UK news

• Yazmin Oukhellou reveals scars from crash that killed Jake McLean as she shares hopeful message

  02-11-2022 14:52 via metro.co.uk
  Yazmin Oukhellou says her scar is a reminder that she survived as she posted a hopeful message following the death of former boyfriend Jake McLean (Picture: Rex/ Instagram)Yazmin Oukhellou has revealed the scars she was left with after surviving a crash that killed ex-boyfriend Jake McLean.The reality star was injured in a fatal road traffic accident in Turkey this summer, and previously recalled how she had to break her arm to escape the wreck and summon help.McLean, who was driving at the time
  
  Read more

• How fungus in the Chernobyl exclusion zone can absorb deadly radiation

  24-12-2024 22:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Deadly radiation from Chernobyl is being absorbed by fungus growing inside the reactors (Picture: Getty)Inside one of the most radioactive reactors in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a fungus is absorbing deadly radiation.A black fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum has been found growing on the walls of the notorious No. 4 nuclear reactor, where the highest levels of radiation have been detected.
  A reactor at the nuclear plant melted down in 1986, releasing smoke and causing thousands
  
  Read more

• Coronation Street star Brian Capron reveals how and why Richard Hillman is back after two decades

  24-12-2024 22:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Richard Hillman staged quite a return after two decades, terrifying Gail(Picture: ITV)Two decades on since his reign of terror captivated the nation, Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) has returned to Coronation Street to terrorise Gail Platt (Helen Worth) one final time.Gail, as viewers know, is set to leave the cobbles after 50 years, with the prospect of a happy ending on the cards in the south of France with fiancé Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson).
  But Christmas Eve saw things take quite a
  
  Read more

• Coronation Street ‘confirms’ unexpected reunion for two major couples – and controversy will follow 

  24-12-2024 22:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two couples could reunite (Picture: ITV)Two Coronation Street couples look set to reunite at Christmas – but it couldn’t, or wouldn’t happen without a hitch!The first of these couples is Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson) and his old flame Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver).They briefly dated in the late 00s, but he departed Weatherfield in 2010 when he made a pass at her sister Julie (Katy Cavanagh). She was gobsmacked to see him return earlier this year – now coupled up with sta
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Viewers outraged after Amazon Prime removes 'the most important scene' from It's A Wonderful Life

  24-12-2024 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a Wonderful Life fans have expressed outrage that Amazon Prime cut a crucial scene from the beloved Christmas classic.
  
  Read more

• Mariah Carey, 55, sparks dating rumours after holding hands with Grammy-winning rapper, 38

  24-12-2024 21:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is romance on the cards for Mariah Carey as she heads into the new year? (Picture: Backgrid)The Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, has fuelled dating speculation after she was spotted holding hands with rapper Anderson .Paak.The All I Want for Christmas hitmaker, 55, has been single since ending her seven-year relationship with choreographer Bryan Tanaka in December 2023.
  But almost one year later, could she be striking things up with a new flame?The music artist was spotted heading into Catch S
  
  Read more

• Former StreetEasy CEO locked in tense $10M battle with McDonald's over posh New York condo

  24-12-2024 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael A. Smith is being sued by the fast food giant over the construction of the luxury apartment atop a Manhattan building.
  
  Read more

• Horror as amusement park ride collapses at Christmas fair

  24-12-2024 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video of the collapse at the Acapulco Golf Club showed the Eiffel Tower cable car ride tilting and ultimately crashing to the ground as terrified witnesses tried to flee the wreckage.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 50,000-year-old baby mammoth may be ‘best-preserved’ specimen yet

  24-12-2024 21:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nicknamed Yana, this one-year-old mammoth is believed to have got ‘trapped in a swamp’ where the carcass was preserved for 50,000 years (Picture: Michil Yakovlev/North-Eastern Federal University via AFP)A 50,000-year-old baby mammoth pulled from melting permafrost could be the best-preserved specimen ever found.Weighting more than 100kg, standing 120cm tall and estimated to have been one year old, Yana is one of just seven mammoth carcasses ever recovered.One of those was in Canada,
  
