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The Environment Agency suggested ‘several areas’ could move towards or into drought next week

The incident at an address in Greater London was reported in April 2025

Counter-terror police investigating the death of Ann Widdecombe have re-opened an old probe into an attempted burglary last year.

The father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content, gave evidence in the New Mexico case.

Cliff Lyons Dobbie, who was convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl while on bail for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy, absconded from Perth city centre on Friday

Exclusive: The UK admits those who helped British forces face fear of retribution, Taliban surveillance, and door-to-door searches – but still won’t help them escape

Westminster Council is under fire as part of its plans to update a licensing policy. Why?

Jahvine Kwamba was jailed over her relationship with a prisoner between 24 February and 3 June 2024

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth said the force has more than 10,000 registered sex offenders to monitor

Diageo also owns brands such as Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Baileys

Simon Levy was convicted of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months apart last year

Nine water companies across England and Wales have imposed hosepipe bans following persistent hot and dry weather

Simon Levy’s internet search history provided a glimpse into the inner world of the convicted sex offender as his behaviour escalated to murder

Asylum seekers were forced to flee as disorder in the town continued for a third night

Simon Levy has been found guilty of killing two women and raping a third

The sex attacker’s crime spree spanned from 2018 to 2025

Levy was found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third at the Old Bailey on Friday

New research reveals a North-South divide as millions struggle with bills

Former Conservative chancellor Phillip Hammond told The Independent that the bond markets ‘will see straight through this ruse and price UK debt up accordingly’

Every southern county is now subject to a ban

Simon Levy was convicted of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months apart last year

Zacariah Boulares was 16 when he ambushed Songs Of Praise star Mr Jones in Chiswick High Road

Kemi Badenoch says barring foreign nationals from social housing – evicting existing tenants within six months and blocking new arrivals – could free up 230,000 homes. Our community say the Conservatives’ own record on housing, from Right to Buy to years of under-building, undermines that claim

The former EDL founder apologised for allowing a Muslim student’s words to be ‘taken out of context and weaponised’

Professor Jason Arday stepped down from his role earlier this week

Wisley previously saw 36 continuous dry days back in the notorious 1976 heatwave — but this record now stands to be beaten by more than 14 days

There are delays on a stretch of the M6 in the West Midlands after a lorry caught fire, National Highways has said.

Norfolk Police said two men were arrested on Thursday during the third night of disorder

Administration was ‘nowhere near the level of will and commitment it will actually take’ to meet Labour’s pledge to violence against women and girls, she said

The restrictions currently apply to Asda, Co‑op, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose

Eligible bill payers have less than a month to secure their energy discount

Elisabeth-Jane Ross’ family said they are in ‘deep pain’

PM and chancellor recently ranked bar snacks in a social media video designed to advertise government policy

Amy Jayne Durban, 45, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 6 July

England footballer Ivan Toney has been charged with assault following an incident at a Soho nightclub in December, police have confirmed.

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London chided against ‘restrictive and anti-growth policies’ in Soho and the West End

Seven batches of the product are affects by the recall

As England and Wales saw the hottest spring on record, many homeowners are suddenly finding their homes vulnerable to subsidence – with a soaring number set to be hit

Earning over 4% while inflation remains elevated is a must to protect the buying power of your cash

Bilal Arbaoui, 32, distracted the woman with a tissue before grabbing her luggage

Postcodes in Sussex, Dorset and London are some of 20 streets that have won

National Rail has confirmed the chaos is due to an electricity supply failure at one of its communications centres

Bilal Arbaoui, 32, offered the woman a tissue for her ‘dirty’ trousers before grabbing her luggage

Volunteers are desperately racing against time to clean up the waves of plastic pellets being washed onto beaches amid fears the plastic could harm wildlife for years to come

Police said protesters were ’targeting addresses’ linked to asylum seekers

Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers might be freed halfway through their 13-year jail sentences

Armed police and the National Police Air Service supported officers in Mill Road, Pontnewynydd

The research by Censuswide found 84.6% of 16 to 18-year-olds said they would opt out of the proposed curfews.

Fish already found with pieces inside them after disaster close to vital seabird colony as activists say every hour lost matters

Trains in the Midlands, Greater Manchester, and northwest England came to a halt on Thursday