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Football fans are feeling optimistic ahead of England's first Euro 2024 match – with almost half saying they expect Gareth Southgate's side to reach the semi-finals. England will face Serbia in the first of their three group matches on Sunday, before playing Slovenia and Denmark next week. Ahead of the game, a YouGov-Sky News poll has found 47% of football fans think England will make it to at least the […]

Animal rights activists have targeted a portrait of the King, appearing to paste over his face with the animated character Wallace. A speech bubble, reading, "No cheese Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms," was also put onto the painting at the Philip Mould gallery in central London. It was the first official portrait of the King, by artist Jonathan Yeo, since the coronation, which was unveiled at […]

Police have launched an investigation into historical allegations of sexual abuse at Earl Spencer's Maidwell Hall boarding school.The younger brother of Princess Diana claimed in his memoir, published earlier this year, that he had suffered sexual abuse and physical beatings from a female member of staff during his time at the boarding school. Earl Spencer attended the Northamptonshire school during the 1970s from the ages of eight to 13.On Monday, […]

Police have vowed to catch the killer of a mum-of-two who was murdered in a sexually-motivated attack 40 years ago.Shelley Morgan, 33, was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack after she had dropped her children off at school in Bristol on 11 June, 1984. The mum-of-two was heading towards Leigh Woods, near Ashton Court, where she had intended to spend the day sketching and taking photographs.However she never made […]

After launching his party's general election manifesto, Sir Ed Davey jumped on a rollercoaster and rode on a big swing.His aim: to show the Liberal Democrats are on a rollercoaster ride to gaining seats, with a big swing to the party from the Tories. Sir Ed's visit to Thorpe Park, in Surrey, was just the latest in a gallery of wacky and often silly election stunts and photo-ops that have […]

Giovanni Pernice will not return for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has confirmed.The 33-year-old Italian dancer has performed on the BBC One primetime show for nine years. Image: Pernice with actress Amanda Abbington in 2023. Pic: BBC He was not announced as part of the show's line-up of professional dancers for 2024 following reports he would not compete.Pernice has rejected allegations he displayed "abusive or threatening […]

A glowing dye that sticks to cancer cells gives surgeons a "second pair of eyes", according to experts at the University of Oxford.The dye clings to prostate cancer cells and then starts glowing when illuminated during surgery. This means doctors can remove more of the cancer during the operation and reduces the chance of it coming back.Although the dye currently identifies prostate cancer, it could be adapted for other forms […]

Tributes have poured in for "brilliant and utterly charming" TV doctor Michael Mosely, as his wife described him as a "wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband".Mosley was last seen on Wednesday, after he went for a walk on his own from Saint Nikolas Beach in the centre of the Greek island of Symi, but he disappeared, triggering a search.His body was found on Sunday by a camera crew, close to […]

A woman in her 40s has sustained life-threatening injuries after a fairground ride malfunctioned in south London.A man in his 40s is also being treated in hospital for "potentially life-changing injuries", the Metropolitan Police has said. Four people were taken to hospital following the incident on Saturday evening, with two people - a man in his 50s and an 11-year-old girl - having been discharged.The Lambeth Country Show reopened on […]