UK news

• Michael Carrick told to replace £30m Manchester United star: ‘Not good enough’

  12-08-2026 17:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick (Picture: Shutterstock)Former Manchester United defender Paul Parker has urged Michael Carrick to replace Luke Shaw, insisting the left-back is ‘not good enough’.United are looking to rebuild his squad as Carrick prepares for his first full season in charge of the Red Devils.The club have made it a priority to bolster their midfield options after the departure of Casemiro, with Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans arriving fro
  
  Read more

• Four children among eight people shot dead during family’s Sunday dinner

  26-08-2026 15:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eight people are dead after the Sunday evening shooting (Picture: NBC Montana)A Montana town is in mourning after four children and four adults were gunned down in their home before the property was set on fire.Alan Smith, 44, is accused of shooting and killing his family after being told to move out of his parents’ home in Billings, Montana.The victims range from a woman in her nineties to a seven-year-old girl.The murders unfolded shortly after Smith was told to move out of the home, ac
  
  Read more

• Bodycam footage shows moment suspected knife smuggler woken by police sawing through door

  26-08-2026 15:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageThis is the moment police used a circular saw to take down a front door before coming crashing into the flat of a suspected knife smuggler.Officers from the Metropolitan Police have released body-worn footage taken during a dawn raid at a flat in Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, south London, shortly after 5am on Tuesday.The video shows an officer cutting through t
  
  Read more

• Will you ration your energy use this winter as bills set to rise again?

  26-08-2026 15:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The typical energy bill for a household that pays by direct debit is rising from £1,663 a year to £1,723 from October - but will you be cutting back to save costs?
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• German airport worker dies of malaria and five others in hospital after 'mosquito arrives on plane' as traps set up amid rare outbreak

  26-08-2026 15:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The Robert Koch Institute - a German federal government agency - said an imported Anopheles mosquito carried over by an aircraft was the likely cause.
  
  Read more

• Read the furious complaints homeowners were making about Bathla Group years before building giant imploded owing $3.6billion

  26-08-2026 15:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The Sydney business has up to 25,000 unfinished homes on its books and its collapse has put 500 jobs at risk, with urgent discussions now taking place with lenders.
  
  Read more

• Ex-Arsenal and Chelsea star Ashley Cole names ‘strongest’ team in Premier League

  26-08-2026 15:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are the ‘strongest’ outfit in the Premier League, says Ashley Cole (Picture: Sky Sports)Ashley Cole says Arsenal are the ‘strongest’ team in the Premier League and will be spurred on by the ‘confidence’ and ‘belief’ they gained from winning the title last season.Arsenal kicked off their title defence in convincing fashion with a 3-0 victory over newly promoted Coventry, with Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard hitting the target a
  
  Read more

• Lloyds down live: Lloyds and Halifax suffer banking app outages in UK

  26-08-2026 15:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lloyds banking app appears to be down for some users in the UK, with hundreds reporting issues on DownDetector - there are also issues with Halifax
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Hundreds of tourists missing including 12 Brits aged 13 to 65 and huge death toll feared as flash flooding triggered by earthquake demolishes buildings and bridges in Nepal

  26-08-2026 15:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of tourists, including 12 Britons and three Americans, are missing after devastating floods and mudslides wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal-Tibet border. 
  
  Read more

• Shameless couple 'dine and dash' from Tenerife restaurant – even taking leftovers in boxes

  26-08-2026 15:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Traditional Spanish eatery El Cañonazo in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, posted a video on Instagram of a couple with blurred faces seemingly exiting the restaurant without paying
  
  Read more

• Nepal floods live: Girl, 13, among Brits missing near Tibet as avalanche causes flood

  26-08-2026 15:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old girl is among 12 British tourists missing in Nepal after an avalanche led to major flooding along the Bhotekoshi River - hundreds of tourists are missing in total
  
  Read more

• Xabi Alonso gives Moises Caicedo and Marco Paltestra injury updates

  26-08-2026 15:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Moises Caicedo missed Chelsea’s Premier League opener (Picture: Getty Images)Chelsea will remain without injured duo Moises Caicedo and Marco Palestra for their Carabao Cup clash with Luton Town on Thursday.The Blues got their season underway on Monday night with a 3-2 win at Fulham in the Premier League.Joao Pedro, new signing Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer were on the scoresheet in the west London derby to start the Xabi Alonso era in exciting fashion.The new boss was without Caicedo and
  
  Read more

• Children 'unleashed' to grab all the sunbeds at hotel on £3,000 Spain holiday

  26-08-2026 15:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One mum says her family was unable to use the pool because of the tactics used to grab all the spaces
  
  Read more

• Terrifying footage of Nepal's flash flood tsunami disaster: Apocalyptic videos show unstoppable wall of water obliterating everything in its path with nowhere to run for victims

  26-08-2026 15:11 via dailymail.com
  
  One video, captured by a CCTV camera, shows a massive mudslide crashing into Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border as people desperately flee the area.
  
