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Snooker player Graeme Dott goes on trial over child abuse allegations Tue 18th Aug 2026 17:28 BST
Snooker player Graeme Dott goes on trial over child abuse allegations

The 2006 world champion is accused of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy in Glasgow and South Lanarkshire.

Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubsTue 18th Aug 2026 16:23 BST
Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubs

The pub chain says the decision follows complaints about "other people's videos and amplified phone conversations".

Actress Phyllida Law, mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, dies at 94Tue 18th Aug 2026 17:10 BST
Actress Phyllida Law, mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, dies at 94

Law appeared in films alongside both of her daughters, Dame Emma and Sophie, including 1996's Emma.

Serco employee charged over sharing asylum seeker addressesTue 18th Aug 2026 12:10 BST
Serco employee charged over sharing asylum seeker addresses

The 62-year-old man is charged with misconduct in public office and appears before magistrates.

Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforceTue 18th Aug 2026 13:56 BST
Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce

The state-owned yard on the Clyde will lose 70 of its 283 staff through a voluntary redundancy process.

One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreakTue 18th Aug 2026 16:52 BST
One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreak

Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.

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