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An Egyptian mug from 2,000 years ago was last used to serve up a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, according to ground-breaking research. 

Another water company seeking to increase the cost of customer bills has reported increased profit and shareholder payouts. 

She seemed perfect, at first. Her CV brimmed with all kinds of qualifications. And she had years of experience caring for vulnerable people.   

Angela Rayner has criticised "scaremongering" over Labour's reforms to inheritance tax on farms. 

The family of an 11-year-old boy who died after being involved in a collision with a car near his school has called for the road's speed limit to be lowered…

A gunman who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in her own home has lost another bid to challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal. 

Tesco is recalling its own-brand tzatziki dip because salmonella has been found in the product.  

A group of junior Thames Water bondholders are pushing for changes to a rival syndicate's proposed £3bn loan that they argue is prohibitively expensive for Britain's biggest water company. 

An inquest has opened into the death of 24-year-old Harshita Brella, whose body was found in a car boot in east London.  

The Danish military says it is staying close to a Chinese ship in the country's waters amid an investigation into damage caused to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea.