Thames Water risks igniting a fresh storm over boardroom pay after handing a £1m signing-on fee to its finance chief even as it teeters on the brink of collapse.

Rare red weather warnings could be issued by the Met Office this week, as highs of 36C are forecast with many areas set for a fifth summer heatwave.

A British couple jailed in Iran over alleged spying have ended a three-month-long hunger strike against their sentence, their son has said.

A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.

A professor who has resigned following a high-profile plagiarism row has cancelled events to promote his upcoming book.

Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group.

It was perhaps the most audacious event in British music history: two gigs, 250,000 people, from a band just shy of marking two years since the release of their debut album.

A limited-edition Ferrari worth £3.7m has been seized by the Metropolitan Police after only being in the UK for one day.

Lord Sadiq Khan has told town hall chiefs to rethink proposed curbs on nightlife in London's West End.

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