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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:54:25 GMTMandelson latest: Hundreds of files to be released in US ambassador investigation over Epstein ties
Cabinet minister Darren Jones is set to address MPs after PMQs
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:52:34 GMTDragons’ Den entrepreneur wins High Court battle with rival inventor over ‘Piddle Patch’ dog toilet
Rebecca Sloan secured offers from four Dragons for her hit product when she appeared on the show
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:34:16 GMTOil prices: What it means for your money as Brent crude drops despite strikes continuing in Iran
Energy bills rising is an inflationary pressure the UK’s economy could do without
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:32:29 GMTFrom Labour ‘Prince’ to Epstein shame: How Lord Mandelson fell from grace
Peter Mandelson’s career has been defined by comebacks, but his connection to Epstein may mark the end of the road for the Labour grandee
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:32:01 GMTChurchill and Austen to be replaced on UK banknotes by wildlife in move to tackle counterfeits
Bank of England says switching to wildlife offers a fresh opportunity to celebrate another vital aspect of the country.
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:29:16 GMTMet Office issues weather warning ahead of temperatures dropping across UK
Blustery showers could bring with them a chance of snow, the Met Office says
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:22:42 GMT1.7m UK homes facing soaring bills as heating oil costs doubled in a week amid Iran conflict
Heating oil’s more volatile pricing is fed straight through to consumers, a key difference to gas and electricity energy supplies
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:15:58 GMTWill interest rates rise after surge in oil prices over Iran-US war?
Inflation concerns could see the BoE pause their recent rate cuts - or head the other direction
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:11:49 GMTLadies Day returns to Cheltenham as organisers try to win back punters after lowest attendance in 30 years
A third of ticket purchases for the return of Ladies Day at Cheltenham Festival are women, bosses reveal as they target a turnaround in declining attendances with the rebrand
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:36:28 GMTSingle UK ticket-holder wins £181m jackpot in EuroMillions draw
It is the third-biggest National Lottery prize ever claimed in the UK, according to operator Allwyn
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:44:58 GMTSon of British couple trapped in Tehran prison asks Trump for help after being ‘let down’ by British government
Joe Bennett is travelling to the US to lobby Trump for support as the US ramps up strikes on Iran
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:33:38 GMT‘We’ve got our Cheltenham back’: Rejoicing crowds give new-look festival seal of approval on opening day
Bosses at Cheltenham have made changes, including a price drop on pints and a reduced capacity – and on the opening day, attendees welcomed the new-look festival
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:13:52 GMTBoost for renters as market ‘at best for six years’
Rent price rises ease as immigration falls and wages rise
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:12:41 GMTNHS apologises after ‘loving’ young mother dies from sepsis after being given wrong antibiotics
Aleisha Rochester likely would have survive if she had been given correct antibiotics, an inquest found
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMTRecord number of paedophiles arrested every month, police say
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which runs the Stop It Now helpline to stop paedophiles viewing child abuse images online, said there was a 20 per cent rise in people accessing its services in last year
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:41:25 GMTThe London areas where Black people are ‘48 times more likely to be stopped and searched by police’
In February this year, Black Londoners were 3.4 times more likely than white Londoners overall to be stopped and searched by police. The national rate is four times
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:11:39 GMTLammy’s jury reforms pass first Commons hurdle despite Labour backbench opposition
The Courts and Tribunals Bill includes plans to limit jury trials to cases with a likely sentence of three years or more
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:54:54 GMTLabour MP tells parliament she waited over 1,000 days for her rape case to reach court
Charlotte Nichols opposed Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy's plans to curb access to jury trials
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:36:24 GMTBereaved parents accuse Starmer of lacking courage over failure to ban social media for children
Exclusive: Parents of 16 teenagers who took their own lives have written to the prime minister questioning why he ducked the vote to ban social media for under-16s
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:12:33 GMTTeenage Reform council leader faces no confidence vote
George Finch was appointed leader of Warwickshire council aged 19 last year
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:51:34 GMTIran war threatens Easter travel as BA cancels Middle East flights
British Airways will also pause repatriation flights from Muscat, Oman due to ‘reduced demand’
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:12:49 GMTUK warship HMS Dragon departs for Cyprus amid Middle East crisis
The ship, capable of shooting down drones and ballistic missiles, has left its naval base in Portsmouth for the eastern Mediterranean
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:53:59 GMTJoey Barton faces £300k legal bill – and alleged assault charge
Ex-player told to pay former England international Eni Aluko damages and legal costs after libel case
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:16:48 GMTFirst three V-level subjects to be offered from 2027 revealed
The government’s new vocational qualifications were announced as part of reforms to the curriculum and post-16 system
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:05:59 GMTCalls to increase defence spending amid ‘grave concerns’ over Navy’s Iran crisis response
HMS Dragon left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean nine days after a drone strike hit a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:55:24 GMTDigital ID build will not be outsourced to private firm, says minister
The responsibility for the design, build and running of it will be within Government, according to Darren Jones.
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:39:45 GMTHow the Iran-US war could affect cost of living in the UK – from energy bills to petrol and groceries
The impacts of the conflict have been compared to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which pushed prices up for British households
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:30:45 GMTTube strikes: Travel chaos as London Underground drivers set to walk out
Drivers are in a dispute over working hours
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:30:01 GMTAid cuts reducing public support for overseas help, study finds
Questions mentioning government aid cuts were met with respondents being less likely to describe aid as essential and less likely to frame it as a moral duty
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:27:37 GMT‘We should have seen this coming’: Why a Royal Navy ship took so long to set sail for Cyprus after Iran strike
HMS Dragon has set sail a week after the prime minister announced its deployment
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:22:27 GMTLondon Legionnaire’s outbreaks under investigation
The disease is not usually be passed from person to person
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:04:23 GMTSainsbury’s manager awarded £12k for being left off International Men’s Day post praising male leaders
Darren Cooper said he felt ‘excluded, humiliated and violated’ by the social media snub
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:19:04 GMTMissing woman Vitoria Figueiredo-Barreto boards bus before disappearance
Police are searching for missing Brazilian woman Vitoria Figueiredo-Barreto, who was last seen on a bus in Brightlingsea on March 3.