  Read more

• Man charged with murder after ‘loving’ Elizabeth Line worker fatally attacked

  24-12-2024 21:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jorge Ortega was attacked at Ilford Station earlier this month (Picture: BTP)A man has now been charged with murder and affray after a fatal attack on an Elizabeth Line worker earlier this month.
  Jorge Ortega, 61, suffered significant head injuries in the attack at Ilford station shortly before 9 pm on December 4.He was taken to hospital but later died. British Transport Police have now said suspect Ayodele Jamgbadi, 28, will be charged with murder and affray.Jamgbadi was initially charged with
  
  Read more

• Beyoncé makes cheeky joke about Netflix glitch in Cowboy Carter NFL teaser

  24-12-2024 21:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Beyonce has trolled Netflix in her Cowboy Christmas teaser (Picture: NBCUniversal/Olympics)Beyoncé has trolled Netflix in a hilarious teaser trailer for her upcoming Cowboy Christmas performance.Beyoncé looked incredible as she strummed a banjo while wearing an elaborate outfit while teasing her festive halftime act for the second NFL game on Christmas Day.However, all was not as it seemed as the teaser trailer suddenly stopped and showed a loading screen.This was a deli
  
  Read more

• 'Serial' victim Hae Min Lee's family crushed as her 'killer' Adnan Syed begs court to lower sentence

  24-12-2024 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hae Min Lee was just 18 when she was strangled and dumped in an unmarked grave in Baltimore's Leakin Park in 1999.
  
  Read more

• Student ‘traumatised’ after managing to break her jaw with aptly-named candy

  24-12-2024 21:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Javeria managed to break her jaw in two places when she bit into the candy (Picture: Kennedy News)A student was horrified when a ‘jawbreaker‘ candy lived up to its name and snapped her jaw in two.Javeria Wasim and her friend bought three-inch jawbreaker candies while shopping last month, and after becoming ‘impatient’ to reach the gumball, the 19-year-old attempted to bite into the treat.As soon as she bit down, Javeria’s jaw began to hurt and a friend pointed out
  
  Read more

• EastEnders return three decades in the making as 90s legend reunites with Phil

  24-12-2024 21:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Old friends reunited as Nigel stages his return (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is set to get a major blast from the past in EastEnders this Christmas as Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) returns to Walford.
  Nigel, who was a firm-favourite with viewers of the BBC One soap, made his first appearance in 26 years on Christmas Eve as he spoke to Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) at the community soup kitchen.A former friend of Phil and Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp),
  
  Read more

• Pictured: Samurai Sword show-off, 24, who posed with his parents' weapon on Snapchat and said 'Where's Tommy Robinson?' before adding 'need to smash up this white lot' - as he's jailed

  24-12-2024 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Akhtar, 24, shared the image of himself holding the sword given to his parents as a wedding gift online with the caption 'Where's Tommy Robinson' Birmingham Crown Court heard.
  
  Read more

• Dog walker, 38, killed in hit-and-run crash just days before Christmas: 'Driver', 27, arrested after police launched manhunt

  24-12-2024 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aaron Jones, 38, was walking his dog near his village home last night when he was struck by a car and killed.
  
  Read more

• Tragic twist in sickening murder of woman set on fire by illegal migrant on NYC subway

  24-12-2024 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the latest horrific twist in the sickening murder, allegedly by Guatemalan migrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, who appeared at Brooklyn Supreme Court charged with murder and arson on Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Who is Nigel Bates in EastEnders and has actor Paul Bradley appeared in another soap?

  24-12-2024 20:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nigel is back in EastEnders (Picture: BBC)Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) has made an unannounced return to EastEnders after 26 years in tonight’s episode.The character appeared between 1992 and 1998, though hasn’t been seen since.It was first reported earlier this month that actor Paul Bradley would be reprising his role ahead of the 40th Anniversary celebrations next year.The event will be marked by yet another live edition, which will hand the viewers the power to decide the
  
  Read more

• Take a trip to Rudolph, Bethlehem, Santa Claus and North Pole... the town names that prove Christmas is alive all year long in America

  24-12-2024 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the season to be jolly, but there are some US towns and cities  that embody the spirit of Christmas 365 days a year.
  
  Read more

• I celebrated Christmas in space, so I know what the 'stranded' astronauts will endure now that their rescue has been delayed... yet again

  24-12-2024 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2010, Cady Coleman spent Christmas Day as far away from hearth and home as is humanely possible.
  
