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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:33:19 GMTLewis Agyei-Sekyireh: ‘We were in disbelief,’ says parents of heatwave drown victim, 14
‘Lewis was a loving, kind-hearted person loved by everyone who came in contact with him’, his family said
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:33:11 GMTHeatwave: Warnings more deaths likely after 50 drownings this summer
Deaths will rise each year if trend of extreme heat continues, Royal Life Saving Society director says
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:26:17 GMTCouncils told ‘decontamination’ may be needed after strike sees rubbish pile up
Public Health Scotland issued the advice as a strike by waste workers in Scotland continued.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:37:10 GMTPrincess Diana conspiracy theories: Eight reasons people believe the crash in Paris wasn’t all it seems
More than 20 years on, conspiracy theories continue to rage – despite almost all of them being proven decisively wrong
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:23:26 GMTPrincess Diana conspiracy theories: Eight reasons people believe the crash in Paris wasn’t all it seems
More than 20 years on, conspiracy theories continue to rage – despite almost all of them being proven decisively wrong
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:18:51 GMTChancellor piles pressure on Liz Truss with call for energy bills help for £45,000 earners
Tory leadership frontrunner has criticised ‘handouts’ – but Nadhim Zahawi admits next PM will need to do much more
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 06:39:08 GMTEnergy price cap - live: Chancellor says even Britons earning £45k need ‘urgent’ help to pay bills
Energy price cap could top £7,000 next year as Ofgem announces highest cap on record
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:08:31 GMTHow to get the £300 cost of living payment for pensioners
Older people will receive further money off their energy bills this autumn
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:08:18 GMTHow to get the £300 cost of living payment for pensioners
Older people will receive further money off their energy bills this autumn
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:01:36 GMTCost of living crisis UK: How to get the government £650 payment
Millions of households will be eligible for the support measure to help with soaring inflation.
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:00:59 GMTCost of living UK: How to get the government £650 payment
Millions of households will be eligible for the support measure to help with soaring inflation.
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:59:14 GMTWhy are energy bills increasing?
Squeeze on wholesale gas prices around the world driving up household bills
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:59:00 GMTWhy are energy bills increasing?
Squeeze on wholesale gas prices around the world driving up household bills
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:57:43 GMTWhat does the energy price cap mean for you?
Rising global gas prices causing dramatic increase to household bills in 2022
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:57:25 GMTWhat does the energy price cap mean for you?
Rising global gas prices causing dramatic increase to household bills in 2022
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:54:51 GMTCost of living: Who gets the £400 energy rebate and winter fuel payment?
Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:54:41 GMTCost of living: Who gets the £400 energy rebate and winter fuel payment?
Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:48:51 GMTAll the cost of living help available and how to get the payment
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:46:34 GMTAll the cost of living help available and how to get the payment
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:37:25 GMTCost of living scams: What to look out for and how to get help as fraudsters target relief payments
Dodgy texts, calls and emails on the rise as UK economic outlook becomes ever bleaker
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:36:00 GMTCost of living scams: What to look out for and how to get help as fraudsters target relief payments
Dodgy texts, calls and emails on the rise as UK economic outlook becomes ever bleaker
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:00:38 GMTMan ‘very happy’ with houseboat move as energy costs hit land-dwellers
Martin Walsh has to move the houseboat every two weeks.
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 06:43:16 GMTPriti Patel ‘to be axed from cabinet if Liz Truss becomes prime minister’
Liz Truss will promote loyalists and rising stars such as Kemi Badenoch to her new Cabinet, report suggests
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 06:30:58 GMTLiz Truss failed to meet any water bosses over sewage dumping in two years in environment post
Exclusive: Likely next PM facing fresh questions over responsibility for sewage scandal after light-touch approach
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:56:48 GMTEnergy price cap - live: Experts warn utility bills could top £7000 next year
It comes as cost of living crisis hits breaking point for millions of UK households
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:20:53 GMTWhat the papers say – August 27
Britain’s ‘winter catastrophe of rising energy bills’ is the story consuming Saturday’s front pages.
