UK troops at Iraq base shot down Iranian drones, Healey says
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026

British forces based in Iraq shot down two drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed.

What on earth is going on with the oil price?
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026

Oil price moves have made headlines since the Iran conflict started - but why have there been such sharp swings?

Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Jewish temple in Michigan
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026

Police have not named the suspect or identified a motive for driving a vehicle into the synagogue, where it caught fire.

Boy charged over stabbing of teenage girl at Norfolk school
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026

Armed police were scrambled to the scene and pictured as they entered classrooms.

Woman who kept vulnerable victim as slave sentenced to 13 years
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026

Mandy Wixon, 56, forced the victim to clean her squalid home and subjected her to a miserable life.