TRAVELLERS have set up an illegal encampment at a park - after contractors allegedly left the barrier unlocked following work at the site.

A SWELTERING heatwave has hit Britain over the past few days sparking a desperate search for ways to cool down.

THE SNP's John Swinney has been reported to the UK Statistics Authority for his use of misleading Covid information by the Scottish Conservatives.

NICOLA STURGEON has been handed a solution to "balance the books" after Scottish independence and rejoin the EU with a project that would be of "mutual interest".

NICOLA Sturgeon was warned that Scottish voters have little interest in independence and simply want to "get on" with their lives as the pandemic and its impact are far more important than other political issues.

AN E-SCOOTER knocked a three-year-old girl to the ground so hard that she has been left with "life-changing" injuries.

A CRYING toddler was among 140 migrants brought to shore yesterday as smuggling gangs continued to "treat people like human cargo".

BREXIT rows have continued to rage, with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte previously having demanded that the UK change its position in the run-up to the withdrawal agreement.

ENGLAND could be back in lockdown within three weeks, if Covid hospital admissions surge beyond predicted levels, the Government's scientific advisers have warned.

A 15-year-old girl was raped by a teenage boy in the sea off Bournemouth beach, police have said.