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Stonehenge may have been built to unite the early people of Britain - long before there was a kingdom, a new study has suggested.Geological analysis has revealed the stones were brought to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire from the far north, west and south of the island nearly 5,000 years ago. The effort to transport them hundreds of miles with only primitive tools must mean they had a unifying purpose, according […]

Police investigating an alleged rape in west London have released a CCTV image of a man they want to identify as they hunt for a suspect with a "large nose".The victim, a man in his 30s, was approached by another man in Hesper Mews, off Bramham Gardens, in Earl's Court at around 12:10am on 4 October.The two spoke for a few minutes before he was allegedly raped, a Metropolitan Police […]

The Prince and Princess of Wales aren't going to join the Royal Family at its traditional pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, it is understood.William and Kate are already in Norfolk, as had been planned, and are looking forward to spending time with the rest of the Royal Family at Sandringham over Christmas, a royal source said. The Buckingham Palace lunch is a private event for senior royals and […]

Britain's youngest knife murderers could be given a longer sentence as judges today consider if eight-and-a-half years was too lenient.The boys were both 12 when they were found guilty over a brutal machete attack that killed Shawn Seesahai, 19, in Wolverhampton in November 2023. Mr Seesahai was slashed in his legs and skull, while the fatal blow to his back was 23cm deep and almost came out his chest. Image: […]

A headteacher who was in charge of a school ski trip where a girl was said to have been blackmailed into having sex has been banned from teaching.Justine Drury, 52, was head of CP Riverside School in Nottingham - which provides education for children aged 13 to 16 with behaviour or social issues - and was in charge of a trip to Switzerland in 2017. A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) […]

The chancellor campaigned for Waspi women to receive compensation when she was shadow pensions minister - and revealed that her own mother was affected by changes to the pension age.Rachel Reeves spoke in a Westminster Hall debate in 2016 in which she said the women hit by the increase to the state pension age from 60 to 65 in the 2010s had been "done an injustice". The Leeds West MP […]

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering an 80-year-old grandfather in Leicestershire.Bhim Kohli died in hospital on 2 September, a day after he was seriously injured in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, while he was walking his dog near his home.The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, appeared at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday and denied the charges of murder and manslaughter.The youth, who was aged […]

Inflation has risen for the second month in a row, according to official figures. The overall rate of price rises - as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) - grew by 2.6% in November, a significant rise. It's a further move away from the Bank of England's target 2% inflation rate after the rate ticked up to 2.3% in October, the first increase in three months.This is due to […]

Keely Hodgkinson has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, capping a stellar year in which she became Olympic champion.The 800m runner beat darts star Luke Littler and England cricketer Joe Root into second and third place in the public vote. Para cyclist Dame Sarah Storey, Olympic and world triathlon champion Alex Yee, and Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham were also nominated. Image: The 22-year-old won gold in […]