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A weather warning for strong wind has been issued by the Met Office ahead of the arrival of the first named storm of the season. Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50-60mph to southern areas of the UK at the end of the week, with 70mph possible along exposed coasts. The warning currently runs from midnight to midday on Friday October 23 and covers most of south-west England, […]

The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than a year despite the number of vacancies sliding for another month, new figures show. The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, from 4.9% in the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics said. This was the lowest level since the three months to July 2025 and marked an […]

Drivers are set to get new rights to challenge unfair private parking charges, including a guaranteed five minutes to decide whether to park, the Government has announced. Motorists will also be given 10 minutes to leave car parks without facing a penalty once their session ends under a new private parking code of practice. The code will give drivers the right to have charges cancelled on appeal for honest mistakes, […]

Leading A&E doctors across the UK have raised concerns about the pressures emergency departments will face this winter, with just 3% saying they are well prepared for the colder months. Overcrowding, corridor care and a looming surge in demand are “creating perfect conditions for a terrible winter”, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM). Experts also warned the NHS is at the point “where we can’t tell where […]

Dame Esther Rantzen has been laid to rest in an “incredibly beautiful” funeral, but told how she felt “deprived of any choice over my own death”, in a newly-published note written before she died. The 86-year-old’s family has confirmed they attended a small, private funeral last week, following her death last month. A larger memorial service is expected to take place at a later date, with details yet to be […]

Tottenham climbed off the bottom of the Premier League after James Maddison’s superb 14th-minute opener inspired a 3-1 home win over Coventry. It was a night to savour for both Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, who made his first appearance in 526 days after a 17-month absence with a patella injury. Roberto De Zerbi gave Maddison the nod against his boyhood club and Spurs’ number 10 responded with a stunning curled […]

Paris police said in a statement they had issued an overnight curfew in two areas of the French capital “to protect people and property from the violence and looting”. The statement said that the orders ban gatherings and demonstrations and impose a curfew prohibiting anyone from entering or remaining around the Place de la Republique, where rioting took place on Saturday, and the shopping neighbourhood of Les Halles, which has […]

UEFA has given FIFA two weeks to provide answers and supply documents related to a series of controversies during Gianni Infantino’s presidency. European football’s governing body has written to FIFA calling for more information on the process followed in developing the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan, which proposed to sell a 20 per cent stake in a company to run the World Cup and other competitions to private investors. The […]

Staff at Britain’s electricity grid operator were not involved in a cover-up to avoid blackout risks becoming public this summer, but the organisation should address cultural and governance issues, an investigation has found. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) was being investigated over allegations raised by whistleblowers. This included the claim that control room staff were encouraged to conceal or alter records to avoid leaving a paper trail linked to […]