Wildfire response scaled back after ditches dug

Firefighters create breaks up to 12m wide (39ft) to stop any flames or embers spreading.

Conservation groups say shooting at the animals ‘can never be acceptable’

Met Office data suggests the UK is on track to see its hottest summer since records began

The fire chief in Hampshire said ‘there are many days of work ahead’ to make sure the New Forest blaze doesn’t spread

The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

The government should appoint a panel of judges to reconsider the cases of every IPP prisoner, a Labour MP has told Burnham

Millions are set to receive the alert from 7pm on Friday, the Cabinet Office has said

Experts say Farage ‘provided the motor for their rise’ but is ‘currently providing the motor for their decline’

The family said they are ’in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son’

A think tank has urged Andy Burnham to let wealthy pensioners give up their state pension for an OBE – but our readers say the state pension is earned, not for sale

The UK’s mobile phone alert system warned the public not to light anything which could spark a wildfire, including barbecues

The teenagers have since been bailed under investigation

MP cautioned that ‘there is a real gap in the support available’ for commuters as well as holidaymakers once they turn 31

After five back-to-back heatwaves, rainfall is set to return to the UK

Britain ‘does not have a plan for climate change’ prime minister warned

Emergency services attended and found a 17-year-old boy unresponsive. First aid was provided but he was pronounced dead shortly after, the force said.

Prof Arday’s family also spoke out against what they say was a ‘campaign of misinformation’ against him

Prof Arday, a professor of sociology of education who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023, quit following a series of media reports alleging he plagiarised his PhD thesis

Millions are set to receive the alert from 7pm on Friday, the Cabinet Office has said

The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

Millions are set to receive the alert from 7pm on Friday, the Cabinet Office has said

Alerts began flooding phones at 7pm, shortly before the Cabinet Office said they would be sent to millions

The alert will sound at 7pm

Muhammad Iqbal, 64, was charged in connection with separate incidents taking place in Darlington and Sunderland during 2023

Muhammad Iqbal, 64, was charged in connection with separate incidents taking place in Darlington and Sunderland during 2023

‘This stealth cut leaves communities suffering the impacts of conflict, crisis and climate change,’ UK aid network Bond says of cuts during 2025

Exclusive: Prime minister pledges more helicopters to tackle crisis and vows to stick to Labour’s net zero target to ‘save our children’s future’

Two people have been seriously injured in the incident as the RAIB are investigating the cause of the derailment

Guests and staff at the hotel were evacuated from the scene

Stephen Bear was placed on the sex offenders’ register when he was jailed in 2023 after uploading a private sex tape featuring his ex-girlfriend on his OnlyFans website