Nottingham fire live: City centre blaze fills sky with smoke after ‘explosion’
A massive fire following an “explosion” in Nottingham is sending a huge plume of smoke above the city centre. Nottinghamshire…
Wes Streeting calls for national insurance cut and North Sea drilling
Streeting has openly stated he wishes Keir Starmer to resign, and that he wants to stand in a leadership contest.…
Heatwave drowning deaths reach 15 across UK as new urgent water warnings issued
A 15-year-old girl has become the 15th person to die in water-related incidents since the beginning of the heatwave –…
The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration? | John Harris
A van showing the message ‘immigration makes Britain brilliant’ at a ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally, London, 16 May 2026. Photograph:…
‘It’s a great healer’: why being outdoors in nature means so much to us
Readers say being outside is calming and therapeutic and decreases anxiety. Photograph: robertharding/AlamyView image in fullscreenReaders say being outside is…
London Tube strikes June 2026: Dates, lines affected and how long it will last
Next week two 24 hour tube strikes are planned, which will mean journeys need careful planning across the capital. The…
Heartbreaking letter handed to mum by Iran guards who faked entire thing
Lindsay and Craig Foreman have embarked on a desperate last resort hunger strike whilst detained in an Iranian prison –…
Nicola Sturgeon: I feel as if I’m serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit
Nicola Sturgeon speaking on BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAView image in fullscreenNicola Sturgeon speaking on…
‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics
The Beatles in 1967. Photograph: David Magnus/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe Beatles in 1967. Photograph: David Magnus/Shutterstock ‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’:…
Man ‘followed and sexually assaulted’ in Morrisons car park as cops issue update
A man was allegedly sexually assaulted and followed in a supermarket car park. The victim was approached, inappropriately touched and…