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Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:50:40 GMTHero off-duty firefighter praised for quick-thinking actions that saved children in Minehead bus crash
Emergency services rushed to the remote location in Somerset, including 20 ambulances, three air ambulances, fire crews and police
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:44:34 GMTGrant Shapps defends Afghan data leak superinjunction that gagged media for two years
The ex-defence secretary says he was ‘surprised’ gagging order was in place for ‘so long’ - despite fighting himself to maintain it
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:25:31 GMTHow tragic Somerset bus crash unfolded as one child is killed and two others seriously injured
One child died and 21 were injured in the coach crash
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:24:53 GMTMapped: Where thunderstorms are set to hit the UK as yellow weather warnings issued
The Met Office has warned people in almost all of England to prepare for heavy downpours
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:21:39 GMTI deplore Brexit, says German chancellor, as he signs treaty with Starmer
Prime minister and Friedrich Merz sign biggest UK-German treaty since Second World War
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:16:35 GMTVoices: Poll of the day: Should 16 and 17-year-olds be allowed to vote?
Have your say: The government’s plan to give 16-year-olds the vote has been hailed as a democratic milestone by Labour
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:14:03 GMTUK to lower voting age to 16 – but not everyone is convinced
Votes at 16 has grown from a niche concern to become a salient issue supported by most UK political parties and electoral reform groups
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:13:24 GMTMinehead school bus crash latest: One child killed and 21 injured after coach carrying pupils overturns in Somerset
Police say at least one child has been killed and two more are seriously injured following the crash
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:56:13 GMTBuy now, pay later lenders will soon have to check shoppers can repay loans
Lenders are urged to enforce stronger checks on buy now, pay later affordability
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:50:07 GMTCockroach-infested jail put into special measures for illegally detaining prisoners
Inmates had been kept in prison after their release date because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:20:29 GMTProtesters and police clash outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’
The demonstration took place outside the Essex Hotel after a 38-year-old man was accused of sexual assault
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:32:32 GMTWarning over ‘contaminated’ tomatoes sold across UK
Seven outbreaks of Salmonella were reported to national surveillance in 2024
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 03:37:02 GMTUrgent ‘do not eat’ warning issued as viral Dubai-style chocolate bar recalled
Food standards chiefs warn incomplete list of ingredients mean bars pose ‘serious’ allergy risk
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:21:42 GMTOne child dead after coach carrying dozens of school pupils crashes in Somerset
Police said the A396 remains closed after the crash and officers asked for people to avoid the area
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:22:01 GMTTen more years of injustice: Figures lay bare scale of IPP scandal
Government ‘must go further and faster’ to help prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms as first releases hit all-time low, experts warn
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:14:18 GMTPrisoners let out ‘in error’ or held illegally beyond their release date in ‘squalid’ prison, watchdog warns
Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates caught sleeping on the job
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:01:52 GMTMajority of teachers fear children will go hungry during school holidays, survey says
Two thirds of teachers in England are worried that children in their school will go hungry during the summer holidays, according to new research.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:01:00 GMTDrinking alcohol the night before a morning drive puts lives at risk, motorists warned
More than a fifth of motorists have drunk alcohol after 10pm when needing to drive before 9am the following morning
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:03:59 GMTRichard Tice claims he’s seen people carrying ‘bags and bags’ of postal votes to a polling station
Richard Tice claimed he has seen "people carry bag loads of postal votes to a polling station on election day" during a House of Commons urgent question on Labour's strategy for elections on Thursday (17 July).