  Read more

• Chelsea open talks to sign former Arsenal star ahead of transfer deadline

  26-08-2026 15:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal and Chelsea club crests (Picture: Getty)Chelsea have opened talks to sign Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in the final days of the transfer window, according to reports.Martinez is said to be keen on the move, with his long-term future at Villa increasingly uncertain after recent developments.The Argentine shotstopper had been in talks with Juventus, but that deal broke down, with the Italian side instead signing Tottenham’s Guglielmo Vicario.Villa have since signed Zion
  
  Read more

• The AA warned authorities over wrong-way motorway social media trend last year

  26-08-2026 15:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The motoring body say they sounded the warning over young motorists driving the wrong-way on motorways and posting their reckless actions on social media in 2025
  
  Read more

• Terrified mum claims to have photographed a PANTHER prowling through her Northampton estate

  26-08-2026 15:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-eight says she fears for children living nearby after photographing the mysterious creature, weeks after another suspected big cat was spotted in Northamptonshire
  
  Read more

• Netanyahu tells Trump no diplomatic deal with Iranian 'savages' is possible

  26-08-2026 15:07 via dailymail.com
  
  The Israeli Prime Minister said an agreement was not possible with the 'savages' who rule Iran , referring to the authorities in Tehran.
  
  Read more

• Lloyds down live: Lloyds customers report banking app outage in UK

  26-08-2026 15:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lloyds banking app appears to be down for some users in the UK, with hundreds reporting issues on DownDetector
  
  Read more

• Drunk plumber on BA flight to Las Vegas for stag do is fined £3k after he insisted on using toilet before take-off and hurled abuse at staff

  26-08-2026 15:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Emmet Moynihan, 31, insisted on using the toilet as the plane remained grounded at Heathrow due to delays on August 6.
  
  Read more

• Bill Gates warns AI doomsday scenario is coming, with bioterror pandemics and huge job losses but tech bosses are keeping quiet about it

  26-08-2026 15:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Bill Gates (pictured) warned on Wednesday that AI could cost millions their jobs and help create a devastating 'bioterrorism weapon' capable of threatening humanity.
  
  Read more

• Star Wars Zero Company review – XCOM wins the Clone Wars

  26-08-2026 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Star Wars Zero Company – the best strategy is friendship (EA)From many of the same developers behind the classic XCOM series, comes a new Star Wars game where the story is just as good as the strategy-based action.As long-suffering Star Wars fans our dream game has always been a Han Solo simulator, inspired by Elite and Star Wars Outlaws from Ubisoft, but ideally with considerably more personality and depth of gameplay. Despite being huge fans of the XCOM series, a version of those games
  
  Read more

• Millionaire loses High Court fight with half-sister over their father's £2.7million mansion after her sibling 'evicted her and changed the locks'

  26-08-2026 15:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Lindsay Bisiker, 50, sued half-sister Judith Bisiker, 63, over ownership of a £2.7million six-bed house with stables, tennis court and four acres near Beaulieu in Hampshire.
  
  Read more

• Emmanuel Petit tells Chelsea to sign former Arsenal star in £10million deal

  26-08-2026 14:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Xabi Alonso got his Chelsea reign off to a winning start against Fulham (Credits: Shutterstock)Emmanuel Petit has urged Chelsea to replace their error-prone goalkeeper Robert Sanchez before the transfer window closes.
  Xabi Alonso got his tenure off to a winning start on Monday evening with a 3-2 victory over west London rivals Fulham.The Blues gave an impressive glimpse of what they may offer as an attacking force this season, with Joao Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer all on the scoresheet
  
  Read more

• Biological parents of baby whose surrogate refused to abort finally break silence: Pictured for first time, couple reveal real reason they fought to end pregnancy

  26-08-2026 14:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed have opened up about why they wanted to abort their biological son as their surrogate, McKenna West, seeks sole custody of the baby.
  
  Read more

• Mum-of-four, 37, died in horror house fire as husband 'climbed up drainpipe' in desperate bid to save her

  26-08-2026 14:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate Mulcahy's desperate husband tried to save her by scaling their Middleton, Manchester property and attempting to enter the attic room where his wife was sleeping
  
  Read more

• Brit mum hails Dolly Parton's 'legacy' after Imagination Library helped son develop 'amazing literacy skills'

  26-08-2026 14:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A British mum has told how Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helped her young son develop a love of reading, as the star's remarkable book-gifting legacy continues after death
  
  Read more

• The UK’s best takeaway restaurants have been revealed — find your local with our map

  26-08-2026 14:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Uber have revealed the best regional restaurants – and chicken has dominated (Picture: Getty Images)A cheesy pizza, spicy curry or some dirty chicken wings.
  No Friday night in is complete without a takeaway, but which delicious meal do you pick?For those in need of some inspiration, Uber Eats UK has unveiled the regional 2026 Restaurant of the Year Award winners.After a public vote, nine independent restaurants were chosen, which ‘represent the very best of British food culture,&rsq
  
  Read more

• The best takeaway restaurants across the UK have been revealed — find your local with our map

  26-08-2026 14:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Uber have revealed the best regional restaurants – and chicken has dominated (Picture: Getty Images)A cheesy pizza, spicy curry or some dirty chicken wings.
  No Friday night in is complete without a takeaway, but which delicious meal do you pick?For those in need of some inspiration, Uber Eats UK has unveiled the regional 2026 Restaurant of the Year Award winners.After a public vote, nine independent restaurants were chosen, which ‘represent the very best of British food culture,&rsq
  
  Read more

• Hundreds of tourists missing including 12 Brits and huge death toll feared as flash flooding triggered by earthquake demolishes buildings and bridges in Nepal

  26-08-2026 14:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of tourists, including 12 Britons and three Americans, are missing after devastating floods and mudslides swept away buildings and bridges along the Nepal-Tibet border. 
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_uknews on Twitter!