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A man has been found guilty of murdering his "best friend" on Christmas Eve.

The second named storm of the season will bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the UK this weekend, according to the Met Office.

Pope Francis has said he will canonise a teenager born in London, setting the date for them to become the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church.

Four people have died and a number of others are in hospital after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol.

Four people have died and six British backpackers are in hospital in southeast Asia after reports of suspected methanol poisoning.

A teenager accused of murdering a 27-year-old woman at a railway station has refused to appear for his first crown court hearing.

Environment secretary Steve Reed said it is "hard to be sorry for trying to make the country's economy work" as he spoke to farmers for the first time since the budget.

Mortgage rates have risen since the budget based on expectations further base rate cuts could be delayed - and while this is bad news for borrowers, higher rates should be great for savers.

"Urgent" repairs to cells and an immediate review of CCTV are to be carried out at a prison so "dilapidated" an inmate managed to "remove his own cell door".

Brandishing a pork pie on a silver tray, John Prescott stood on the stage during his 1995 Labour conference speech and bellowed: "Lies, lies! Porky pies!"