53 h. ago UK holiday park house blown apart in massive 'gas explosion' as horror images emerge

Emergency services rushed to the scene after a suspected gas explosion at the Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Otterton, east Devon, caused a property to be completely levelled

Events

61 h. ago Reform UK's DOGE efforts 'save more than £100m in council spending in 100 days' since local elections as Nigel Farage's party 'rolls back Net Zero'

Nigel Farage 's party won more than 650 council seats and took control of 10 local authorities in contests across England in May.

Economics

8 d. ago Council spending on emergency housing doubles to £2m amid national crisis

A report last summer warned of 'unprecedented' levels of homelessness.

Economics

9 d. ago Life expectancy of women in west Africa is 59. Those over 60 were asked

Women across west Africa have a life expectancy of 59. In a rare project, Sylvia Arthur set out to give voice to those who have lived beyond expectation, whose experiences have been largely overlookedAddra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin.When Dossou, in her early 80s, emerges from her room in the compound house she shares with generations of her extended family, the conversation begins hesitantly. “I told you,” Addra says. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago ‘Well, no, you don’t have to have children’: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life

Women across west Africa have a life expectancy of 59. In a rare project, Sylvia Arthur set out to give voice to those who have lived beyond expectation, whose experiences have been largely overlookedAddra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin.When Dossou, in her early 80s, emerges from her room in the compound house she shares with generations of her extended family, the conversation begins hesitantly. “I told you,” Addra says. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago UK's grimmest STI hotspots revealed and one area should be given a wide berth

Islington in London tops the list as the riskiest place in England for catching an STI, with a staggering risk score of 94 out of 100 - nearly double the national average of 50

Politics

4 w. ago More than £7.5 million spent by North Ayrshire Council on emergency accommodation

The bill revealed North Ayrshire Council's emergency accommodation spend.

Economics

4 w. ago Fury at minister's flippant 'get on with it' comment in tense housing grilling

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has been confronted after it emerged homes might not be brought up to a decent standard for another 10 years - despite dozens of children's deaths

Politics

4 w. ago How Melania Trump emerged as one of Zelensky’s key allies in the White House

Melania Trump has been reminding her husband of the toll of Russian airstrikes

Politics