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 01:45:03 GMTHarry Dunn’s family mark third anniversary of his death
The 19-year-old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside US military base RAF Croughton.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:45:31 GMTDraft report into Cressida Dick’s departure from Met biased, says London mayor
Sadiq Khan writes to home secretary Priti Patel over draft report ahead of publication
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:01:20 GMTPixie Lott’s wedding cake-makers raise prices amid cost-of-living crisis
The owners of Erzulie Cakes, who provide services to The Savoy, said their company’s energy bills have almost tripled.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:01:00 GMTHikes in airport drop-off fees will leave drivers ‘stunned’, says RAC
Two-thirds of the UK’s major airports have introduced or raised charges for dropping off passengers in the past three years, according to new figures.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:01:00 GMTNotting Hill Carnival participants ‘excited’ for its in-person return
The Notting Hill Carnival is to take place on August 28 and August 29 this year.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:54:18 GMTBritish conman featured on Netflix documentary ‘on run from police in France’
Robert Hendy-Freegard, 51, allegedly drove at the officers while fleeing from a property in rural France
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:38:01 GMTOlivia Pratt-Korbel: Second man arrested on suspicion of murdering nine-year-old in Liverpool
Second man arrested in Dovecot, police say
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:33:12 GMTTributes to Labour politician Giles Radice amid reports of death at 85
Sir Keir Starmer praised the former MP as a ‘wise and kind man’ and ‘unrivalled social democratic thinker’.
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:28:16 GMTTwo charged with terrorist offences after probe into right-wing extremism
Darren Reynolds and Christine Grayson, both 59, have been remanded into custody ahead of the hearing.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:45:00 GMTProtesters gather outside Ofgem HQ calling for ‘payment strike’ on energy bills
Members of crowd shout ‘enough is enough’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:30:00 GMTTruss plans to ease living costs ‘would leave millions out in the cold’
The Foreign Secretary has promised ‘decisive action’ if she is made PM to deliver ‘immediate support’.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:22:15 GMTNHS doctor urges people to ‘beg, borrow or steal’ to go privately as health service at breaking point
Casualty units stretched beyond care that’s safe, warns consultant with 25 years’ experience
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:04:23 GMTPolice arrest second man on suspicion of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
Merseyside Police said a 33-year-old man, from Dovecot, had been arrested on Friday evening.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:32:07 GMTGreat grandmother smothered husband, 81, to death when he smiled at her over money woes
Former lollipop lady who suffered ‘decades of compliance and submission’ jailed for five years and three months
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:27:05 GMTOlivia Pratt-Korbel: Police release footage of 36-year-old suspect’s arrest and image of Audi
The black Audi Q3 is believed to have taken the 35-year-old man who was injured in the shooting to hospital
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:26:52 GMTOlivia Pratt-Korbel: Man arrested on suspicion of murdering nine-year-old girl in Liverpool
The man has been detained by Merseyside Police
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:10:57 GMTFormer BP chief says price cap should be suspended
Nick Butler said the increase in the Ofgem price cap should be suspended, after they announced an 80% hike in bills.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:07:39 GMTCost of asylum tops £2bn a year for the first time
There are record backlogs in the system which has seen the highest number of applications for 20 years
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:23:35 GMTChancellor urges public to cut back on energy use as bills crisis mounts
Lib Dems call on chancellor to apologise
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:43:18 GMTLily Sullivan: Man who strangled teenager to death after she rejected his sexual advances is jailed
Teenager was found dead in a nearby pond after being strangled by Lewis Haines
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:52:10 GMTTorture and trafficking victims could be sent to Rwanda because of ‘inherently flawed’ process, lawyers warn
Evidence submitted to House of Lords inquiry says assurances given by Rwanda are ‘not binding or enforceable’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:51:24 GMT‘He has made our year’: Keanu Reeves delights locals at a Northamptonshire pub
Pub-goers described the Matrix star as a ‘lovely person’.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:50:55 GMTProportion of Ukrainians in UK employment rises to 42%
100,000 people from Ukraine have moved to the UK since the beginning of the war
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:49:24 GMTDiana’s life and legacy to be remembered on 25th anniversary of her death
The Princess of Wales was killed on August 31 1997 in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:47:01 GMTDiana anniversary: Photographs from the princess’s life and times
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales – the mother of the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:45:10 GMTTruss says ‘jury’s out’ on whether Macron is ‘friend or foe’
