70 m. ago Major search as person swept into Blackpool sea and rescuers thrown overboard

The Coastguard, police and paramedics rushed to the scene in the early hours of Friday - one of the members of the rescue team was thrown overboard after a 'big wave' hit the boat

Events

91 m. ago Lewis Hamilton plans talks with Ferrari over ‘hard car to drive’

The Briton had finished in the top three in all of his previous 11 appearances at Silverstone but could only manage fourth

Transport

2 h. ago Lewis Hamilton plans talks with Ferrari over car that was ‘so hard to drive’

The Briton had finished in the top three in all of his previous 11 appearances at Silverstone.

Transport

2 h. ago Police release CCTV of three men 'after woman raped' in early hours of the morning

Humperside Police said the footage was taken at around 1am on July 3 and the men could have valuable information to help with their investigation.

Events

2 h. ago Brian McFadden shares first look at beachside wedding hours after touching tribute to Diogo Jota

The former Westlife star shared a montage of photos from his special day with his hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers

Society

2 h. ago Luxury London skyscraper on 'lockdown' as man stabbed to death inside lobby

A murder investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old man was found to have been stabbed to death in a luxury London skyscraper in Vauxhall in the early hours of Saturday

Events

3 h. ago Lando Norris capitalises on baffling Oscar Piastri error to take home victory in chaotic British GP

The Brit took advantage of the Australian’s safety car infringement to win at Silverstone for the first time, while Nico Hulkenberg claimed a memorable first podium in Formula One

Politics

4 h. ago India beat England by 336 runs in second men’s cricket Test, day five – live reaction

Akash Deep takes six second-innings wicketsSign up for The Spin newsletter | Email TahaNothing is happening so I’m going to grab a coffee. In the meantime, here’s Geoff Lemon with the latest from Australia’s tour of the Caribbean.The rain has eased so the groundstaff are getting to work. It’s still spitting and there’s been no discussion of a potential start time. Could be at least an hour – the outfield looks sodden. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago UK carmakers on track to meet EV sales target despite intense lobbying to lower quota

Electric car sales made up 21.6% of sales in first half of 2025, only just below the effective 22% share needed to meet rulesCarmakers are on track to meet existing UK electric car sales targets despite having successfully lobbied the government to water them down.Electric car sales made up 21.6% of sales in the first half of 2025, only marginally below the 22.06% share needed to meet existing rules once concessions are taken into account, according to an analysis by New AutoMotive, a thinktank. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago CHAOS in the British Grand Prix: Five drivers are forced to retire in opening laps and safety car is deployed twice after crash at treacherous Silverstone

Liam Lawson, Franco Colapinto, Gabriel Bortoleto, Isack Hadjar and Kimi Antontelli were forced out of the rain-sodden race.

Events

4 h. ago Eurostar chaos as passengers complain of ‘slowly boiling alive’ on halted train

Customers described being stranded on board train with no working toilets or air conditioning

Society

5 h. ago Rapper 4xtra reportedly loses his fingers in horrific fireworks accident on Fourth of July

The rapper posted a video about buying fireworks hours before the accident

Events

5 h. ago The kindness of strangers: I used to hate being judged, but then a woman on a train praised my parenting

I saw that my toddler was annoying some passengers but the words of encouragement made a stressful situation a lot more bearableRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI had my eldest child when I was 19, and being a young mum can be tricky – I was used to feeling judged by other people in public.One evening, I was on a crowded train home in Melbourne at peak hour, which is also witching hour for toddlers. My two-year-old son just started losing it, so I was distracting him with silly noises and games. It was largely working and he was mostly laughing and squealing with delight. I registered that it was annoying some passengers, but the alternative would have been much louder and annoying for us all. Making matters worse, no one offered me a seat, so we were standing up and bumping into other people, who were getting pissed off. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Eurostar chaos LIVE: Train evacuated as people stuck for hours 'without toilets'

A Eurostar train has been evacuated after getting stuck on the tracks, leaving passengers stranded for more than five hours without power or working toilets

Events

5 h. ago Eurostar LIVE: Train evacuated as passengers stuck for hours 'without toilets'

A Eurostar train has been evacuated after getting stuck on the tracks, leaving passengers stranded for more than five hours without power or working toilets

Politics

5 h. ago 7/7 bombing 20 years on: What happened on morning that brought Middle East war to London

More than 52 people died and a further 770 people were injured when four British-born suicide bombers set off explosives across the London transport system during the morning peak hour, in Britain's deadliest terror attack

Events

5 h. ago CCTV captures three Edinburgh teen hoods 'attempting to steal' motorbike

Three hooded teens have been caught on CCTV "attempting to steal" a motorbike.

Events

5 h. ago Steering wheel from classic F1 car stolen at British Grand Prix

The event is being held at Silverstone this weekend

Sport

5 h. ago Off their boat races! Revellers at Henley Regatta look a little worse for wear after hours of drinking and hot weather

The rowing event, which was established in 1839, takes place every year and sees teams compete in more than 300 races along the river in Oxfordshire.

Politics

6 h. ago F1 British Grand Prix chaos as major first lap crash sees two cars retire

The opening lap of the British Grand Prix saw two cars retire and the virtual safety car deployed following a major crash in the tough ever-changing conditions

Events