Met Office issues rare extreme heat warning update as temperatures set to hit 36C
Parts of the UK are set to see their fifth heatwave of the summer Temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week, potentially impacting railway lines and power networks as…
Burnham vows to tackle ‘rip-off’ subscriptions in cost-of-living crackdown
The PM will accelerate plans to force companies to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and provide more information about costs up-front rather than quietly auto-renewing them at a higher…
Bungalow destroyed in explosion captured on camera
CloseA suspected gas explosion that destroyed a bungalow and left a man injured has been caught on camera. It happened on Cobb Hall Road, Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes on…
Woman’s death after ‘downplayed’ fall to change future NHS 111 calls
Christine Clegg, 79, died after an unwitnessed fall in June 2025 A coroner investigating the death of a woman following a “downplayed” fall has called for changes to be made…
Hastings Direct’s failures forced my family out of our home
Eight months after reporting a leak to our home insurer, Hastings Direct, my husband and I and our two-year-old are still effectively homeless. Last winter, we discovered that an unnoticed…
‘Roll on 2027’ as Fleadh 2026 comes to an end
The first All Ireland Fleadh in Belfast ended in the early hours of Monday morning with organisers saying they were overwhelmed by the positive response they received from all communities.…
Harry Potter fans force diversion of £430m giant pipeline to protect Dobby’s ‘grave’
Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport energy from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted Harry Potter fans forced a £430m energy project to divert plans…
Pilot’s flight path draws bin shape above Clacton days before Farage v Count Binface by-election
It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday Just days before Nigel Farage takes on Count Binface in…
Clacton feels like the butt of a bad joke. ‘I saw Count Binface being interviewed – it made me really angry’
There are a record 34 candidates standing in Clacton-on-Sea’s by-election – but many voters say they feel nobody is taking them seriously. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to residents to find out…
Former Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row cancels book tour
A bookshop event and a conference speech featuring the former Cambridge University professor have been called off Jason Arday has cancelled a series of events promoting his forthcoming memoir after…