Badenoch warns nimbys: Let prisons be built near your homes
‘If everybody says “no prison near me”, we won’t get these built’, Kemi Badenoch warned Kemi Badenoch has urged members of the public to support prison-building in their area amid…
French patrol boat heard firing shots during interview
A French patrol boat has fired gunshots in the English Channel as the BBC was conducting a media interview on a boat nearby. Chris Philp MP was being interviewed about…
Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years for Radio 5 Live
Naga Munchetty is to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years on the flagship television show to become co-presenter of Radio 5 Live’s breakfast show. The current 5 Live Breakfast hosts,…
Rain brings hope of relief for fire crews fighting Cairngorms wildfire
There is hope that heavy rainfall will help efforts to tackle a wildfire that has been burning in the Cairngorms for two weeks. About 70 firefighters and nine fire appliances…
Mapped: Where in the UK are temperatures set to hit 35C?
The Met Office is expecting a ‘North-South split’ with high temperatures in the South, but Scotland seeing clouds and outbreaks of rain Parts of southern England are set to bask…
London weather tracker: How hot the capital could get in fourth heatwave of summer
Sweltering temperatures are expected in the capital this week Temperatures in London are set to soar to as high as 35C this week as the country braces for its fourth…
What Andy Burnham’s school curriculum shake-up means for young people and parents
It is the most significant change to the schooling system since 2011 Andy Burnham has announced a major shake-up to England’s education system in a bid to tackle youth unemployment…
Gardening experts share 10 ways to save your plants during a hosepipe ban
Millions of Brits have been told to conserve their water usage as the UK experiences dry weather As the UK braces for its fourth heatwave of an already scorching summer,…
Rare early report of UFO hovering in sky uncovered in cardboard box
Two South African Air Force flying officers also reported seeing unidentified aerial objects above Durban One of the earliest eyewitness reports of a flying saucer in the modern era of…
Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years
BBC Breakfast co-host Naga Munchetty is leaving the show after 17 years, and will swap the TV sofa for the presenter’s chair on Radio 5 Live’s breakfast show. Munchetty joined…