Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’
Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed…
Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional Met Office data, with the season’s mean temperature made 130 times more likely as a result of the…
Pensioners now need £64,000 more to retire than they did five years ago
Fiscal drag means more people are paying higher tax rates without necessarily being more well-off Frozen tax thresholds and rising inflation mean pensioners could now need tens of thousands of…
Toddler drowned in garden pond on Christmas Day in ‘most tragic of circumstances’
Isobel Maxwell had been missing for just minutes before being found unresponsive A toddler drowned in her garden pond on Christmas Day after going missing for just five minutes. Two-year-old…
Trump says US position on Falklands ‘one of many’ under review
Donald Trump has said the United States’ position on the Falkland Islands is “one of many” under review, as he pressed the UK to increase military spending. The US president…
Middlesbrough teen who copied Manchester synagogue attacker with fake bomb vest jailed for over nine years
Mohammed Khalil Nadir, 19, was jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday A 19-year-old who researched the dummy explosive belt worn by the Manchester synagogue attacker has been jailed for…
Count Binface hints at another by-election run after Starmer resigns as MP
Count Binface could be set for a third by-election of the year if he were to run in the race for Holborn and St Pancras Count Binface has hinted he…
Summer of 2026 named UK’s hottest on record after five heatwaves
Forecasters have warned that an ‘unprecedented’ global El Niño weather event will cause more rain and storms in autumn and winter The Met Office has confirmed the UK has provisionally…
Husband jailed for life after stabbing his wife 77 times in brutal murder
Robert Alexander was sentenced for the murder of his wife on Tuesday at Stafford Crown Court A man who murdered his wife by stabbing her 77 times, strangling her, and…
‘True gentleman’ dies in electrocution at five-star Southampton hotel
Jason Gledhill had been working alone in a maintenance room A father-of-one died after being electrocuted while working at a five-star hotel, a coroner has found. Jason Gledhill was found…