11 m. ago Witness describes continuous gunfire with more than 30 shots in deadly ambush on cops

Three officers were killed and two others were left in critical condition from an apparent ambush in rural Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon.

Events

36 m. ago More than two million households plan to avoid using central heating this winter

One in 20 households with younger children (5%) say they will not be turning the heating on, Uswitch found.

Society

36 m. ago Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’

It comes after a 2024 PHSO report highlighted that the scheme was making wrong decisions and withholding payments in some cases.

Events

40 m. ago Three officers fatally shot and two injured in Pennsylvania shooting, police say

Governor says ‘we grieve the loss of life of three precious souls’ as two injured in critical condition in hospitalThree police officers were killed and two were injured in a shooting on Wednesday in the southern part of Pennsylvania, state police said.“We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country,” governor Josh Shapiro said. Continue reading...

Events

91 m. ago Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

Events

1 hour ago FBI chief Kash Patel admits he hasn’t read all Epstein files — then blows up when asked if Trump is in them

Patel ends two-day congressional hearings with furious exchanges attacking Democratic lawmakers

Politics

1 hour ago Solar storms set to batter Earth sparking blackouts and Northern Lights as NASA warns the sun is 'waking up'

A new study has surprised NASA scientists, who fear the sun is ramping up and could impact our planet over the next year.

Events

2 h. ago Deadly 'Signal 13' shooting leaves five cops wounded in rural Pennsylvania

Multiple people have reportedly died after police officers were shot in Pennsylvania in what's been described as a 'very active scene.'

Events

3 h. ago York County shooting sees multiple killed after Pennsylvania police officers were called to scene then called in eerie 'signal 13

Multiple police officers have been fatally shot in Pennsylvania as cops have warned the public of a 'very active scene'.

Events

3 h. ago 'Animalistic' group attacked man in car with baseball bat in front of neighbours

Tristan Turner, 27, and his passengers ambushed their victim and assaulted him as well as damaging his car, over a stolen e-bike.

Events

3 h. ago Superfans descend on Windsor to enliven Trump’s festival of nothing

With US president hidden from public view, media focuses instead on peripheral sideshow of clowns drawn by state visitNever in its long and august history has the No 10 bus from Windsor to Staines (via Datchet and Wraysbury) received a welcome like this. Its passage secured by police escort, its progress followed by the world’s media, the orange single-decker trundles regally up Windsor’s high street, while onlookers crane to get a glimpse of the single pensioner conveyed within. “It’s not him,” one man mutters, a little superfluously.It was that kind of a day on the banks of the Thames: lots of excitement over very little, a sideshow that felt largely peripheral to the pageantry unfolding within the sealed castle grounds. “I’m afraid nothing’s going to happen, madam,” a police officer informed a woman filming a Facebook Live video from the kerb as he shooed her a safe distance back towards the pavement. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Moment police rush to save rescue dog trapped in burning house

Watch as police officers save a rescue dog trapped inside a burning house.

Events

3 h. ago Olympic 100m medallist Fred Kerley joins Enhanced Games weeks after ban

World champion from 2022 is first American man to joinKerley provisionally banned by Athletics Integrity UnitThe Olympic 100m silver and bronze medallist Fred Kerley will compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games, the event’s organisers revealed on Wednesday, weeks after the Athletics Integrity Unit handed the American a provisional suspension for whereabouts failures.The 2022 100m world champion is the first track athlete and American man to join the event that permits athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in official competition. Continue reading...

Sport

3 h. ago Channel 4 savagely mocks Donald Trump as they vow to expose 'untruths' during UK visit

Channel 4 has vowed to expose the 'untruths' made by Donald Trump during his time in office, as the US President embarks on his State Visit to the UK

Politics

4 h. ago Multiple police officers shot in Pennsylvania as cops warn of 'very active scene'

Multiple police officers have been shot in Pennsylvania as cops have warned the public of a 'very active scene'.

Events

4 h. ago Family of Emma Caldwell ‘betrayed’ over inquiry document, lawyer says

Ms Caldwell was murdered in 2005 but it was not until last year that Iain Packer was convicted of her killing.

Society

4 h. ago Shops 'closed' and police 'everywhere' as gunman fears put schools in lockdown

Armed officers and a police helicopter descended following the incident

Events

4 h. ago The View hosts slam ‘incompetent’ FBI director Kash Patel over Senate hearing outburst

The FBI director faced questions over the Charlie Kirk investigation, Jeffrey Epstein files, and mass firings

Events

5 h. ago ‘You have your time, Bernie’: Rand Paul and Sanders in Senate dustup over letting RFK

Republicans are split over the firing of the CDC director who was joined by ex-chief medical officer in detailing RFK Jr.’s undermining of US vaccine policy

Politics

5 h. ago Two picturesque Scottish road trips travellers can go on this autumn

The study by Indigo Car Hire ranked UK road trips based on tree cover, nearby heritage sites and autumn events.

Transport