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Andy Burnham has said he will consider imposing a ban on disposable barbecues amid the risk of further wildfires as extreme heat continues to grip parts of the UK. The Prime Minister will chair an emergency Cobra committee later on Wednesday in response to a prolonged spell of exceptionally hot and dry weather. Speaking to reporters, he said people should not be using single-use grills “at this time” amid a […]

A serial sex attacker who murdered two women and raped a third after being left free to kill has been jailed for the rest of his life. Simon Levy, 40, killed grandmother Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025 and mother-of-four Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in August that year, as his spiral of offending escalated from sexual assaults on the Tube to double murder. He suffocated both women in sexually motivated attacks, […]

Specialist glasses have sold out at major retailers as Britons prepare for the best solar eclipse in decades. More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse in 1999. Convenience stores, national parks and the Royal Greenwich Observatory have all exhausted their glasses supplies ahead of the eclipse, […]

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini singer Brian Hyland will perform his 1960 classic hit in Downing Street as he backs a campaign for better NHS diagnoses. The American musician, 82, will join British singer and campaigner Ashleigh Harley for the performance on August 22. It aims to raise awareness of the number of young people who struggle to be diagnosed by the NHS and improve outcomes for patients […]

Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused widespread wildfires and plunged many parts of the country into drought. The Prime Minister will meet with ministers, officials and agencies as high temperatures continue across the UK on Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures of 33C forecast, and up to 38C on Thursday. Ministers from the Department for Environment, […]

Romell Glave emerged from winning the 100m final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham wearing a gold costume crown and declared “now is my time to dominate”. The 26-year-old Jamaica-born sprinter, who moved to Croydon as a teen and fractured his back twice in the last six years, spending “the whole of 2022” in a brace, made it a British one-two with Welshman Jeremiah Azu taking silver on the […]

The UK’s largest Harry Potter shop is to open in London’s Oxford Street in November, Warner Bros has announced. The flagship store, spanning more than 21,000 square feet over two floors, will open its doors within The Ribbon development at 134-140 Oxford Street on November 4. Inspired by the magical shopping street Diagon Alley, the new shop will become the second official Harry Potter retail destination in the UK after […]

The UK is on course for its hottest summer on record, with only average conditions needed for the rest of August to beat the record set just last year, the Met Office said. Some parts of the country face a fifth heatwave of the summer, with amber “extreme heat” warnings in place for parts of England on Thursday when temperatures could hit 38C in some spots. Nearly three quarters of […]

A man who attended hospital with a gunshot wound has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 25-year-old was shot dead near a pub. The Metropolitan Police said officers and London Ambulance Service were called at 9.57pm on Monday after reports of gunshots being fired in Willington Road, Clapham, south London. A 25-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of medical professionals. Shortly afterwards, a […]