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American showbiz website TMZ published pictures that seem to show parts of Liam Payne’s dead body. The pictures were of an arm and waist which both featured identifiable tattoos. The website said they had chosen not to publish the whole image. But backlash on social media has seen TMZ remove the images – although they now exist online – as well as a picture of a blue police tent reportedly placed over Payne’s body after his fall. “This is beyond disrespectful, it’s a complete failure of humanity and decency,” wrote one X user. “That is just vile,” another said. The…

Thursday’s front pages continue speculation about the upcoming October Budget. The papers offer up their predictions and reports on whether the chancellor will raise taxes or cut spending.
Other domestic topics are splashed on the front pages including reports on whether Russian spies planted devices in Birmingham, and there’s ongoing coverage of showbiz topics.
The newspapers had gone to print long before news broke of the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina. The 31-year-old fell from his balcony at his hotel. The story is dominating the UK news cycle online and on social media.
The papers continue their coverage of the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as the new England Football manager.

Council puts up giant pencils to stop parents driving children to school | UK News Giant pencils have been introduced in one London borough’s streets to stop busy parents from driving their kids to school, and some people are inevitably unhappy. The coloured pencils are part of a plan to prevent cars entering certain roads at drop-off time. And while many have welcomed the idea, others have said it simply pushes traffic problems further out. The borough of Richmond-upon-Thames in south west London has now approved a roll-out of the eye-catching designs, which warn people a school street is near.…

Man arrested for selling illegal Sky streaming packages in bulk | UK News A man has been arrested on suspicion of selling illegal streaming packages which provided access to Sky channels. Officers from the police intellectual property crime unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the 38-year-old while executing a search warrant at a home in Wolverhampton early yesterday morning. He was detained on suspicion of copyright and money laundering offences after he was suspected to have sold illegal streaming packages in bulk for others to sell to the public. Further search warrants were carried out at four business…

Two-metre-long snake is breeding in UK living in attics and walls | UK News Invasive snakes breeding in the wild in at least three UK regions crawl up walls and into attics to survive, researchers said. Aesculapian snakes, which can grow to over 7ft long, originally escaped from captivity, but are now surviving on their own using warm corners made by humans. Researchers tracked 13 males and eight females between 2021 and 2022 to find out how they were surviving in a climate previously thought to be too cold for them. They found out they relied on ‘human habitats’ –…

80s punk legends announce huge tour – with iconic rock band supporting The Offspring sent fans into meltdown as they confirmed a worldwide tour, kicking off next year. The legendary punk band, first formed in 1984, will be hitting the road for the Supercharged tour in 2025, including five dates in the UK. The You’re Gonna Go Far Kid icons – currently made up of Bryan ‘Dexter’ Holland, Noodles, Todd Morse, Jonah Nimoy and Brandon Pertzborn – are set to be joined by rockers Simple Plan, who are serving as their support act. They will be heading to the UK…

Huge reward to find killer who stabbed student to death at Soho club | UK News Scotland Yard has released new enhanced images of the suspect in the murder of Camille Gordon in 2004 (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA) Detectives investigating the murder of a Soho nightclub hostess 20 years ago have put up a £20,000 reward to help finally catch her killer. Camille Gordon was stabbed in the heart on the doorstep of the Blue Bunny Club in Archer Street, where she was working part-time as a hostess while training to be a nursery assistant, on March 1, 2004. The 23-year-old…

Drivers keep getting stuck on housing estate stairs thinking it’s a shortcut | UK News Multiple drivers have become stuck on a set of stairs in the middle of a London housing estate – after apparently mistaking the route for a shortcut. Residents at Maitland Park Estate in Camden say there have been five incidents of cars becoming trapped on the steps in the last month alone. But while locals can see the funny side when drivers take a wrong turn, they have also voiced concerns over the possibility of someone getting hurt, especially children who happily roam the estate. Camden Council has now said it will…

Elderly man attacked at london bus stop ‘for letting women and children on first’ | UK News A manhunt has been launched three months after an elderly man was attacked at a London bus stop. The 85-year-old had stopped to let women and children board the 220 bus at Hammersmith bus station on Tuesday July 2. However, someone in the queue behind him started verbally abusing him. The same man then pushed him out of the way, causing him to fall to the ground at around 1pm. The victim needed hospital treatment and it was later discovered he suffered a…

