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Pickles Pet Pantry’s Cani-Run Club, a dog fit qualified club is celebrating its first birthday this month, marking a year of remarkable growth, community connection, and life-changing impact for both dogs and their owners.

Families facing financial hardship across Milton Keynes, Northampton and surrounding areas have received a major boost this Christmas thanks to the success of the Pallets of Hope campaign, led by Franklins Solicitors.

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This year’ festivities at Midsummer Place promise to bring something new and magical to central Milton Keynes – and we can reveal some of the details.

In a large warehouse on the outskirts of Tehran, the floor is covered in dozens - or possibly hundreds - of black plastic body bags.  

Sir Keir Starmer has threatened to "control" X's AI chatbot Grok if Elon Musk's social media platform continues to create sexual images of women and children.

Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest - and most senior - Tory to defect to Reform UK.

The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed.

Four hospital trusts in southeast England have declared critical incidents due to "significant and sustained pressures" on services after a "surge" in complex A&E admissions.

Tens of thousands of people across South East England are without water, as Kent County Council (KCC) declared a major incident.

A record number of illegal worker arrests and raids have been carried out by the Home Office in the past 18 months.

A troop of monkeys have spent days running wild in a US city and artificial intelligence is complicating efforts to catch them.

The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed.

Four hospital trusts in southeast England have declared critical incidents due to "significant and sustained pressures" on services after a "surge" in complex A&E admissions.

A record number of illegal worker arrests and raids have been carried out by the Home Office in the past 18 months.

Tens of thousands of people across South East England are without water, as Kent County Council (KCC) declared a major incident.

"He's a serious f****r", was the unvarnished view of one Reform figure about the party's latest high-profile recruit.

A van driver in a police pursuit ploughed into a mother-of-three who was looking for her golf ball and then stepped over her body as he fled, a court has heard.

A football fan who left one of his players with a serious injury and permanent facial disfigurement after throwing part of a seat on to the pitch has been jailed for 18 months.

A Kurdish asylum seeker has been jailed for seven years for rape, which the judge said had caused "immense harm" to the victim.

Manchester United are close to agreeing terms with Michael Carrick for him to become interim manager until the end of the season.

West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta wants to return to Brazil and play for Flamengo.

No manager, no trophy hopes, no noise. The final whistle against Brighton was met with a few boos, then stunned silence. Just where do Manchester United go from here?

Liverpool defender Conor Bradley will miss the rest of the season with a significant knee injury sustained in Thursday's goalless draw at Arsenal.

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data.

One Battle After Another and Hamnet have proved the two big movie winners at this year's Golden Globes, with the dark comedy and historical fiction claiming the ceremony's top two film awards.

The awards show that kicks off the season, the Golden Globes celebrate the best film and TV of the last year.

The first of the big awards ceremonies to kick off the season, the Golden Globes has long been regarded the best party in town.

In a large warehouse on the outskirts of Tehran, the floor is covered in dozens - or possibly hundreds - of black plastic body bags.  

Donald Trump has said he wants to make a deal with Greenland and won't let Russia or China take control of the Arctic territory. 

One person was injured and a man arrested after a vehicle drove into a crowd of Iranian protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday, authorities have said. 

America's ambassador to Israel has told Sky News that the United States has no plans to launch a military attack against Iran - but admitted that those plans could change.

In a large warehouse on the outskirts of Tehran, the floor is covered in dozens - or possibly hundreds - of black plastic body bags.  

The company behind London's Pride parade recorded a £120,726 loss in 2024, latest accounts show.

Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump's Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made his top priority clear: reviving the country's oil industry.

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data.

A commonly used gel has restored sight to people suffering from a rare and untreatable condition that causes blindness, scientists have said.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes's X account has been hacked, the club said, after a post on Sunday was critical of the club's co-owners. 

The Conservatives have said they would ban social media for children under the age of 16.

David Lammy has said that US vice president JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI-generated deepfakes - such as those made using Elon Musk's Grok - are "entirely unacceptable".

The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed.

A record number of illegal worker arrests and raids have been carried out by the Home Office in the past 18 months.

Your Party has been hit by a new split as Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana fight for control of its executive committee.

"He's a serious f****r", was the unvarnished view of one Reform figure about the party's latest high-profile recruit.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms.

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data.

Financial markets have taken fright amid a resumption of the row over US central bank independence between its chair and the Trump administration.

The investment vehicle set up to house a string of prominent sports assets is launching a €2.7bn (£2.3bn) debt-raising process aimed at funding its ambitions to become a global powerhouse.

Jamie Dimon, the JP Morgan Chase chief, and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will jointly host an event at next week's World Economic Forum, two months after the Wall Street behemoth said it would open a vast new office in London in the wake of a budget which exempted the banking sector from punitive tax rises.