Week-long heatwave due in England with 34C peak in south-east
Heat health alerts in place in most regions of England from Sunday to Saturday with mercury also rising in WalesAnother heatwave is on the way across ...
Trump pardons 11 people on eve of country’s Fourth of July celebrations
Pardons issued to nine people charged with violating Clean Air Act as extreme heat smothers much of USDonald Trump on Friday issued pardons to 11 peop...
What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?
Voters disillusioned with Starmer’s Labour were tempted by the Greens – but Polanski’s party fears the affable, left-leaning Burnham could win them ba...
Burnham will change No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture, says Lucy Powell
Deputy Labour leader says No 10 needs to become more meritocratic and has asked Burnham to commit to 50/50 gender split for ministers and staffAndy Bu...
Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature
National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning as high temperatures have paralyzed the east coastOrganizers of Saturday’s Independence Day pa...
Three-year-old injured in UK crocodile enclosure faces ‘long rehabilitation’
Boy who was allegedly thrown into the area at a Cambridgeshire zoo has undergone five surgeriesA three-year-old boy left seriously injured after being...
German riot police clash with protesters hoping to block far-right AfD conference
Thousands of police deployed to Erfurt in central Germany as AfD holds conference on key Nazi dateRiot police have clashed with opponents of the far-r...
Mayfair casino facing legal action after former waiter says he did not get fair share of tips
Former worker at Metropolitan on Park Lane in London says he had to share tips with managers and other staffA Mayfair casino is facing legal action fr...
Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly
Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peersA third of disadvantaged white pupils in E...
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over Stargate UK project
Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypotheticalIt was to be the biggest undertaking in Br...
How the 1986 Mexico World Cup was almost cancelled after a devastating earthquake
Guardian reports after the disaster told of 5,000 deaths, much of the capital being razed, and doubts about Mexico hosting the finalsMexico last hoste...
‘The situation is terrible’: aid workers on life in Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes
El Obeid becomes key battleground in war between Sudan’s armed forces and their paramilitary enemies, the RSFFatima is losing count of the number of d...
Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platformThe Merlin bird ID app will allow users to feed r...
‘Emotional connection’: Wonderwall becomes England’s World Cup anthem
Oasis tune has been sung from Texas to Massachusetts and soon in Mexico City – and the players have joined in tooIt has become England’s World Cup ant...
UK woman, 21, arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing boyfriend to death
Officers found the body of a 34-year-old man in a luxury rental home in the Pattaya area, local media saysA 21-year-old British woman has been arreste...
Labour should win next election under Burnham after work already done, Starmer says
Prime minister holds no ‘personal animosity’ toward Burnham and emphasises success at improving NHS waiting lists and ‘stabilising economy’Labour “sho...
‘Trump accounts’: Wall Street-backed investment funds for children to go live
Savings plans for children born between January 2025 and December 2028 launched as president seeks electoral boostTrump accounts, a savings vehicle na...
British Medical Association could axe up to a third of its staff amid cash crisis
Exclusive: Anger at union’s decision to put 200 of its 600 staff in England at risk of redundancyThe British Medical Association is threatening to axe...
Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins
Up to 30 million people expected to attend delayed events for Ali Khamenei, killed at start of war with US and IsraelThe funeral of the former Iranian...
Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos
Group, whose constituencies have derelict or at-risk pools, are campaigning to make outdoor swimming available for allCooling, blue expanses of water ...
Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years
The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cutsA leading higher education program...
‘My childhood stopped’: woman sues CPS after taking stepfather to abuse trial
Annie’s lawyers argue that prosecution was so badly executed it breached her human rightsAt her kitchen table, in a village in southern England, Annie...
Pull an all-nighter? How parents, schools, fans and police plan to cope with England’s 1am kick-off
Popular national pastimes of drinking and football will make post-Mexico Monday a day of sore heads and sleepy childrenEngland are through to the roun...
Brexit rule change means British teens in EU face soaring student fees for UK degrees
Brexit means ‘home fee’ qualification ends in 2028, leaving those hoping to study in UK not now eligible for loansBritish teenagers living in the EU c...
UK and Ireland leaders fear for union’s future under Farage-led government
Politicians across Celtic nations braced for constitutional turmoil if Reform continues to riseThe rise of Nigel Farage has prompted political leaders...
Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
In a speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening, the US president claimed a resurgent ‘communist menace’ posed a severe threat the countryDonald Trump...
As the US marks 250, does the special relationship still exist – or is the UK just irrelevant?
The gap between America and Britain has grown economically as Trump asserts ‘the UK is dying’. Culturally, however, it’s a different storyOn 1 June 17...
Cornwall van dwellers face homelessness amid council crackdown
Half of county’s planning infringement notices target caravans in fields, fuelling eviction fears for vulnerable peoplePeople living in caravans and h...
Sydney records hottest June since 1859 as expert warns new high a ‘signature’ of global warming
Bureau of Meteorology says city’s mean temperature reached 16.1C, surpassing the previous record of 15.7C set in 1991Get our breaking news email, free...
Chris Minns admits NSW Labor needs to ‘climb Everest’ to stay in power as protesters interrupt state conference
The New South Wales premier warns of One Nation threat as he addresses party conferenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe ...