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Seven-year-old boy killed in ‘truly devastating’ explosion in Newcastle A seven-year-old boy has died after an explosion on a residential street in Newcastle, as police and fire chiefs begin to investigate the cause of the devastating blast. Six people were also in hospital following the tragic incident at the line of terraced homes in the Benwell area of the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Pictures taken from the scene show the devastation caused – with at least two properties completely destroyed. Speaking at a press conference at lunchtime, Superintendent Darren Adams said: “It is with great sadness…

The £40bn question: How will Rachel Reeves balance the books? Rachel Reeves is being warned that she may have to break Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax or national insurance in order to fill a £40bn black hole in her spending plans. The concerns come after the chancellor warned her cabinet colleagues this week that she needs to find spending cuts and tax rises of £40bn to balance the books – far more than the £22bn she has claimed the Tories left behind. Ms Reeves was boosted on Wednesday by a drop in inflation to 1.7 per cent…

Annie Kilner ‘files for divorce’ from England and Manchester City star Kyle Walker England and Manchester City star Kyle Walker’s wife, Annie Kilner, has filed for a divorce, according to reports. It was alleged last week that Ms Kilner had “met with lawyers” to start legal proceedings to end their marriage. The 31-year-old, who married Mr Walker, 33, in 2021, has reportedly filed for the divorce following his reported affair with influencer Lauryn Goodman. The Manchester City right-back has four children with Ms Kilner and secretly fathered two children with Ms Goodman. It has now been claimed Ms Kilner is…

Schoolgirl Sara Sharif suffered a catalogue of 71 injuries before her death, jury told Schoolgirl Sara Sharif’s body was found with at least 71 recent injuries and two traumatic brain injuries inflicted days before her death as she endured a “campaign of abuse”, a court heard. Jurors were shown a catalogue of bruises, burns, probable bite marks and other injuries identified on the 10-year-old by forensic pathologist Dr Nathaniel Cary. He told the Old Bailey the total number of injuries sustained by the 4ft 6in schoolgirl, who weighed 4st 3lbs, is not known because it is impossible to tell if…

RAF chief lied to ministers about recruitment policy, senior MP claims in PMQs A senior MP has accused the former RAF chief air marshal of lying over allegations he had pushed through an illegal recruitment policy for the service. Alicia Kearns, the former chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, used parliamentary privilege in prime minister’s questions (PMQs) to accuse Sir Mike Wigston of lying in the case of the RAF’s former head of recruitment group captain Lizzy Nicholl. Challenging Sir Keir Starmer, Ms Kearns said: “Group Captain Lizzy Nicholl had an exemplary career with the RAF until she was…

Invasive two-metre-long snake breeding inside walls, attics across UK, scientists warn One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long, are not native to the UK. They went locally extinct during the last Ice Age, and were not seen widely in the UK for 300,000 years. But they have become an invasive species now, researchers say, surviving in warm corners in the UK. They were introduced during the 1970s to Colwyn Bay, North Wales, following…

Teenager passed driving test just six months before crash in Snowdonia which killed four friends A coroner has voiced concerns about inexperienced young drivers carrying passengers following the deaths of four teenagers in a car crash in North Wales. An inquest in Caernarfon on Wednesday revealed the young driver, 18-year-old Hugo Morris, had passed his driving test just over six months before he lost control of his car and rolled into a ditch on the way to a camping trip in Snowdonia. He and his three friends Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, and Wilf Fitchett, 17, all from Shropshire,…

DWP is warned against ‘rushing’ disability benefit assessment changes The government has been warned against “rushing” planned changes to disability benefits assessments, as experts say they will leave nearly half a million vulnerable people worse off. The previous Conservative government announced in 2023 that the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) will be reformed, with the qualifying criteria being significantly overhauled. According to research from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the changes will mean around 450,000 fewer people will be considered to have limited capability for work. Labour recommitted to the plans in its election manifesto, saying the WCA is…

Father left with fractured eye socket and toddler in hospital after random attack A father was left with serious injuries and his three-year-old toddler was also taken to hospital after an “unprovoked” attack in west London. Police have released a CCTV image of a man, who was allegedly seen shoving the father to the ground as he walked along Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill, West London, with his child. The incident occurred on 5 October and resulted in the father striking his head against a wall. The Metropolitan Police described the father’s injuries as “quite serious”. They included bleeding, a fractured…