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Summer 2026 was the warmest in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The average temperature across June, July and August was 16.5C, beating the previous high of 16.1C set only last year. It means the top six warmest summers on record have all occurred this century, including three this decade: 2026 in first place, followed by 2025, 2018, 2006, 2003 and […]

Former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to quit Parliament saying he felt it was the “right time” to step down as an MP and focus on new work on international affairs. Sir Keir was replaced by Andy Burnham as prime minister and Labour leader in July after losing the support of his party in the wake of dire local election results. Sir Keir will step down as the MP […]

A man has been charged with murder after a house fire which killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt, police said. Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster died and four others were injured in the blaze in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, in the early hours of August 26. On Tuesday, Cleveland Police said Jaden Wright, 23, of no fixed address, had been charged with two counts of murder, two counts of Section […]

A jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades. The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and could be sentenced to life in prison. The jury deliberated for three hours after a weeks-long trial in Las Vegas. After […]

The Government will speed up the building of hundreds of extra prison places with £110 million of investment, the Justice Secretary is to announce. Alex Norris will set out plans to speed up the building of new prison places as part of the Government’s efforts to tackle overcrowding in the prisons estate. Mr Norris is expected to announce the plans on Tuesday, when he will set out to MPs details of an early release […]

Actor Ray Winstone has said British cinema is losing “a lot of our culture” because the industry is caught up with the American way of filmmaking. Winstone, 69, is best known for starring in 1979’s Scum, 1997’s Nil by Mouth and Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 film Sexy Beast. The actor, who has worked in the industry for decades, said there is a need to make more projects about Britain and avoid […]

Bank holiday Monday will see a mix of sunny spells and showers that could become heavier with thunder, the Met Office said. Monday is expected to be the best weather of the long weekend, after festivalgoers braved the rain and mud in plastic ponchos on Saturday and Sunday. It comes as Bradworthy Common in Devon saw 34.2mm of rain over 12 hours on Sunday, more than a third of the […]

Ollie Robinson’s remarkable resurgence continued as he ushered England to a series-clinching victory over Pakistan in the second Rothesay Test at Lord’s. Robinson has been in stunning form since being recalled from a two-and-a-half year exile at the start of this summer and was irrepressible once again, filleting the tourists’ top order to tee up a 194-run win. Chasing a distant target of 389 Pakistan were wrapped up for 194 […]

At least seven people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Some 237 people have been rescued, Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel told Turkish state-run TRT news channel. He said a search was under way for another 24 people. Mr Ustel said the ferry faced adverse weather conditions and began taking in water […]