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:58:55 GMTMan dumps rats outside Sheffield mosque in hate crime
This is the shocking moment a man releases rats outside a mosque in Sheffield as part of a series of racially motivated hate crimes.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:47:23 GMTGermany to close loophole to allow police to seize small boats in Starmer migrant deal
It comes a week after the prime minister signed a ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal with France’s Emmanuel Macron
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:46:32 GMTStarmer hits back at ‘rattled’ accusation over Labour MP suspensions
Sir Keir Starmer rejected comparisons to Sir Tony Blair when grilled over the suspension of Labour MPs due to their opposition of welfare cuts.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:43:48 GMTTractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light
A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:41:20 GMTFinal member of the Stockwell Six cleared after false accusation from corrupt police officer
Ronald De Souza had been accused of trying to rob British Transport Police officer Derek Ridgewell
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:34:38 GMTBritish spies and special forces soldiers exposed in Afghan data breach
More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:29:18 GMTM&S introduces invisible UV tags to collect recycling data
The supermarket is the first to roll out the packaging tags on shop shelves.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:56:23 GMTPolice face ban from marching in Pride parades after High Court ruling
Judgment rules that officers were wrong to have taken part in Newcastle’s Pride parade last year
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:30:38 GMTDiane Abbott suspended again by the Labour Party over race row letter
Veteran MP said in a BBC interview on Thursday that she stood by a 2023 letter comparing racism experienced by people of colour with that seen by other groups
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:12:28 GMTThousands of Post Office branches hit by ‘major IT outage’
The postal company said the ‘major outage’ was not cyber related but did not specify what had caused it
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:13:02 GMT‘We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive – nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’
Exclusive: Rayan and his extended family have welcomed two new babies in the time they have been waiting to be brought to the UK
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:03:47 GMTIntelligence committee demands to know why ministers kept them in the dark over Afghan data breach
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has warned there was no grounds for information to be withheld from them
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:16:42 GMTEx-minister claims he was misled over fate of Afghan elite soldiers abandoned by UK, as revealed by The Independent
Former armed forces minister James Heappey has broken cover over what happened regarding the massive data breach which put the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans at risk
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:14:35 GMTAugust 2025 Bank Holiday benefits and pension payments dates plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:06:36 GMTBoy, 14, killed after being hit by car in Scotland
Paramedics rushed to the A76 near Hurlford, Easy Ayrshire, after the boy was hit by a Vauxhall Corsa
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:52:34 GMTStarmer and Merz sign biggest UK-German treaty since WW2 with deals on migration, trade and security
Post-Brexit agreement includes defence, investment, moves to tackle small boats and will also allow some British travelllers to use e-gates at German airports
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:50:05 GMTManchester United fans arrested more than any other club in the country last season
Manchester United surpass West Ham, whose supporters had the most arrests for three years running until 2024-25
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:32:52 GMT16-year-olds to be given vote at next election in landmark change
Change will allow an extra 1.5 million teenagers to vote in biggest overhaul to electorate in more than half a century
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:30:41 GMTFamilies facing childcare bill of up to £1,800 per child this summer
Childcare costs have risen by 4 per cent across England, Wales and Scotland over the past year, a charity survey has revealed.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:27:24 GMTDWP urges 200,000 parents to come forward after missing out on massive state pension top up
Those affected have been advised that they must make a claim
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:48:31 GMTTerror-accused Tesco worker denies making kill list of ‘race traitor’ customers
Alfie Coleman was caught trying to buy Makarov pistol and ammunition when he was arrested by counter terrorism police
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:43:47 GMTDefence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details – but media still banned from reporting it
John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret – the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:41:43 GMTVoices: Are suspended Labour MPs undisciplined? Readers have their say
Our community was sharply divided on the suspensions. While some defended Keir Starmer’s need for party discipline in government, others felt his approach revealed a weakness
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:23:56 GMTChris Blackhurst answers your questions on wealth tax – from millionaire exodus to Labour’s silence
Business columnist Chris Blackhurst answered readers’ questions on a potential wealth tax in the UK, from fears of a millionaire exodus and offshore loopholes to Labour’s reluctance to commit
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:49:51 GMTBritain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy
Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:26:28 GMTOxford University Press halts publication of China-sponsored journal after years of outrage
Oxford University Press will no longer publish Forensic Sciences Research after 2025
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:22:28 GMTJess Phillips agrees the economy ‘isn’t going well’ and it will take time before people feel ‘less skint’
The Home Office minister said the latest rise in unemployment figures were ‘disappointing’
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:12:33 GMTLabour minister Jess Phillips says rebel MPs right to be punished for ‘slagging off own government’
Comes as Keir Starmer’s attempt to impose discipline on party faces fresh challenge from Diane Abbott