29 h. ago Britain faces running dry in 34C heat: Health alerts as England suffers 'nationally significant' water shortages with FIVE areas in drought after driest six months since 1976

Six more areas are also experiencing prolonged dry weather after the driest six months since 1976. The Environment Agency has called on Britons to 'play their part' and use less water.

Society

4 d. ago Britain facing 'dire' refuge crisis with thousands of victims trapped due to 'shrinking' services, charity warns

Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women's Aid, called on ministers to consider bringing in a legal duty for schools and workplaces to protect victims

Events

4 d. ago ‘She’s the one that matters’: the growing influence of Melania on Donald Trump

First lady is facing increased scrutiny as political experts suggest she is behind US president’s recent volte-faces on Gaza and PutinWhen Melania Trump arrives in Britain for her husband’s second state visit next month, it will not just be the photographic pack straining every lens for clues as to her opaque mood or signs of froideur in their marriage. It will also be British officials.Six months into his second term as US president, a period in which Donald Trump has pirouetted on just about every big international issue, mandarins in Whitehall have realised they need to focus less time on trying to tame him, and more on looking at his wife. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales

Women’s safety campaigners welcome plan to switch from exclusion zones that ‘have made victims feel trapped’Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced by the government in England and Wales.At the moment, exclusion zones are often used to keep an offender away from their victim’s home but many campaigners for women’s safety have long called for this to be flipped.Increased tagging for domestic perpetrators.Requiring judges to flag domestic abuse at sentencing so prisons, probation and police can better identify and manage abusers.Expanding specialist domestic abuse courts.Bolstering transparency for victims at sentencing – including the provision of free copies of judges’ sentencing remarks for victims of rape and other sexual offences. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Small business owners, brace yourselves: the cavalry isn’t coming

While ministers talk of “unleashing Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit,” small firms face a harsher reality.

Politics

9 d. ago Lanarkshire locals warned by leading charity over scam text messages

Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national consumer advice service consumeradvice.scot, said anyone receiving such a message should delete it and report it to them.

Events

1 week ago Criminal gangs in Britain who advertise migrant Channel crossings online could face five years in jail in small boats crackdown

Criminal gangs who advertise small boat crossings across the English Channel or fake passports online could spend up to five years behind bars under new legislation. 

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3 w. ago Tyson Fury backs Jake Paul to ‘knock out’ old foe Anthony Joshua

Fury could yet face Joshua in a “Battle of Britain” after announcing his latest return from retirement

Politics

3 w. ago Extreme heat could lead to more than 5,000 deaths this summer, charity warns

New analysis shows this year has seen more extreme temperatures and more heat health alerts than at the same time in 2022, which was one of the deadliest heatwave years on record

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3 w. ago Kate Garraway faces Good Morning Britain axe fears after brutal ITV cuts

Concerns were raised about one presenters future on Good Morning Britain after ITV announced that Lorraine, Loose Women and other daytime shows will be cut back

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3 w. ago Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway fears for future on ITV after 'horrid time'

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway was recently faced with the challenge of having to pay back a large sum of debt after the death of her husband, Derek Draper.

Politics

4 w. ago Urgent warning to Brits over an influx of WASPS: Pest control expert dubs 2025 the 'year of the insects'

Britain faces a surge of wasps, an expert has warned, after scorching temperatures sparked 'the year of the insects'.

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4 w. ago 'Brit parents jailed in Iran fell into a common trap, there’s only one way out'

Former Iranian hostage Anoosheh Ashoori believes that British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman were detained in Iran on espionage charges after falling victim to a common 'trap'

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