Preliminary investigations revealed the motive could be linked to illegal mining turf wars, police said.
Some swims over the Christmas period are cancelled in Devon and Cornwall due to the weather....
UK health agency says drop is encouraging news, but warns flu could still bounce back in new year....
On the key question of Ukraine's eastern Donbas, Zelensky says a "free economic zone" is a potential option....
Ukraine has tried to evacuate areas of Sumy region near the Russian border, but many civilians have refused to leave....
David Jones believes it will permit too many risks, but the government calls it a proportionate approach....
The capture of Siversk brings Russia closer to the last remaining "fortress belt" cities still in Ukrainian hands in the Donetsk region....
The Met Office says that 2025 is likely to be the UK's hottest year since records began....
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the attacks were an attempt by Moscow to block Ukraine's access to maritime logistics....
Local Government Secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders to not introduce four-day working weeks....
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future....
The BBC revisits one-year-old Siwar Ashour who was temporarily evacuated to Jordan for medical treatment during the Gaza war....
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov is the third military official to have been killed in bomb attacks in the Russian capital over the last year....
The consumer watchdog says weak competition between retailers is keeping profit margins up....
The Wildlife Trusts say its is 'flabbergasted' by the sighting of the highest number of octopuses since 1950...
Health experts have warned that the impact of the strike will be felt into the new year "and beyond"....
Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator after discussing the latest peace plans....
Monday's papers include a warning from the government's social mobility commissioner that Sir Keir lacks a clear strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities....
The IOPC says it can exercise its investigatory power if warranted, after its director said she was willing to launch a probe....
Hearts "have arrived" as Scottish Premiership title contenders after beating Rangers for the second time this season, says Kris Boyd....
Russia's leader told our Russia editor that claims an attack on Europe was planned were "rubbish"....
Russia's leader said during a TV marathon that claims that an attack on Europe was planned were "nonsense"....
It follows warnings some jails were facing a staffing crisis after salary requirements were raised....
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg had the opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin about his plans for the future of the country....
BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines allegations of links between the UAE and Sudan’s RSF in the civil war, as international efforts continue to seek an end to the fighting....
EU leaders agreed to loan Ukraine €90bn to stay financially afloat for the next two years....
Labour's violence against women strategy and a royal Christmas family portrait dominate Friday's papers....
Ukraine had wanted the EU to use €200 billion of frozen Russian assets but Belgium opposed the move....
Investigators are also searching for a car they believe was rented by the suspect in the shooting that killed two students and injured nine....
There are no official statistics surrounding suicide among Ukrainian soldiers, but they are thought to count in the hundreds....
Despite a Trump-brokered ceasefire in July, fighting has flared up again between Thailand and Cambodia....
