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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:49:55 GMT
We won’t help save Wireless Festival by meeting Kanye West, say Jewish leaders
Festival organisers facing backlash over ‘appalling decision’ to book the US rapper

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:48:55 GMT
Mapped: Where temperatures in the UK could reach 25C this week
It could be the warmest April in six years if forecasters are correct and well above the 15C average for the month

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:05:55 GMT
Met Office issues week-long ‘red alert’ for hay fever
Around 10 million people suffer from hay fever in the UK

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:46:44 GMT
London to be hotter than Barcelona as Met Office forecasts sunshine and 24C temperatures
Highs of 24C would be enough to surpass the hottest day of the year so far, which was 20.9C in Gogerddan near Aberystwyth on 18 March

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:01:00 GMT
E-bike and e-scooter warning issued amid ‘growing’ black market
E-bike and e-scooter usage has surged in recent years

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:01:00 GMT
Family’s struggle for answers as baby battles mysterious ‘floppy infant syndrome’
Baby Elyza began experiencing symptoms at two months old

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:03 GMT
Missiles thrown at police after 2,000 people attend illegal rave
Dorset Police came under attack by the ‘violent and hostile’ crowd as they tried to shut the event down

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:56:07 GMT
Plans to put UK industries on war footing ‘delayed until next year’ despite Iran conflict
It comes despite repeated threats from Donald Trump to pull out of Nato

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:52:19 GMT
Man stabbed to death outside London nightclub as four arrested in murder investigation
One man died outside the nightclub despite the efforts of paramedics

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:08:01 GMT
Tories demand Waitrose to reinstate sacked worker over confronting shoplifter stealing chocolate Easter eggs
The shoplifter fled, and Mr Smith ‘out of frustration’, threw a piece of a broken chocolate bunny

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:19:34 GMT
Asda staff threatened with needles and bottle of wine in ‘frightening’ robbery
A man threatened Asda staff with needles and a wine bottle during a "frightening" robbery in Southampton, newly-released footage shows.

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:51:31 GMT
Murder investigation launched after man dies following ‘assault’ outside UK bar
A police cordon is in place around the scene

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:49:09 GMT
Tributes paid to father killed after being hit by car as police arrest five on suspicion of murder
Liam Green was hit by the white Volkswagen at around 5pm on Friday

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