Mapped: Areas most likely to benefit as Burnham eyes income tax overhaul
Experts have warned the new prime minister could create a ‘postcode lottery’ Metro mayors in England could soon have greater spending power under plans reportedly being considered by Andy Burnham…
Don’t sit under trees in heatwave, park visitors told as Britain braces for 33C temperatures this week
Trees have weakened due to the extreme heat and lack of rainfall, the staff at Normanby Hall Country Park in Lincolnshire have warned Visitors at a country park have been…
White paint, trees or air con? What parents and teachers can do to cool UK’s overheating schools
This summer, repeated heatwaves drove classroom temperatures to unbearable levels, leaving pupils and teachers scrambling to cope and forcing thousands of schools to close. School WhatsApp groups have lit up…
Two women in their 20s die while diving in Scottish loch
The deaths are being treated as unexplained Two women in their 20s have died while diving at a loch in Argyll and Bute. Emergency services were called to reports of…
Families given wrong ashes by fraudulent funeral director tell of pain ‘beyond belief’
The daughter of an elderly man left in a cardboard coffin for 10 months says it feels like ‘he was just forgotten’ Families given the wrong ashes by a fraudulent…
AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’
AstraZeneca must operate at “Chinese speed” to ensure it doesn’t suffer the fate of the western automotive industry by losing out to more innovative rivals, the drug company’s boss has…
Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support
Jodrell Bank Observatory, which runs a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after its major funder cut support for the facility. The deep space observatory, which hosts the…
Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”. Clement Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said…
Carer who took ‘demeaning’ videos of dementia patients sentenced
Families have said their grieving process was made more difficult after a senior nursing assistant took and shared videos of patients with advanced dementia. Ciara Corvan was sentenced to two…
Man guilty of attempted murder after stabbing ex-partner and sparking manhunt
A man who repeatedly stabbed his ex-partner in a park then ran away, launching a four-day manhunt, has been found guilty of attempted murder. Joanne Sidaway, 49, screamed as she…