminster honeytrap scandal.The Metropolitan Police said they arrested a man in Islington, north London, on Wednesday morning on suspicion of harassment and offences under the Online Safety Act. Multiple victims were informed by the police shortly afterwards.Earlier this year, several men, working mostly in politics, said they had received unsolicited, flirtatious WhatsApp messages from people calling themselves […]

Going into the knockout phase as unbeaten group winners – surely England would have taken that before the Euros?Try telling the fans to be satisfied with the drab displays they've witnessed so far in Germany. Just two goals - from Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane.Only one win - secured by Bellingham in the Group C opener against Serbia.Two draws - the stalemate against Denmark followed by last night ending scoreless […]

Today has been the hottest day of the year so far in the UK, the Met Office has said.A high of 30C (86F) was recorded in Chertsey, Surrey. It is the highest temperature in the UK since 10 September last year, the weather agency said.Winterbourne in Gloucestershire recorded a high of 28.7C, while it was 28C in Pershore, Worcestershire, and 27C in Usk, Monmouthshire.It could get even hotter on Wednesday […]

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and the Scottish First Minister John Swinney have both said they would offer to pay if they saw a struggling parent stealing baby formula milk. The main party leaders were asked by the Big Issue if they would intervene if they saw the situation in the shops. The hidden crisis of families struggling to afford baby formula was first highlighted by a Sky News investigation last […]