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:55:08 GMTTony Blair warns digital IDs ‘cannot be another failed government IT project’ as Labour tries to save plan
The former prime minister’s think tank said the government must avoid ‘drowning in process’ to secure public trust
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:25:22 GMTAttacker hides under bedsheet before hitting ex-colleague with metal bar
A man dressed himself in a bedsheet, apparently thinking he would go undetected, before attacking an ex-colleague with an iron bar.
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:06:34 GMTRachel Reeves warns using public money to tackle soaring oil prices ‘not the solution’
The Chancellor also warned that petrol stations ‘price gouging’ will ‘not be tolerated’
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:34:32 GMTTiny UK island’s residents offered chance to watch spaceport’s rocket launches
SaxaVord Spaceport hopes to host its first test launch during the summer months
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:30:26 GMTSex offender avoids prison despite being caught with more AI child sex images
He was among the first in the county to be sentenced for creating child sexual abuse content using AI
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:29:31 GMTIrish woman wins £23k in racial harassment claim after boss repeatedly shouted ‘potato’ at her
Bernadette Hayes said the behaviour made her feel like she had ‘suffered a death by 1,000 cuts’
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:44:11 GMTThe UK doesn’t have only two days’ supply of gas left: Here’s why you shouldn’t panic
Britain’s official national gas network has hit out at the claims
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:21:51 GMTJoey Barton charged after alleged assault near golf club
A man remains in serious but stable condition in hospital
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:06 GMTMidwifery expert to chair independent inquiry into Leeds maternity failures
The investigation was formally commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:53:07 GMTSolicitor called court reporter he stalked his ‘sex slave’ in email, court hears
Daniel Cloakeruns a court reporting website called Mouse in Court
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:48:47 GMT‘Greedy’ Made in Chelsea star faces £2m bill after losing inheritance fight with stepfather’s new wife
The ‘Posh PT’ asked for a £3m London property, a classic Mercedes, and a Patek Philippe watch
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:47:43 GMTThe reality of being a woman in a Cobra meeting: ‘It does all get very blokey’
“Someone will literally be in charge of the planning brief, and suddenly, their latent interest in the Risk board game will come out, and they’ll start loitering around the PM’s office...”
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:47:24 GMTFormer deputy cabinet secretary reveals the inner workings of Cobra meetings
As the US-Iran war rumbles on, Keir Starmer will be spending his days dashing in and out of lots of important meetings, including Cobra (which actually stands for ‘cabinet office briefing rooms’ – the origins of the ‘A’ remains a bit of a m...
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:23:09 GMTSocial media ban for under-16s rejected after Commons vote
Age limit supported by experts who argue parents face ‘impossible position’ regarding online harms affecting children
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:16:49 GMTSoham killer Ian Huntley could be given taxpayer-funded funeral
Prisons service could be forced to pay £3,000 to cover basic funeral expenses of double murderer
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:14:53 GMTPensioner faces court action over walkway he built for disabled wife
Ross Drysdale built the extension so wife Victoria could groom her dogs under shelter
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:06:39 GMTSecond Royal Navy ship readied to respond to Iran crisis after HMS Dragon criticism
RFA Lyme Bay could be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean if the conflict continues
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:02:20 GMTCoin used to pay for bus ticket in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old
The coin was given to a local bus driver decades ago and kept in a chest ever since
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:03 GMTResidents face shock £100 fines from Waitrose – just for driving home
Cameras at the supermarket car park deemed them ‘overstayers’
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:57:58 GMTColonel accused of Syrian war crimes appears in UK court facing charges of crimes against humanity
The court heard Salem has motor neurone disease and is now essentially housebound
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:53:50 GMTFive water firms prevented from increasing bills as much as they wanted
The water firms argued they wanted to hike bills after Ofwat’s decision left them unable to meet regulatory requirements
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:45:48 GMTHungary's Orbán orders authorities to hold some $82 million in seized Ukrainian cash and gold
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold seized last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:26:48 GMTDaily multivitamin could slow biological clock and lead to ‘healthier ageing’, study suggests
Taking a multivitamin could slow down ageing by about four months over the course of two years, researchers found
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:24:47 GMTCheltenham Festival hit by train delays on opening day
Racegoers were faced with rail disruptions while on their way to Champion Day at Cheltenham Festival
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:11:14 GMTMinister calls for police action ahead of Al Quds Day march in London
The annual Al Quds Day march is scheduled for London on Sunday
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:08:16 GMTDavid Lammy defends controversial reforms to jury trials amid Labour MPs backlash
Lammy states the justice system has ‘fallen behind the world it now serves’
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:01:58 GMTTrespassers who enter Holocaust Memorial Garden could be sent to prison
Other sites are set to be protected under the new law
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:28:47 GMTHedge fund founder Crispin Odey in court to fight ban from working in City of London
The 67-year-old was accused of sexual harassment at Odey Asset Management
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:21:34 GMTWatch: RAF jets intercept drones heading towards Jordan and Bahrain
RAF Typhoon jets intercepted a drone heading towards Bahrain and took out an uncrewed aerial system to defend Jordan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:55:34 GMTRAF fighter jets shoot down drones targeting UK allies in Middle East
Defence secretary John Healey urged for de-escalation in Lebanon and ‘a return to a negotiated process’