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A rescue team has released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean. […]

Comedian Peter Kay was ushered off stage mid-performance and the audience was evacuated after a “potential suspicious bag” was found. Police said a 19-year-old man is being held after the show at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham was halted on Friday evening. Witnesses said that two members of staff came onto the stage about 45 […]

Spirit Airlines, an upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, has announced that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultra-low cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights on its bright yellow planes and employed about 17,000 people said it had “started an orderly […]

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan, who was found guilty of damaging the mobile phone of a transgender activist during a dispute outside a conference, has had his conviction overturned. Linehan, a prominent anti-transgender activist, was involved in a confrontation with Sophia Brooks outside the Battle Of Ideas conference in Westminster on October 19 2024. The […]

An angry crowd rioted outside an Australian hospital where a man accused of killing a five-year-old girl was treated for a vigilante beating. The suspect, Jefferson Lewis, allegedly abducted the girl at an Indigenous community near Alice Springs in central Australia at the weekend. The body of the girl, who is now known as Kumanjayi […]

Police have charged a 45-year-old man with attempted murder after two Jewish men were stabbed in north London on Wednesday. Essa Suleiman has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place over the incident in Golders Green, the Metropolitan Police said. Suleiman, […]

Pop star Britney Spears has been charged with drink and drug driving. The 44-year-old singer was charged with driving under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs on Thursday, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. The charge comes just weeks after the chart-topper voluntarily checked herself into rehab. Britney Spears was arrested in March […]

US President Donald Trump has urged ABC to fire the late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, saying: “It better be soon.” Trump made a further call for the presenter of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to be sacked in a post on Truth Social after previously calling for the US network to “immediately” fire him on Monday. […]

Myanmar’s detained former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been moved from prison to house arrest, state television announced. The news was also released in a short text message to journalists from the government’s military information team. It was accompanied by a photo showing the 80-year-old sitting on a wooden bench in a skirt and […]

TV presenter Gloria Hunniford is to receive The Freedom Of The City Of London at an event in the city’s historic Guildhall. The Northern Irish star, who is best known for her work on shows such as Rip Off Britain, Loose Women and The One Show, will receive the honour on May 14. She said: […]