2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (394+ words) A Grade I listed country house in Leicestershire which was last used as a hotel and wedding venue has gone up for sale with a guide price of £18m. Stapleford Park near Melton Mowbray, abruptly ceased trading in October 2024 after what…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (469+ words) Voters in Holborn and St Pancras are being courted by rival political parties ahead of a by-election that will be seen as an early test for Sir Keir Starmer's successor, Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The contest was triggered when Sir…...

1+ min ago   (1061+ words) When Pratik Doshi was in prison serving a two-year sentence for drug offences he said the shame was so great that when on the phone to his aunties he pretended he was still studying accountancy at university. In 2016 Doshi's degree…...

13+ min ago   (272+ words) Two wildlife visitor centres run by a charity are to close, with one being turned into an education space and the other being upgraded. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire said the Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre at Rushden…...

15+ min ago   (465+ words) Donald Trump remains in the Republic of Ireland as part of his two-day visit to the country. The US president will spend the day at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, County Clare for the Irish Open. On Saturday, he…...

22+ min ago   (274+ words) An excavation project at a Bronze Age site could see the area removed from a register of at-risk historical locations, the government has said. Ancient remains at Flag Fen archaeological park near Peterborough are deteriorating because of degrading groundwater levels,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (570+ words) A Singaporean man has lost a court case to claw back hundreds of thousands of dollars that he had lavished on his ex-girlfriend while they were together. The S$468,000 ($369,200; £273,260) that Chander Agarwal attempted to recover from Felicia Lee was money…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (509+ words) An Afghan woman living in Texas with legal US permanent residency has been deported from the country in the first-ever use of a secretive court. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, chose to leave the US rather than continue to argue her case…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (205+ words) But India has not been the only country that has seen Gen Z - people aged between 14 and 29 - engaging in mass protests this year. It has been happening all over the place, from Serbia to Kenya. The Briefing Room: Are Gen…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (38+ words) The Sunday Mirror says the £72m donation has sparked fears for the future of democracy, with Fair Vote UK campaigner Kyle Taylor describing it as a "dark day indeed". 'Nigel hits the jackpot' and 'Dark day for democracy'...