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Teams from across Milton Keynes, Northampton and surrounding areas have raised nearly £17,000 (excluding gift aid) for 12 local charities, with hopes high for hitting the ambitious £50,000 target by the end of the campaign.

Crime historian and author from Olney has been shortlisted for two categories in the True Crime Awards.

Time is running out to enter your team for a chance to take home the inaugural Northampton Dragon Boat Festival trophy!

An arts and heritage trail championing Milton Keynes’ design history has arrived in the city centre.

The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were "several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident".

A husband has described how he watched in "helpless horror" as his wife was fatally hit by a van at a golf course after the vehicle was involved in a police chase.

Prince Andrew was among members of the royal family who attended the traditional Easter Sunday service in Windsor.

It's no great surprise that members of a Labour MPs' LGBT+ WhatsApp group would be raising concerns about the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the trans community.

Police are appealing for information after seven statues - including one of suffragette Millicent Fawcett - were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights rally in London.

The Who's Zak Starkey is back in the band after reports earlier this week he'd been sacked.

An alleged attack by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter on prison officers at a high-security jail "will stick with" those impacted "for the rest of their lives", a former officer and colleague of the victims has said.

London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint, almost 20 years after his death.

A husband has described how he watched in "helpless horror" as his wife was fatally hit by a van at a golf course after the vehicle was involved in a police chase.

Prince Andrew was among members of the royal family who attended the traditional Easter Sunday service in Windsor.

Police are appealing for information after seven statues - including one of suffragette Millicent Fawcett - were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights rally in London.

It's no great surprise that members of a Labour MPs' LGBT+ WhatsApp group would be raising concerns about the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the trans community.

An alleged attack by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter on prison officers at a high-security jail "will stick with" those impacted "for the rest of their lives", a former officer and colleague of the victims has said.

London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint, almost 20 years after his death.

Ed Miliband has accused Nigel Farage of peddling "nonsense and lies" about the government's commitment to net zero, as the Reform UK leader said the issue could become the "new Brexit".

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK.

Ollie Watkins says he let Aston Villa boss Unai Emery know he was "fuming" to be benched against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Ben Whittaker faces Liam Cameron for a second time after last year's contentious draw. Experts give their view on Sunday night's rematch, live on Sky Sports.

It was Jarrod Bowen who ran through on goal. West Ham had beaten Liverpool's offside trap. But not their goalkeeper. Alisson Becker saved. Bowen became his latest victim. Just another example of why the Brazilian is the best in those moments.

The Who's Zak Starkey is back in the band after reports earlier this week he'd been sacked.

Could the next public health crisis be caused by a fungus?

Clodagh Rodgers, a singer best known for representing the UK at the 16th Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 78.

Hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has lost a bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial by two months.

The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were "several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident".

Pope Francis has made his first significant public appearance since he left hospital, greeting cheering crowds from the popemobile.

As people take a break for the Easter holiday, in the Gaza Strip there is no respite from the 18-month-long war with Israel.

London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint, almost 20 years after his death.

Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to one of TV's unlikely hits over the next few weeks, as herds of moose make their annual spring migration toward summer grazing pastures.

It's no great surprise that members of a Labour MPs' LGBT+ WhatsApp group would be raising concerns about the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the trans community.

The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were "several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident".

Alex Garland says while it's "the most obvious statement about life on this planet" that the world would be a better place without war, it "doesn't mean it should never happen", and there are "circumstances in which war is required".

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).

Could the next public health crisis be caused by a fungus?

Ed Miliband has accused Nigel Farage of peddling "nonsense and lies" about the government's commitment to net zero, as the Reform UK leader said the issue could become the "new Brexit".

Social media influencers are fuelling a rise in misogyny and sexism in the UK's classrooms, according to teachers.

It's no great surprise that members of a Labour MPs' LGBT+ WhatsApp group would be raising concerns about the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the trans community.

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK.

Ed Miliband has accused Nigel Farage of peddling "nonsense and lies" about the government's commitment to net zero, as the Reform UK leader said the issue could become the "new Brexit".

Free breakfast clubs will launch at 750 schools across England next week, but teachers have warned government funding will fall short of the cost.

Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time.

A four-foot-long caiman has been seized by police during a search of a property in Essex.

Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to one of TV's unlikely hits over the next few weeks, as herds of moose make their annual spring migration toward summer grazing pastures.

An ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old has been cut down in what has been called a "depressing" and "devastating" incident in north London.

A "once-in-a-lifetime" hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK.

A media industry veteran who has helped negotiate a string of broadcast rights deals across English football has emerged as the frontrunner to head Sir Keir Starmer's new football watchdog.

The ripping up of the trade rule book caused by President Trump's tariffs will slow economic growth in some countries, but not cause a global recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.

Lord Cruddas, the former Conservative Party treasurer, is plotting a £40m raid on Winterflood, one of the City's best-known broking franchises, as its parent reels from the crisis engulfing the motor finance sector.