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US Marshals arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate in Miami on July 18, 2026 after the UK Crown Prosecution Service added 38 charges. Combined with the original 21 counts, the brothers…

Transit systems are accidental museums. Northern logged a cageless hamster, a cupboard, and more phones than staff wanted to count. Label your bag.

George Young and Christine Rogers won the 2024 World Gravy Wrestling Championships in a Stacksteads pub garden. The 2025 meet stayed at the Rose 'n' Bowl. Organizers moved the August…

The UK's PSTI Act bans easily guessable default passwords on smart devices and forces makers to publish update timelines and a vulnerability contact.

Aircraft engineer Simon Williams almost ignored the Omaze call as spam. He won a £2 million Devon cottage plus cash. The draw raised £1.7 million for Macmillan Cancer Support.

BA first officer Mike Beaton was fired after a Johannesburg cocaine binge cancelled a London flight. The CAA later restored his medical. He flew cargo for European Cargo until the…

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins survived a 2023 stabbing at HMP Wakefield, then was murdered there in October 2025. A Leeds jury was discharged in May 2026. Retrial is listed…

Kent Police listed rape as a non-emergency on a station flyer. Women's groups condemned the ranking as a signal that sexual assault is not treated as urgent.

Nottingham researcher Alexander Townley was paid about £5,000 to catalogue The Simpsons' apparent predictions, from Trump's presidency to gadget launches. Later comparisons include Apple's Vision Pro.

Richard William Cove of Worthing called NHS 111 1,263 times over two years, posing as an elderly woman so operators would talk about their feet. The calls cost the NHS…