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Former England footballer Andy Carroll has pleaded not guilty to breaching a non-molestation order against his ex-wife. The 37-year-old is charged with breaching an order made by the family court at Chelmsford Justice Centre by repeatedly calling Billi Mucklow in March last year “without reasonable excuse”. Ms Mucklow, a reality TV star, has featured on

A cloud of Saharan dust is expected to produce spectacular hazy sunsets and coat cars and other outdoor surfaces across the UK, forecasters have said. The mixture of sand and dust which makes up the plume is being carried from the desert area in North Africa and is expected in the UK’s atmosphere over the

A former head gamekeeper found guilty of the shotgun murder of an ex-colleague intends to appeal against his conviction. David Campbell, 77, gunned down Brian Low, 65, on a remote track near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, in February 2024 and used his wife’s e-bike to flee the scene. Campbell was last week handed a life sentence with

We may be three years away from the next general election, but the battle lines are already being drawn.  No political issue is more potent or more divisive than the question of immigration. In a nation not often roused to public anger, the streets of small towns have been convulsed with local fury over the

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Metropolitan Police have said. The men were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 3 of the National Security Act, 2023. Officers arrested a 39-year-old man in London, a 68-year-old man in Powys, Wales, and a

The government will halt visa routes for nationals from four countries who the home secretary says have “abused” the UK’s generosity. An emergency brake is being placed on study visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, while work visas have also been stopped for Afghans. It’s the first time such visa bans have

A grandmother died from rabies months after she was scratched by a stray dog on the beach, an inquest has been told. Yvonne Ford, 59, did not seek treatment after being scratched on a family holiday in Morocco in February last year as the injury was so minor. Instead she simply wiped the wound with