RAF jets reported 'close encounters with two unidentified drones in British skies' this year

🔮 It has also left the couple - who have never experienced aggression in their neighbourhood before - fundraising to repair the damage, and fearful the arsonists will return to finish the job, or set alight more homes on the street.

🔮 The now 18-year-old, who suffered from depression and anxiety, was employed at the Royal Thurso Hotel from May to June 2024 earning £7 an hour.

🔮 The Association of Convenience Stores also said there was no 'meaningful change' in weekend sales, but sources warn some shoppers may take the stockpiling advice to extremes.

🔮 Aerial images have revealed the detailed outlines of dozens of limestone cottages that once housed more than 100 people, offering a rare glimpse of villages which disappeared beneath the water more than half a century ago. The abandoned villages of Derwent and Ashopton have been uncovered after droughts hit the Ladybower Reservoir (Pictured: An aerial image of long-lost streets and foundations belonging to the villages) The villages were deliberately flooded in the 1940s to make way for the Upper Derwent Valley reservoir (Pictured: Remnants of brick walls exposed after water levels plummeted) The outlines of dozens of limestone cottages that once housed more than 100 people have been exposed A brick wall stands as a reminder of the villages which disappeared beneath the water more than half a century ago The discovery comes as England's drought issue continues to worsen, with ministers secretly warned this week reservoirs could run dry - causing chaos for families in the run-up to Christmas.

🔮 It is not clear which leopard was involved in the attack Mr van Hees also confirmed the leopard involved in the attack will not be put to sleep.

🔮 But the Celebrity Traitors castle has a dark past of its own - which the BBC would rather its viewers did not know.

🔮 Anthony Lee - the Tories' former director of campaigning - used 'inside information' from a private meeting called by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to bet on the general election date months before it took place. Lee, 49, and his wife, parliamentary candidate Laura Lee, 38, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to placing more than £2,000 worth of bets from March 10 and May 21, 2024, standing to win more than £23,000 had their cheating not been unearthed.

🔮 Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas.

🔮 A first aider who was nearby rushed to the scene before paramedics arrived and tried to resuscitate him, but to no avail. Bad weather conditions meant that a medical helicopter could not be deployed to the area, according to local French media. A 43-year-old British snowboarder also died in March after plunging 330 feet from a rocky ledge in an off-piste area near the La Plagne ski resort in the French Alps.

🔮 The action follows a summer of 'whack-a-mole'-style problems where officials would invoke legal routes to clear caravans from public land, only for them to quickly pop up elsewhere.