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The adult creatures use the technique to stun passing fish and foes with a simple click of a spring-loaded claw.

Figures show every category of sexual crime, except those associated with prostitution, increased between 2018 and 2022.

Female MPs from both sides of the House led tributes to the first and so far only female Commons speaker following her death at 93.

Households in England who spend more than 10% of their income on their energy has also jumped from 4.93 million in 2021 to 7.39 million last year.

The energy price guarantee, which caps typical household bills, is set to rise from £2,500 to £3,000 in April.

The Prince and Princess of Wales wore daffodils in their lapels as they visited Brynawel Rehabilitation Centre near Pontyclun ahead of St David’s Day.

Affluent parents have the resources to ‘buy admission to popular schools’ through the housing market, a report has suggested.

The PM drew ire after touting Northern Ireland’s ‘unbelievably special position’ with access to EU and UK markets.

HMRC is pursuing the football presenter for £4.9 million that it claimed should have been paid on income received between 2013 and 2018.

The unexpected visitor had hauled itself on to rocks in the Treshnish Isles, near Mull.

Alemi worked for health trusts in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, earning up to £1.3 million

Rishi Sunak was speaking during a visit to Coca-Cola bottling plant in Co Antrim.

Leila Borrington, who fractured the arm of Harvey Borrington, will be sentenced next month.

Zholia Alemi was jailed for seven years for fraud at Manchester Crown Court.

Officials at the Competition and Markets Authority said they ‘need to find’ any competition issues that might be holding back house building.

Two proposed sites have been abandoned to protect local fishing, while three others get the go-ahead.

Sports minister Stuart Andrew pledged to examine what input supporters could have for the match next year.

A solar storm plus clear weather have meant spectacular sights in the night skies above the UK since Sunday.

New technologies could make ‘micropayments’ easier or enable people to programme money so it can only be used in certain ways, Sir Jon Cunliffe said.

The controlled detour at 37,000ft west of the Faroe Islands took just less than 10 minutes and occurred shortly after 8.30pm on Monday.