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Government efforts to reduce the use of expensive hotel accommodation for asylum seekers have stalled in the face of local opposition and court bottlenecks.

It's been a confusing week.

Thirteen unreleased Beatles tracks are set to feature on a new Anthology compilation - almost 30 years since the last.

Prosecutors in the Sean "Diddy" Combs case have urged the judge to reject a request by the hip-hop mogul for acquittal or retrial on prostitution-related charges.

Vienna has been chosen to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Observer's editor-in-chief has called for the BBC to be "put beyond the reach of politicians" - and has compared the fight for survival within television to the zombie fungus in The Last Of Us.

A newly-discovered dinosaur with an "eye-catching sail" along its back and tail is to be named after record-breaking yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur.

On the 10th anniversary of the Shoreham air disaster, the families of some of those killed have criticised the regulator for what they describe as a "shocking" ongoing attitude towards safety.

One of the UK's last remaining steel companies has been pushed into compulsory liquidation - and will fall into government control.

The growing popularity and reach of the Premier League globally is leaving rival European football competitions struggling to compete.

A jury has been discharged in the trial of a former Church of England priest who ran a rave-inspired "cult" group.

It's been a confusing week.

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At least 17 people were killed after a car bombing and an attack on a police helicopter in Colombia, officials have said.

The growing popularity and reach of the Premier League globally is leaving rival European football competitions struggling to compete.

Police, pathologists and grave diggers have started the exhumation of 27 shallow graves in Kenya's Kilifi County.

The government borrowed the least amount of money in three years last month, official figures showed, in a surprise bout of good news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Two Labour-run councils are considering legal action to stop the use of hotels to house migrants in their areas after Epping council won a temporary injunction.

A row has broken out between the Tories and Reform about previous comments on migrant hotels, so who said what and when?

The SNP spent more than £100,000 on the campervan that was seized from the driveway of Nicola Sturgeon's mother-in-law, the party's financial accounts have revealed.

Toothpaste made with hair could repair damaged teeth and stop the early stages of decay, a new study has found.

A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a busy road in Pennsylvania.

The NHS will roll out a new treatment for advanced bladder cancer which doubles survival time.

The number of people whose lives or property are at risk from wildfires has surged by almost 40% in just two decades, according to new research.

Israel will resume negotiations with Hamas for the release of all hostages captured during the October 7 attack, Benjamin Netanyahu has said - but its military will continue its Gaza City offensive despite international outcry.

The UK government won't find much in the latest dump of migration data to back up its claim that it is restoring order to a broken asylum system.

Two Labour-run councils are considering legal action to stop the use of hotels to house migrants in their areas after Epping council won a temporary injunction.

A row has broken out between the Tories and Reform about previous comments on migrant hotels, so who said what and when?

The government borrowed the least amount of money in three years last month, official figures showed, in a surprise bout of good news for the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.