PMQs: Starmer faces MPs after backlash over his defence investment plan – UK politics live
Badenoch says Lord Dannatt, the former head of the army, said yesterday the plan was inadequate. She says Badenoch. is…
Toxic for 100 years: the UK golf course built on chemical waste
Malkins Bank golf course in Cheshire, which had previously been a tip where hazardous chemical waste was indiscriminately dumped. Photograph:…
Henry Nowak murder: two officers under gross misconduct investigation
Nowak, 18, died in December 2025 after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton. Photograph: Family handout/PAView image in fullscreenNowak,…
Ministers ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Hamish Falconer said he was disappointed by the uncertainty over the A46 upgrade programme which was ‘well advanced, long awaited…
When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
Pupils at the Harris academy primary Mayflower in Grays, Essex, during last week’s heatwave. Photograph: Jack Taylor/ReutersView image in fullscreenPupils…
‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley
A dam on Welsh Water’s Elan valley reservoir network. The company converted to not-for-profit status in 2001. Photograph: RooM the…
Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’
The cap on gas and electricity rises to the equivalent of £1,862 a year from Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Melling/AlamyView image…
Women with irregular periods should be checked for PMOS, NHS says
Symptoms for PMOS, previously known as polycystic ovarian syndrome, include irregular, very short, long or absent periods. Photograph: Science Photo…
UK poll highlights fears about access to emergency contraception
The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare says emergency contraception should be available in other shops when pharmacies are closed.…
More than half of asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK
Shabana Mahmood introduced a bill to parliament that proposes to charge asylum seekers £10,000 before they are given settled status.…