Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy says it is indicative of the "zombie government" prime minister Boris Johnson missed an emergency Cobra meeting on the heatwave, instead choosing to host a party at Chequers.
Small groups of Taliban fighters have been marking the anniversary of taking power in Afghanistan last year, in an environment that has drastically reduced women’s participation in all daily life, including education, media, and government positions.
Hollywood actor plans to run for senator with Eurosceptic party ISP, saying she is ‘fed up with quarrelling politicians’
The hot weather led to several wildfires erupting across England while Scotland had heavy thunderstorms.
The European Athletics Championships get underway in Munich on Monday, with Britain’s athletes continuing what has been a mammoth summer off the back of the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. The newly-crowned world champion over 1500m called the Commonwealth Games the least enjoyable championships of his career as he struggled to get motivated after his shock Oregon success and had to settle for bronze.
Asked about nationalisation, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told BBC Breakfast: “The choice we’ve made in our plan is that every single penny that is needed for this plan will go directly to reducing the bills of families up and down the country. “If you go down the nationalisation route, then money has to spent on compensating shareholders and I think in an emergency like this, a national emergency where people are struggling to pay their bills, I think that the right choice is for every single penny to go to reducing those bills."
Bristol Balloon Fiesta: Dozens of hot air balloons fill sky as they take flight.Source: James Acres, Twitter
The 27-year-old shared the revelation on Monday’s Lorraine
From TV commentators calling Camilla and Diana ‘friends’ to Robert Kilroy-Silk’s take on the royal, this programme’s archive footage shows society’s sordid relationship with her
Spider-Man actor Tom Holland has revealed he has made the decision to leave social media to protect his mental health. In a video posted on his Instagram account, the star said he was only returning briefly to make an important announcement. In the three-minute-long recording, Holland said he had been trying to make the video for "about an hour" as he struggled to work out what he wanted to say.
The Met Office has warned of torrential downpours and possible flooding over the next few days
Their pledges came ahead the candidates heading to Perth to face Tory members at an official hustings on Tuesday.
No more than 100,000 travellers will be able to depart per day until October 29, the west London airport said.
The 17‑year‑old British gymnast Jessica Gadirova overcame moments of self-doubt to retain her European floor title
Malaysia’s top court has ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to begin his final appeal after rejecting his request to throw out his graft conviction and 12-year sentence over potential judicial bias
SIR – Rather than rely solely upon water companies, it should be mandatory for all new buildings to have storage and recycling facilities built in, to catch and retain rainfall on their roofs. This could be used for washing and domestic purposes, then reused as “grey water” to flush lavatories, wash cars and water gardens. Mains water would be reserved for drinking, cooking and back-up.
England play South Africa in the first Test of a three-match series at Lord's from Wednesday, pitting their wits against the Proteas after a stunning start to life under new captain Ben Stokes.
“Oh my stars and bless her heart, she is that dumb y’all,” Tennessee Democrat tweets
Pope Francis said on Sunday that the war in Ukraine had distracted attention from the problem of world hunger and called for urgent food aid to stave off looming famine in Somalia. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said this month that it could officially declare famine in eight regions of Somalia next month if livestock continue to die, key commodity prices rise further and humanitarian assistance fails to reach the most vulnerable. Francis told pilgrims and tourists in the square that he wanted to draw attention "to the grave humanitarian crisis that has hit Somalia and some areas of bordering countries".
Some 982 under-18s were referred to crisis care teams in May 2022, an increase of 37 per cent on the previous month
Impact of ‘traumatic period’ still lingers with those now based in UK – and their families – 75 years on
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