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The UK economy just about returned to growth in November after two months of contraction, the latest official figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP), the standard measure of an economy's value and everything it produces, grew by 0.1% compared to the previous month, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. It was expected to grow by 0.2%.Money blog: Renowned chef shares his worst type of customer, overrated food […]

Molly-Mae Hague has said her new fly-on-the-wall documentary will "answer a lot of questions" surrounding her recent break-up with Tommy Fury.The couple, who met during the 2019 series of ITV2 reality show Love Island, announced they were going separate ways in August last year. The split sparked rumours that Fury, 25, had cheated on Hague, also 25, which he later denied.Speaking at the launch of the first three episodes of […]

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog, which covers a huge swathe of England and parts of Wales. Fog is expected to develop through Wednesday evening and overnight - and will be "dense" with "visibility below 100m" in some places, forecasters have said. The weather warning stretches from Exeter and Cardiff up to Hull, covering cities including Oxford, Peterborough, Birmingham and Lincoln. Image: Pic: The Met […]

The judges who oversaw court proceedings about Sara Sharif's care before she was murdered have "serious concerns" about the risks to them and their families if they are now named, the Court of Appeal has been told.Mr Justice Williams ruled in December that the media could not identify three judges who oversaw historical family court cases related to Sara, as well as others including social workers and guardians, due to […]

A father accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart told emergency services they were just play-fighting in the kitchen at the time, a court has heard.Simon Vickers, 50, denies both the murder and manslaughter of his daughter Scarlett Vickers in the kitchen of their family home in Darlington on 5 July last year.He told police they had been playing, and then the next moment blood […]

Thousands of children are being failed because of the "inequitable" special educational needs system, MPs have said.In a damning report the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says too many families are struggling to access support their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) "desperately need".Over the past nine years, the number of young people receiving SEND support in state schools has increased by 140,000 from 1m to 1.14m. Budgets have […]

Police are appealing for information after an 11-year-old girl was grabbed by a man and woman while she was walking to school. The girl, who managed to run away before telling an adult what happened, was approached by the pair on Silver Street in Irlam, Greater Manchester, at 8:30am on Tuesday 14 January. Police believe the man and woman had been driving in the area in a car and van […]

Comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner has said.The actor was famous for appearing on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and other series such as Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You. He had recently been touring a comedy show and launched his podcast, Tony Slattery's Rambling Club, just a few months ago, […]

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been named by investigators in Bangladesh who allege she was involved in the illegal allocation of land to members of her family while serving as an MP. Sky News has obtained an affidavit - or legal written statement - filed by the anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh that accuses Ms Siddiq and others of being involved in fraudulently obtaining plots in the diplomatic zone of a […]