Satellite images show impact of heatwaves and drought on UK landscape
Satellite imagery shows the toll taken on the UK landscape from this year’s long hot summer. BBC Verify analysis of satellite data shows where in the UK has been most…
Voices: ‘We are all too stingy to pay for it’: Readers debate the true cost of fixing social care
Our community responded to Andy Burnham’s social care pledge with one important question – if carers are underpaid, who is actually going to pay to fix it? Andy Burnham has…
UK’s heatwaves led to almost 3,000 deaths as England on track for record
England saw its hottest June on record with temperatures hitting 37.7C in Lingwood, Norfolk England is set for the highest number of deaths caused by heatwaves since figures began. The…
Chris Noble: Police chief who quit abruptly would have been sacked for gross misconduct
Staffordshire Police’s former chief constable is still under investigation for ‘other allegations’ A chief constable who abruptly resigned the day before a misconduct hearing would have been fired had he…
Drought declared across whole of Wales as rivers fall to ‘exceptionally low’ levels
The country is on course for its driest July since records began nearly 190 years ago Drought has now been declared across all of Wales. The country’s environment body Natural…
‘Horror scene’ at Hull funeral parlour caught on police bodycam video
Bodycam footage captures the “horror scene” that was discovered at a Hull funeral parlour, where more than 30 decomposing bodies and 100 sets of ashes were found. Robert Bush is…
Man blew up childhood home because he thought he’d been cut out of will, court hears: ‘If I can’t have it, no one can’
Three gas cylinders had been placed in the front living room, the kitchen, and one of the bedrooms A Lancashire man blew up his childhood home because he wrongly believed…
Man dies after being rescued from sea in Essex
The man was pronounced dead at the scene A man has died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Frinton, Essex Police said. Police said they were called shortly…
Prince Harry among names facing wait over legal fees payment to Mail after failed High Court case
The cases returned to the High Court this week for a two-day hearing over costs, where the court was told ANL’s total costs were more than £34 million The Duke…
TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using ‘smart’ glasses
A TikToker who used Meta “smart glasses” to secretly film members of the public, shop workers and ferry staff during a road trip around Scotland is being investigated by police.…