UK News Headlines

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• Man who raped girl, 14, after picking her up from taxi rank jailed

  A man who raped a 14-year-old girl after offering her a lift home at an Aberdeen taxi rank has been jailed for 12 years.

• Girl's body found after car carrying five teenagers crashes into river

  A girl's body has been found after a car carrying five people crashed into a river in Cambridgeshire.

• Fly-tippers to be forced to join 'clean-up squads' - and made to 'pick up the bill'

  Fly-tippers in England could be forced to carry out unpaid clean-ups of streets, parks and dumping hotspots under new plans announced by the government.

• 'My daughter sent nude pics to a boy online - but it was someone else'

  Warning: This article addresses child sexual abuse that readers may find distressing

• Labour's left unite behind 'major reset' call in fresh challenge to Starmer

  Labour's left-wing factions have united behind a call for a "major reset" – warning the party will "only survive if it chooses a different path".

• Retired police officer denies he's a Chinese spy and says he's 'quite a boring guy'

  A retired police officer accused of running a spy ring for the Chinese government has claimed "I'm quite a boring guy you know - that's my character".

• Baby girl suffered fatal head injury after 'mother threw her out of window'

  An 18-day-old baby girl suffered a fatal head injury when she was allegedly thrown out of a window by her mother, a court has heard.

• Scottish Labour leader reveals he has not spoken to Starmer since calling for him to quit

  Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has not spoken to Sir Keir Starmer since the week he publicly said the prime minister should go - and stands by his position.

• Plans to let AI firms use music without permission abandoned by government

  The UK government has scrapped plans to introduce copyright law exceptions which would allow AI firms to use the work of songwriters without their permission.

• Sack top Tory for calling Muslim Trafalgar Square prayers 'act of domination', says PM

  Sir Keir Starmer has called for a senior Conservative who said Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square was "an act of domination" to be sacked.