Year: 2024

A ten-year-old boy has died after becoming unwell at a trampoline park in South Lanarkshire. 

Seven people are missing after a yacht carrying mostly British people was caught in a tornado and sank off the coast of Palermo, local officials have said. 

The Conservatives are demanding an investigation into Labour's appointment of several senior civil servants since the election, which the Opposition claims may have broken hiring rules. 

A road sweeper who was blocked from accepting the £3,000 his community raised to send him on holiday is now on a free trip abroad after "winning" a competition. 

A planned £2.5bn merger between British housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow Plc looks set to go ahead despite concerns from the competition regulator. 

A joke by Edinburgh Fringe veteran Mark Simmons has been named the funniest of the lot at this year's comedy festival. 

People possessing zombie-style knives and machetes have been urged to hand them in to police stations ahead of a ban. 

The housing market experienced a surge in activity following the Bank of England's recent decision to cut interest rates, according to a leading property website. 

A 43-year-old woman has died and two other people have sustained life-threatening injuries after a stabbing incident in Manchester. 

It's been a mad few months, even by American political standards.