What are the proposed driving licence changes and when would they happen?
People aged 70 and over won’t have to retake their driving tests under new government rules Claims made on social media have suggested prime minister Andy Burnham is proposing to…
The tiny village of Piddington that’s voted to leave the UK
Andy Burnham has said that wealthy areas of Britain must ‘play their part’ in housing asylum seekers A quaint village in Oxfordshire has staged a referendum where they have voted…
Great Britain faces electricity supply shortfall during solar eclipse
Great Britain faces a shortfall of electricity supplies on Wednesday evening as the near total solar eclipse is expected to wipe out solar power generation. The government’s electricity grid operator…
Interview: Count Binface on Farage, Flakes, Ferraris and Clacton
With the Clacton by-election just days away, In The Room welcomes perhaps Nigel Farage’s most unusual opponent: Count Binface. The intergalactic candidate joins Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson to defend…
Oxford Street shoppers to have faces scanned by controversial technology
LFR has been widely criticised by human rights groups, with one organisation describing the rollout as an escalation in routine public surveillance Oxford Street is set to be monitored by…
Don’t use electricity during the solar eclipse, Octopus Energy warns
A shutdown in solar energy generation will coincide with a usual surge in electricity demand in the UK Britain’s largest energy supplier is asking households not to use electrical appliances…
Nigel Farage and Count Binface: a visual guide to their electoral careers
Nigel Farage has been standing in British elections since 1994, when he narrowly beat Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Loony party into fourth place in a Commons byelection.…
UK weather latest: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat amid warning of wildfire ‘national emergency’
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools Prime minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee this afternoon in…
Woman who tried to warn police about double murderer says nightmare became ‘real life’
Laura was one of two women who reported being sexually assaulted by Simon Levy in 2018 A woman attacked by double murderer Simon Levy said her nightmare became “real life”…
Early release scheme risks more serious crimes, probation chief warns
The chief inspector of probation for England and Wales has told the BBC the early release of thousands of prisoners could lead to “a serious sexual or violent offence or…