2 h. ago Kevin Durant officially traded to Rockets in NBA record seven

Durant heads to Houston after two years with PhoenixSuns, Rockets, Hawks, Wolves, Warriors, Nets, Lakers involvedKevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting.The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, a record number of organizations to be part of a single deal, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Drugs crisis in jails ‘worse than ever’ as seizures by prison officers near record

Exclusive: Blue-light emergency responses now ‘a normal part of life’ in prison, experts warn

Events

4 d. ago When wall of rain will hit as showers and thundery downpours forecast

The weather will take a turn after the Met Office records hottest June on record for England

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5 d. ago Hottest day of the year recorded as temperatures in the UK hit 34C

Temperatures in the capital almost reached 35C on Tuesday, as the Met Office reported record-breaking temperatures in June

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5 d. ago Last month hottest June on record in England, Met Office figures suggest

Provisional figures indicate that June 2025 was also the second warmest for the UK since data began in 1884.

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5 d. ago Met Office reveals that England had warmest June on record and warns of 'more hot spells'

Sunshine levels were also slightly above average for June

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5 d. ago New record for number of migrants crossing Channel set in first half of 2025

Some 19,982 migrants have arrived in the UK after making the dangerous crossing up from France, latest Home Office figures show

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer has had worse start as PM than Liz Truss, expert claims

Labour prime minister’s record in office more ‘inept’ than that of Liz Truss, top historian says

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8 d. ago Police called on man singing patriotic folk song Flower of Scotland and another ordering a takeaway in an Indian accent, as Police officers forced to record 6,300 'Non

They used to say that sticks and stones might break your bones but words would never hurt you. But not any more, if the number of bizarre hate incidents recorded by police is anything to go by.

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2 w. ago Heatwave hell as passengers are 'slow cooked' on stuck trains for hours amid 34C heat

Met Office forecasters have warned  that while record-breaking temperatures look set to be reached today, Britons should prepare for a substantial downpour in the aftermath.

Society

2 w. ago Grenfell: Uncovered review – heartwrenching account of avoidable tragedy

Bleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s heartwrenching and enraging documentary, digging at the causes and movingly interviewing survivors and their families, whose testimony is all but unbearable. At the very least, the film will remind you that when politicians smugly announce they wish to make a bonfire of regulations, they should be taken, under police escort if necessary, and made to stand at the foot of the tower. As for the housing secretary at the time of the tower’s refurbishment, the abysmally arrogant Eric Pickles, he was made a life peer in 2018.With the very considerable help of the housing-issues journalist Peter Apps, the film shows how the horror was created by a perfect storm of incompetence, mendacity, greed, and (that heartsinking phrase) systemic failure. The local council were keen to spruc...

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2 w. ago Top Scots law officer asked to explain how trans killer had record 'wiped' after name change

Alba MSP Ash Regan has demanded that Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain explains the blunder over Alex Stewart, who was known as Alan Baker when he killed a man.

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3 w. ago JoJo Siwa sets the record straight on her sexuality after being mocked by Miley Cyrus

JoJo Siwa has officially set the record straight on her sexuality amid her budding romance with Love Island star Chris Hughes.

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