: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country's parliament late, a source has told Reuters.
‘Small number’ of cases hospitalised in East Lothian
Storms are now expected to hit across Scotland from 9am on Sunday, with the heavy rain continuing into Monday, the Met Office forecasts.
Most Conservative Party members still prefer Boris Johnson over either of the two candidates vying to take over as prime minister, a new poll shows. In a head-to-head vote, 63% of party members chose the prime minister compared with 22% for Liz Truss, Opinium found. When asked about Mr Johnson versus Rishi Sunak, 68% went for the PM, with 19% opting for his former chancellor.
Bristol Balloon Fiesta: Dozens of hot air balloons fill sky as they take flight.Source: James Acres, Twitter
Four sets of remains have appeared from receding waters of reservoir
Archie, 12, died on August 6 in the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, after weeks of legal wrangling.
Firefighters from across Europe have joined their French counterparts to help battle several wildfires, including in the south-west of the country.
Gregory Vooght was accused by the Metropolitan Police of flouting the pandemic restrictions, but told a court he was sitting at his desk working when officers arrived.
The 17‑year‑old British gymnast Jessica Gadirova overcame moments of self-doubt to retain her European floor title
Ministers must overrule opposition from local residents, councillors and MPs to give new reservoirs a green light by 2025, the Government’s infrastructure tsar says.
A world champion French ski mountaineer has fallen to her death on Mont Blanc amid warnings that an unprecedented heatwave is making hiking routes unstable.
With his long black hair flowing beneath a traditional cap and over his masked face, a Taliban guard, machine gun in hand, indicated I should follow the doctor. A peculiar development and an unusual experience, but one that was to be dwarfed by what we were about to see in the heart of Afghanistan's largest and best children's hospital, in the centre of the capital Kabul. "We have many wards that I need to show you," Muhammad Iqbal, the head of doctors, at the Indira Ghandi Children's Hospital said, leading me up a series of stairs.
A Lancashire man fell victim to an online scam after finding a holiday home in Bulgaria on Ebay.
AS I write this both our temporary Prime Minister and our temporary Chancellor are on holiday.
Four drivers and car owners are facing large bills after they failed to respond to court summons and were convicted in their absence.
Residents of Heimaey, an island off the coast of Iceland, form puffin patrols to rescue chicks
Officers were called to reports of gunshots in Forest Rise, Walthamstow
WNBA star sentenced to nine years in Russian prison over small amout of cannabis oil in luggage
MORE than 20,000 migrants have been detected trying to cross the English Channel in small boats so far this year, new government figures show.
The Met Office has warned of torrential downpours and possible flooding over the next few days
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