The Foreign Secretary and her rival candidate Rishi Sunak were asked a series of quickfire questions at the Norwich hustings.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:04:30 GMTBrexit: Liz Truss considers triggering Article 16 if she wins Tory leadership race
Tory leadership frontrunner said to be mulling move to suspend protocol ahead of EU deadline
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:03:37 GMTNew government plan to stop sewage spills branded ‘joke’ and ‘licence to pollute’
‘Weak’ targets won’t stop the dumping, say Labour and Lib Dems
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:49:40 GMTDisney+ announces plans for Vogue and Formula 1 documentaries
The commissions were announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:36:41 GMT‘We can’t pay what we don’t have’: Rotherham shivers at ‘terrifying’ energy price hikes
South Yorkshire town is on cost of living crisis front line – and many residents fear the worst
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:34:15 GMTMacron hits back at Truss over comment ‘jury out’ on whether he is a friend or foe
Ally claims her remarks were ‘light-hearted’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:28:27 GMTWater companies to face ‘strictest targets’ on sewage pollution under new plan
Defra said it is launching the ‘largest infrastructure programme in water company history to crack down on sewage spills and end pollution’.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:09:12 GMTPolice release footage of moment man arrested on suspicion of Olivia’s murder
The black and white aerial footage shows a man being led away from a property surrounded by armed police.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:07:23 GMTSunny weekend beckons as warm conditions persist
As of Wednesday, the UK had only 46% of the average total rainfall for August.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:04:56 GMTFiscal watchdog ready to publish forecast for new PM’s spending plans
The OBR’s confirmation puts the new government in the position of having to formally reject its offer.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:43:03 GMTOlivia Pratt-Korbel: Police release footage of 36-year-old suspect’s arrest and image of Audi
Police have released aerial footage of the arrest of a 36-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel and an image of a car thought to have been the intended target of the shooting.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:21:10 GMTMoldovan killer convicted of ‘evil and depraved’ rape and attempted murder
Sergiu Boianjiu came to the UK after being released early from a 14-year term for murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in a drainage shaft.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:14:40 GMTBrian Cox says ‘class-ridden’ system drove him to support Scottish independence
The actor, originally from Dundee, spoke during the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:12:11 GMTIndependent watchdog says it can provide economic forecast in time for emergency Truss budget
Senior Tory describes work as ‘vital’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:11:24 GMTSenior Ofgem staff ‘giving bonuses to charity’ as regulator increases energy cap by 80%
Ofgem employees were awarded more than £1m in bonuses in the last year, with £14,000 the largest individual sum
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:09:12 GMTHuge energy cap rise ‘will punish carers and disabled’ and is ‘ticking timebomb’ for rural households
Charity inundated with calls from people ‘who don’t know where to turn’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:34:49 GMTMan arrested on suspicion of murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel
The arrest came after an operation involving armed officers in the Merseyside area on Thursday night.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:51:02 GMTFears Britons will disconnect their own gas and electrics over soaring energy bills
Warning comes as energy price cap rises to an eyewatering £3,549
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:49:43 GMTDisney+ secures deal with Coleen Rooney to document ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial
The streaming giant announced the project during the Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:47:47 GMTRed Arrows received ‘unacceptable behaviours and bystander training’
The aerobatic display team was reportedly given unacceptable behaviours and active bystander training following allegations from 40 personnel.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:43:35 GMTLiz Truss vows ‘decisive action’ on soaring energy bills – but does not commit to extra payments
Tory frontrunner acknowledges the strain is ‘clear’
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:43:32 GMTRadio DJ Dr Fox fined for speeding
Neil Fox pleaded guilty to speeding ahead of a behind-closed-doors hearing at Bromley Magistrates’ Court.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:40:38 GMTLiz Truss says government went ‘too far’ by closing schools during Covid lockdown
Tory leadership hopeful says she questioned government’s ‘draconian’ lockdown policy
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:39:44 GMTGovernment confirms £400 energy discount will be delivered in Northern Ireland
But the DUP and Sinn Fein have disagreed about when people could receive the discount.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:36:02 GMT‘You’ve done bugger all’: Furious woman interrupts Steve Barclay interview over ambulance delays
