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In Oxfordshire, 68 knives were handed in as part of Operation Sceptre, which is a week of action to reduce knife crime.

Willow Du Plooy was last seen on Friday afternoon.

In 2012, a new road in Didcot was named 'Sir Frank Williams Avenue'.

He says he nearly lost his leg in an accident.

The 29 year old was also found guilty of money laundering and escaping hospital and evading police for 40 days.

The daughter of a 41-year-old man who is fighting for his life after contracting COVID fears her father knows he is "trapped in his own body" - and doctors have warned the family to prepare for the worst.

Fresh measures designed to deal with the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron have come into force in England.

All adults will be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine as the government backed a far reaching expansion of the jabs programme to deal with the potential impact of the Omicron variant.

The Prince of Wales has formally acknowledged "the appalling atrocity of slavery" in the Caribbean, saying "it forever stains our history" at an event to mark Barbados becoming a republic.

A survivor of the Channel boat tragedy has described how the passengers held hands when the vessel capsized to try to save each other from drowning.

Fuel retailers should be scrutinised by the government if they fail to cut prices, the RAC has suggested.

A British F-35 stealth jet dropped off a launch ramp on the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier and into the sea without ever getting airborne, leaked footage of its final moments has revealed.

Ghislaine Maxwell targeted young girls and manipulated them before "serving them up for sexual abuse", a US prosecutor said in her opening statement in the New York trial of the British socialite.

Lionel Messi has won the seventh men's Ballon d'Or of his illustrious career at a ceremony in Paris.

A female Italian journalist has filed charges against a man accused of slapping her bottom on live TV after a Serie A football match.

Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake are among many celebrities paying tribute to US fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who has died at the age of 41 after a private battle with cancer.

I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will not air tonight after extreme weather conditions caused production problems at Gwrych Castle in North Wales, ITV has said.

Actress Lindsay Lohan has announced her engagement in a series of loved-up photos on Instagram.

An Australian journalist whose "million dollar" interview with Adele was canned because he did not listen to her new album 30 has apologised on air.

As an actor, presenter and documentary maker, Reggie Yates has been a regular fixture on our TV screens since he was a young child.

The mutation of the Omicron variant could be down to "reservoirs" of the virus lurking in the unvaccinated and immunosuppressed.

Fresh measures designed to deal with the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron have come into force in England.

There are growing fears a newly discovered COVID-19 variant, said to be potentially more dangerous than the one causing waves of infection around the world, could impact Christmas.

The Prince of Wales will reaffirm the "myriad connections between the people of our countries" at a ceremony to remove the Queen as Barbados' head of state and transition to a republic.

There should be an "outright ban" on MPs providing paid parliamentary advice, consultancy or strategy services, a report has recommended.

A married couple who tested positive for COVID-19 have been arrested after fleeing a quarantine hotel in the Netherlands before attempting to leave the country.

The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a "cause for concern and not for panic", Joe Biden has said.

Labour would "act to stamp out the corruption that Boris Johnson and his government has polluted our democracy with" if it wins power at the next general election, the party's deputy leader has said.

The speed with which new variants of the COVID-19 virus spread around the world can leave governments scrambling to catch up. What is sometimes more remarkable is the speed with which those new variants are detected.

A British F-35 stealth jet dropped off a launch ramp on the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier and into the sea without ever getting airborne, leaked footage of its final moments has revealed.

A council in Australia appears set to effectively ban cats from being outdoors unless they are on a lead.

Two people have been injured after two large pigs charged on to a golf course in West Yorkshire.

A family's "pet dog" that angered neighbours by killing and eating ducks and chickens has turned out to be a fox.

A giant nine-foot-tall video game joystick has been honoured in the Guinness World Records.

A small farm owner weeding his garden got a giant surprise when his hoe struck an object beneath the soil's surface.

Ralf Rangnick has been appointed Manchester United interim manager until the end of the season.

Tiger Woods has ruled out a full-time return to professional golf but says he is still intent on playing tour events as he continues his recovery from a life-threatening car accident.

Amir Khan branded Kell Brook as 'scared' and 'empty inside' as their bitter rivalry was reignited during angry exchanges while filming 'The Gloves Are Off.'

Amir Khan and Kell Brook shoved their foreheads together and angrily argued as tensions reached an all-time high.

Jamie Carragher believes Ralf Rangnick's chief task at Manchester United will be to identify the club's next permanent manager.