  Read more

• Safiyya Vorajee reveals ‘torment’ preparing for another Christmas without daughter Azaylia in heartbreaking video

  24-12-2024 20:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Safiyya Vorajee revealed she is a ‘mess’ (Picture: Safiyya Vorajee/Instagram)Safiyya Vorajee has revealed that she is a ‘mess’ as she buys gifts for her late daughter Azaylia.Safiyya 37, and her ex-partner, TV personality and former footballer, Ashley Cain, 34, suffered a devastating loss when their daughter Azaylia died in April 2021 at just eight months old.Since her daughter’s death from leukaemia, Safiyya has documented her grief and has now revealed she i
  
  Read more

• Ex-President Bill Clinton released from hospital after receiving treatment for flu

  24-12-2024 20:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former US President Bill Clinton (right) was discharged from a hospital after being treated for the flu, according to his deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña in an X (formerly Twitter) post (left) (Pictures: AFP/X)Former US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from a hospital after being treated for the flu.
  Clinton, 78, was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital on Monday afternoon after developing a fever.
  Less than 24 hours later, America’s 42nd president wa
  
  Read more

• James May begs pub-goers to stop queuing for the bar as former Top Gear star brands the culprits 'un-British' for forming single file queues to get served

  24-12-2024 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Top Gear presenter, 61, took to social media to share his views on the strange practice being seen in bars across the UK as people line up for their drinks.
  
  Read more

• Passenger was forced to run 17 metres alongside moving train after their hand got trapped in doors as it left the platform

  24-12-2024 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The traumatic incident took place when the passenger attempted to board an Elizabeth line service at Ealing Broadway station at around 12.07am on November 24
  
  Read more

• ‘I asked to leave Man Utd and return to Arsenal after one training session’

  24-12-2024 20:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  The player instantly regretted leaving Arsenal for Manchester United (Picture: Getty)It took just one training session for Alexis Sanchez to realise he had made a mistake leaving Arsenal to join Premier League rivals Manchester United.Sanchez excited Arsenal fans for four years following his £32m move from Barcelona in 2014, scoring an impressive 80 goals in 166 games for the Gunners and lifting two FA Cup trophies at the Emirates Stadium.The chance to join Manchester United, who had been
  
  Read more

• Delusion of the Democrats laid bare in shocking new crime figures

  24-12-2024 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York City's subway system has reached a disturbing 25-year high for murders, following the barbaric burning of a woman on a subway car over the weekend.
  
  Read more

• Ivanka Trump posts cryptic Christmas message from beach getaway

  24-12-2024 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ivanka Trump posted photos from a tropical Christmas vacation getaway on Tuesday indicating she was not missing politics as her father prepares to enter the White House again.
  
  Read more

• Sainsbury's and Matalan pull popular stocking filler from shelves over 'serious chemical risk'

  24-12-2024 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two supermarkets - Sainsbury's and Matalan - have recalled the Beeline Belly Bar following warnings that the jewellery contains an "elevated nickel value" that could pose a danger
  
  Read more

• Cheeky schoolboy caught biting his toenails during school nativity play

  24-12-2024 19:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some kids may bite their fingernails, but not Robbie (Picture: SWNS)A naughty schoolboy was captured biting his toenails in the middle of his school nativity in hilarious resurfaced footage.Robbie Coulson, now 12 years old, was captured on camera in his school nativity in 2020 nibbling on his toenails as his classmates performed around him.
  Ahead of Christmas, his aunt Georgina Coulson, 35, shared the footage which showed the schoolboy brazenly holding his foot before smiling when he notices he
  
  Read more

• The birthplace of Jesus marks its second year under the shadow of war

  24-12-2024 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Children were spotted posing with Santa at the Church of the Nativity (Picture: AP)The birthplace of Jesus is marking a second subdued Christmas as locals continue to live under the shadow of the war in Gaza.The town of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, normally welcomes thousands of tourists around the holidays, but Manger Square was empty and the Christmas tree and festive lights were nowhere to be found this year.Palestinian security forces arranged barriers near the Nativity Church, bui
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_uknews on Twitter!