Watch live as serial sex attacker Simon Levy sentenced for double murder
Watch live as Simon Levy, a serial sex attacker who murdered two women and raped a third, is sentenced at the Old Bailey on Wednesday (12 August). Levy, 40, was…
Charlotte Church’s forest school faces closure over ‘rude’ pupils
The ‘free-to-attend democratic school in the woods’ has operated from a site without proper permissions since 2024 An outdoor learning project set up by Welsh singer Charlotte Church could be…
Fragile ‘Excalibur’ sword found in lake after water levels drop amid heatwave
The blade was found by volunteers in the lake at Chiddingstone Castle, Kent An ‘Excalibur’-esque sword has been discovered poking out of a castle lake after scorching weather caused water…
What are the proposed driving licence changes and when would they happen?
People aged 70 and over won’t have to retake their driving tests under new government rules Claims made on social media have suggested prime minister Andy Burnham is proposing to…
The tiny village of Piddington that’s voted to leave the UK
Andy Burnham has said that wealthy areas of Britain must ‘play their part’ in housing asylum seekers A quaint village in Oxfordshire has staged a referendum where they have voted…
UK weather latest: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat amid warning of wildfire ‘national emergency’
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools Prime minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee this afternoon in…
Woman who tried to warn police about double murderer says nightmare became ‘real life’
Laura was one of two women who reported being sexually assaulted by Simon Levy in 2018 A woman attacked by double murderer Simon Levy said her nightmare became “real life”…
UK weather latest: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting as Britain braces for 33C heat
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools Prime minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee this afternoon in…
Eerie silence and ‘still surviving’: what happened next after steel town’s last blast furnace shut down
Margaret Heggett, 95, does not remember a time when Port Talbot was ever quiet. Born and raised in the shadow of the steelworks, with a father, brother and husband who…
Paid police paternity leave to double after fathers reported being ‘ostracised’
Paid paternity leave for police in England and Wales is to double, after the Guardian revealed last year that officers were “mocked and ostracised” for taking time off to spend…