Small boat arrivals to the UK and Europe are falling. But no one really knows why
Small boat crossings to the UK have almost halved while the irregular crossings to Europe are down almost 40 per…
Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson tells Burnham how to slash energy bills by £200 a year
Andy Burnham could slash energy bills by almost £200 a year by reversing one of the previous government’s biggest energy…
Boy, 3, attacked by crocodile at zoo ‘smiling again’ after seven surgeries
The family of a three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure say they are “amazed at…
Former human rights lawyer, 79, sues after police ‘chop down door’ to seize her cat
An award-winning ex-solicitor is suing in a High Court tug-of-war over claims police chopped through her front door with an…
Nephew faces jail over ‘vitriolic’ email to lawyers after aunt left house to RSPCA charity
A disinherited nephew could face jail over claims he threatened to “beat the sh*t” out of “w**ker” lawyers after his…
Cat owners handed £9,000 vet bill after London heatwave accident: ‘We just wanted to keep him cool’
A Russian Blue tabby cat has narrowly escaped death after falling from a fourth-floor window left open during the heatwave.…
Sales of energy drinks to under-16s set to be banned in England
The government is set to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England. The ban will apply…
UK temperatures to drop after heatwave before 30C heat returns next week
The heatwave that has gripped Britain is set to calm this weekend, before temperatures are set to soar to 30C…
Noise row erupts in Hampshire market town over ‘constant screaming’ from care home
A noise dispute has erupted in a Hampshire market town, where residents claim that a care home for adults with…
Dartmoor ponies saved from culling risk after fears of extinction
Dartmoor Ponies will be protected from culling after the government removed them from a livestock counting method that could have…