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Mystery of bananas left on Nottinghamshire road has residents a-peeling for answers
Residents on a Nottinghamshire road have been left perplexed as to why a mysterious plate of bananas keeps appearing on their street corner once a month.
The bananas – always whole but peeled – have been showing up on a regular basis in the residential area of Beeston for more …
Ascot leads racing’s ‘Premier League’ tracks in exploiting overseas markets
Having gone into the busy holiday schedule amid talk of plummeting betting turnover and a black hole on the sport’s balance sheet, there is at least a smattering of reasons to be cheerful as racing sets off into 2025.
The domestic Christmas programme delivered on every level, with Constitution Hill, …
Anas Sarwar accuses Scottish government of ‘weakening every institution’
Anas Sarwar has accused the Scottish government of “weakening every institution in Scotland” as he set out plans to revive Labour’s flagging fortunes before the Holyrood elections.
The Scottish Labour leader said he would spend much of 2025 reminding the Scottish National party “time and time again of their failures”, …
‘Kiss and capture’: scientists offer new theory on how Pluto got its largest moon
Pluto – once considered the ninth planet of our solar system, but now classified as a “dwarf planet” …
Biden bans new drilling in US coastal waters weeks before Trump handover
Joe Biden has banned offshore drilling across an immense area of coastal waters, weeks before Donald Trump takes office pledging to massively increase fossil fuel production.
The US president’s ban encompasses the entire Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Pacific coast off California, Oregon and …
‘They wanted a host without much personality’: Evan Davis and Peter Jones on Dragons’ Den
Peter Jones, Dragon
I was running a fairly successful telecoms business and had a phone call from the BBC saying that they’d like to come and chat. I was intrigued enough to say yes. I was late for our meeting and while he was waiting for me, Martyn Smith, the …
Baby girl dies after collision in multistorey car park in Tenby
A six-month-old girl has died after a collision in a multistorey car park in a popular Welsh seaside town.
Sophia Kelemen, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was injured in the collision on the ground floor of the car park in Tenby, south-west Wales, on 2 January.
Sophia was taken to …
Tulip Siddiq refers herself to watchdog after Bangladesh-linked property claims
A senior Treasury minister has referred herself to the ministerial standards watchdog after days of allegations that she has lived in multiple properties tied to the ousted Bangladeshi government.
Tulip Siddiq, the City and anti-corruption minister, has asked Laurie Magnus, the prime minister’s independent adviser on ministerial standards, to investigate …
Why is Elon Musk attacking Keir Starmer over the grooming scandal?
In the past week the tech billionaire has shared a flurry of posts on his social media platform X accusing Keir Starmer and other senior politicians …
Private sector’s role in cutting NHS waiting lists in England to rise by 20%
Private hospitals will provide NHS patients in England with as many as a million extra appointments, scans and operations a year as part of the government’s drive to end the care backlog.
The move represents a significant expansion of the independent sector’s role in helping the health service tackle the …