Lotto winner scoops £4.3 million jackpot as five others become millionaires
No-one matched all five plus the Thunderball to win £500,000 A single ticket-holder claimed a £4.3 million jackpot in Wednesday’s Lotto draw, while five further players won £1 million each.…
School leavers urged to become train drivers to tackle shortage on GCSE results day
Less than 4 per cent of train drivers are under 30 and a quarter of the current workforce will hit retirement age by 2030 School leavers aged 18 are being…
School ‘deeply saddened’ by death of family in sea off Shoreham
A school attended by a 14-year-old girl who died alongside her father and mother after getting into difficulty in water off the coast of Shoreham-by-Sea has paid tribute to her.…
UK hit with heavy rain and thunderstorms with risk of flash flooding
Some areas in the country had the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time” this week Large parts of the UK have been hit with heavy showers and thunderstorms on…
Burnham announces plans to clean up worst three illegal waste dumps
Three of the country’s worst illegal dumps are due to be cleaned up using taxpayers’ money, the government has announced. Sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire will be assessed…
Travelodge boss quits amid fallout over hotel chain’s security failings
The boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Timeline of key events in the couple’s rift with the royal family
Harry and Meghan are reportedly returning to the UK after six years in the US Prince Harry and Meghan are planning to move their family back to the UK later…
Harry and Meghan latest: Duke and Duchess of Sussex moving back to UK six years after quitting royal life
The couple have already enrolled Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in British schools The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are understood to be moving back to the UK later this…
Travelodge boss steps down amid fallout from sexual assault in hotel room
Travelodge’s chief executive Jo Boydell has stepped down, the hotel chain has announced. It comes amid the fallout of a sexual assault at a Maidenhead Travelodge hotel, where staff mistakenly…
Sue Gray: Working in Keir Starmer’s No 10 was ‘unbearable’
Lady Gray was among 30 new Labour peers announced last December Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has described working inside Downing Street as “definitely unbearable” in her first…