‘People have died, and all you’ve done is nothing,’ says angry passer-by
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:33:16 GMTScientists accuse Rishi Sunak of ‘Trump’ tactics with attack on Covid lockdown experts
Tory leadership contender accused of spouting ‘dangerous nonsense’ and attempting to rewrite history
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:33:13 GMTDiana’s Ford Escort to be sold at auction
The black RS Turbo is expected to fetch a six-figure sum when it goes up for sale on Saturday.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:07:54 GMTCare home resident, 82, lives lifelong dream of flying a plane
Roger Mashall said it was a brilliant experience.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:57:40 GMTModerna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine maker said it had filed patent infringement lawsuits in the US and Germany.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:43:58 GMTMother of teenager strangled by ‘pure evil’ killer ‘will be haunted for rest of her life’
Lewis Haines murdered Lily Sullivan following a night out in Wales last year
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:37:47 GMTBoris Johnson says next PM will ‘plainly’ have to provide more cash for energy bills
Existing support payments ‘going to be augmented’ by sucessor, claims caretaker PM
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:34:19 GMTFire drills not done at night in hotel where two died in blaze, inquiry told
A Fatal Accident Inquiry is taking place into the deaths of two men in a fire at the Cameron House hotel in December 2017.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:25:52 GMTPilot killed in light aircraft crash in Herefordshire as investigation launched
The man, in his 50s, was confirmed dead at the scene at Shobdon Airfield near Leominster, Herefordshire
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:22:17 GMTJust Stop Oil campaigners deny damaging Van Gogh painting in gallery protest
Emily Brocklebank, Xavier Gonzales-Trimmer and Louis McKechnie have been accused of causing £2,200 of damage to the painting at a London exhibition.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:21:39 GMTBoris Johnson condemns Russia’s ‘cultural vandalism’ in Ukraine
The Prime Minister said the UK would support Ukraine’s cultural heritage.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:14:44 GMTPensioner, 80, says she would be ‘better off dead’ than trying to cope with soaring winter energy bills
Struggling Britons have warned of ‘economic genocide’ in wake of energy cap announcement that could see bills jump 80%
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:55:15 GMTLiz Truss accused of being ‘absent from duties’ as foreign secretary during Tory leadership race
Truss has made ‘mockery’ of office, say Lib Dems – pointing to two bilateral calls in 46 days
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:52:07 GMTDon’t Pay UK: What happens if you don’t pay your energy bills?
Customers have been warned that withholding payments carries some risk
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:51:49 GMTRapist who ‘brutalised’ four former partners jailed
Alexander Thomson was found guilty of 17 charges involving the abuse of his ex-girlfriends between 2012 and 2019.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:50:30 GMTGun crime across UK cities a ‘major concern’, Patel says during Liverpool visit
The Home Secretary visited Liverpool on Friday after nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot dead.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:37:11 GMTRose Ayling-Ellis urges TV channels to ‘fix problem’ and subtitle all shows
The actress gave an honest account of the challenges she has experienced while delivering the Alternative MacTaggart lecture.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:18:20 GMTOfcom will take steps to ensure merged BBC News channel serves UK audiences
The merged channel is expected to launch in April 2023.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:06:34 GMTPublic should cut back on energy use, says chancellor in government U-turn
‘We should all look at our energy consumption’, says Nadhim Zahawi
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:44:28 GMTOutrage as cash-strapped council spends £60,000 of taxpayers money on ‘sun loungers’
The small seating areas, believed to have cost £60,000, are the first of their kind to be installed in the historic market town in Louth, Lincolnshire
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:01:29 GMTPrincess Diana conspiracy theories: Eight reasons people believe the crash in Paris wasn’t all it seems
More than 20 years on, conspiracy theories continue to rage – despite almost all of them being proven decisively wrong
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:31:14 GMTCovid-19 infections continue to fall in all areas of UK
Rates remain lowest among school-aged children.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:27:16 GMTBoris Johnson ‘very confident’ Government’s lockdown decisions were ‘right’
The Prime Minister said the purpose of the lockdowns was to ‘reduce the huge numbers in the NHS’.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:26:21 GMTUnconscious bias in marking sees lower grades for poor students, study suggests
The findings, from a study of 416 teachers, found a grading difference of 4.4 percentage points between higher and lower socioeconomic status pupils.
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:26:07 GMTBaby left at roadside ‘after being driven off in car stolen from outside family home’
Man in his 40s arrested after car allegedly stolen outside family home in Dublin on Sunday evening