English Channel small-boat arrival numbers reach six-year low
Smuggling gangs are now packing larger numbers of migrants onto fewer, bigger craft Government action against small boat Channel crossings is starting to “bear fruit,” according to the Home Secretary,…
Joey Barton to stand trial over alleged assault outside golf club
Kevin Lynch, a former non-league football manager, was said to have suffered serious injuries to his eye Former footballer Joey Barton is due to stand trial charged with an assault…
UK politics latest: Burnham to tell MPs he wants to ‘bring back hope’ in first PM speech in Commons
Priorities for his new government will include his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, Mr Burnham will reportedly tell MPs in the Commons on Tuesday Andy…
‘Alarm bells were going off’: parents tell of ordeal at Send school closed down after abuse allegations
Annette and Kevin Maxwell were nervous about sending their son Jonah to a residential home for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send). Jonah has severe autism – he…
Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’
Households in Great Britain’s cloudiest regions could still save more than £400 a year on their energy bills by installing rooftop solar panels, research has found. Rising wholesale energy prices…
Man charged with murder after Middlesbrough fire that killed girl, 7, and her aunt
Man, 23, scheduled to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court later today A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder following a house fire that killed a seven-year-old girl and her…
Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage into rivers and seas by water companies during dry weather increased significantly during the first five months of 2026. Dumping raw…
Burnham warned running prison capacity near limit is ‘big risk’
Andy Burnham is taking a “big risk” by seeking to continue running prison capacity to the limit, according to the former justice secretary appointed by Keir Starmer to oversee a…
Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs
The pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows, with higher energy costs pushing up the…
Olaf, Boelo and Shaun: Met Office confirms storm names for 2026/27 after 40,000 public submissions
The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015 Meteorologists have decided Austen, Boelo and Chloe will be the first named…