Train drivers to strike on Saturday in deadlocked dispute

Aslef members at nine companies will walk out for 24 hours, crippling services, with large parts of the country having no trains

A new wave: return to golden era beckons for Australian men’s surfing

After a fallow few years during which their female counterparts have enjoyed huge success, the men are back with a bang in 2022

Sports car driver blocks ambulance with 'idiotic' parking

A DRIVER has been spotted blocking a road in Oxford while an ambulance was trying to pass.

‘Treated as a third-class citizen’: patients who need Medicare most struggle to find a GP who bulk bills

As more doctors charge for appointments some people are being forced to limit GP visits or travel long distances for affordable care

Ukraine war: Wheat export ships leave ports, Kyiv in POWs appeal, EU mulls Russia visa ban

Two ships carring the first Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a UN-brokered deal have left Black Sea ports; Kyiv appeals to the UN and Red Cross over prisoners held by Russia, and the EU is due to discuss a potential visa ban on all Russians — the latest developments in the war.

At least 11 killed in Montenegro shooting

At least 11 people were killed during a mass shooting in Montenegro's central city of Cetinje on Friday, the country's public broadcaster said, in the deadliest violent incident to rock the Adriatic nation in years.

Plymouth remembers Keyham massacre one year on

Last August 12, Jake Davison killed his mother, Maxine Davison, 51, after a row and then shot four others dead in a 12-minute attack.

Sir Keir Starmer hits back at claims he went missing amid cost of living crisis

Sir Keir Starmer on Friday night defended going on holiday during the cost of living crisis as it emerged that Labour’s latest energy policy would save families just £84 a year.

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  Labour attacks ‘jobs for mates’ as bill for Tory special advisers rises to record £12.7m

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  Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer by joining striking train drivers on picket line

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US and Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi meeting amid Taiwan friction

Two leaders raised possibility of in-person encounter when they last talked by phone in late July, US official confirms

Virginia police officer who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 sentenced to 7 years

Thomas Robertson was an officer for the Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia back on January 6 2021 when he stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election

Europe drought could be ‘worst’ in 500 years

‘We’re waiting, hoping for storms,’ says one French official

Colombia and ELN rebels begin moving to restart peace talks

Colombia’s new government and members of the nation's last guerrilla group are moving toward restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba

Bites and stings warning as heatwave prompts boom in wasps and insects

Anyone with bite or sting allergies should make sure they carry the right medication, advises St John Ambulance

Fox News airs edited photo of Trump raid judge with Ghislaine Maxwell

“Despicable stuff. This is supposedly a news organisation” remarked one critic on social media

BT and Post Office announce new strike action in rows over pay

Tens of thousands of union members will walk out on dates that coincide with Royal Mail disruption

Fires tear through grassland across the UK amid tinder-dry drought conditions

Fire services are tackling large blazes across the country.

Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator

A Republican legislative leader from Wisconsin has fired the former state Supreme Court justice he hired to investigate the 2020 election, just three days after the lawmaker beat a primary opponent the investigator had endorsed and campaigned for

Truss and Sunak woo Tory members with lukewarm stance on climate

Analysis: Neither Tory leadership hopeful seems to want to appear tough on tackling the climate emergency

Exclusive: Councils allow more than half of their office staff to work from home

Councils across the country have been allowing more than half of their office staff to work from home, with some residents saying it is affecting services, The Telegraph can disclose.

Mick Lynch: EU influence provoked the Russian invasion

Rail union baron Mick Lynch has suggested that Ukrainians “playing with Nazi imagery” and the influence of the EU provoked “trouble” in the invaded country.

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  Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads

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  Formal talks to be held next week between Aslef and train companies

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Europe wildfires: EU chief praises solidarity of 'heroic' firefighters as flames spread

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised firefighters across the continent, as emergency services struggle to contain fires in France's south-west and in several other countries.