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Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:49:32 GMTPremium Bonds prize checker: When is June’s NS&I draw and have I won?
Next month’s prize draw is imminent
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:43:06 GMTMandelson files - latest: Batch of secret WhatsApp messages to be released today as Starmer braced for embarrassment
Text messages between the Labour peer and Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney are said to be included
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:41:29 GMTUnion members now as likely to support Reform as Labour, damning new poll finds
Labour’s support amongst union members has plummeted by 20 points since the general election
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:33:13 GMTMan who quit delivery job after £5.2 million lottery win returns to former workplace
Gary MacDonald delivered parcels to stores across Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex for more than 30 years
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:29:57 GMTWhen are London Tube strikes taking place this week and which lines are affected?
London commuters may need to change their travel plans ahead of the action planned for Tuesday and Thursday
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:28:20 GMTBritain to be lashed by two days of heavy rain, bringing heatwave to abrupt end
Met Office maps show a blanket of heavy rain stretching across the UK, which could see up to 8mm of water dumped on some areas every hour
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:24:21 GMTUK and France intercept suspected Russian oil tanker in Atlantic, Macron says
French president says new tanker was intercepted by France with support of several partners
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:16:57 GMTGirl, 13, dies after being rescued from River Wharfe in Yorkshire
A 13-year-old girl has died in hospital after being reported missing in a river in North Yorkshire.
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:44:59 GMTJune 2026 payment dates for universal credit, benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information whether claiming benefits or not
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:41:20 GMTTwo more children’s toys pulled from shelves over ‘asbestos content’
More than 39 recall notices have been issued since November relating to asbestos-contaminated sand products
Sun, 31 May 2026 23:01:00 GMTNHS patient record change will slash A&E visits by 20,000, government says
While DHSC said the reforms would give patients more control over their care, the BMA raised fears that the new law will open up the possibility that patient data is used inappropriately
Sun, 31 May 2026 23:01:00 GMTAlmost half of LGBTQ+ children who turn to Childline have fears of coming out
Concerns include their parents’ reactions and being alienated from their friendship groups
Sun, 31 May 2026 23:01:00 GMTOne in three parents has left a job due to ‘outdated’ lack of flexible working
A lack of flexible working arrangements is forcing parents out of employment, according to new research from the TUC
Sun, 31 May 2026 22:10:39 GMTWoman dead and man in critical condition after trying to rescue their dog from sea
The two people, both in their sixties, were recovered from the sea on Saturday night
Sun, 31 May 2026 20:55:17 GMTOfficials ‘won’t release key vetting file on Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador’
The summary document, compiled before Lord Mandelson was appointed as the UK ambassador to the US, is no longer expected to be included in Monday’s release of the files
Sun, 31 May 2026 19:55:42 GMTPalace protected Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over trade envoy emails, claims Epstein survivor
The former prince was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in a public office
Sun, 31 May 2026 16:56:43 GMT‘Our village will be ruined by noise or destroyed by a runway’: The impossible future for Heathrow locals
Heathrow’s potential expansion could result in the destruction of the village of Longford but its residents have another more pressing concern, as Dan Haygarth finds out
Sun, 31 May 2026 15:24:37 GMT‘I was outed when I became mayor three decades ago — now I’m bringing Pride to my town’
News that Phil Webb was gay made the national news in 1994 when he signed up to be mayor of his small town. Now, he tells Bryony Gooch about organising the first ever Pride event in Wimborne Minster
Sun, 31 May 2026 15:22:28 GMT‘Ultra-strength’ cocaine hits UK streets as deaths surge to record high
Exclusive: Cocaine deaths have hit record levels, with more than 1,000 people dying last year. Alex Ross finds the purity of the street drug has increased amid a boom in production in Latin America
Sun, 31 May 2026 15:13:45 GMT‘My beautiful sister died after doing a line of cocaine – we must stop glorifying drug use’
Stacey Jordan found her sister, Lucy White, almost unrecognisable after she suffered a cardiac arrest caused by taking cocaine
Sun, 31 May 2026 13:12:35 GMTMystery body in van in Leicester leads police to ‘crime scene’ 100 miles away in London
Metropolitan Police urged anyone who may recognise the Ford Transit van to get in touch
Sun, 31 May 2026 11:33:33 GMTUrgent search for boy, 11, missing after entering river in South Yorkshire
The boy was seen entering the River Don in Mexborough and police were called at 7.59pm on Saturday