38 h. ago Britain set for battering as barrage of thunderstorms and hail to hit in days

After the warmest summer on record, days of thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail are headed to Britain as autumn approaches us

Events

4 d. ago Children risk going to school with eye problems as parents skip vital tests

Thousands of children in Britain could be set to start the new school year this September with eye problems as parents forget to take them for tests

Society

4 d. ago Yellow weather warning issued as three inches of rain set to drench parts of Britain within hours

The Met Office has issued a yellow rain warning for southern England and Wales with up to three inches set to fall in a few hours between 10pm today and 12pm tomorrow.

Events

7 d. ago Welsh schoolgirl set to appear on Britain's Got Talent in front of audience of millions

Dakota Mitchell, 11 from Swansea is set to perform live for Britain's Got Talent as she cleared the first stage of its auditions

Events

7 d. ago GMB's Richard Madeley walks off ITV set leaving Kate Garraway fronting show alone

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley was forced to leave the set as he told his co-host Kate Garraway he 'needed to go on a break'.

Culture

7 d. ago GMB's Richard Madeley walks off set leaving Kate Garraway to host alone

Kate Garraway presented a section of ITV's Good Morning Britain alone after co-host Richard walked off set

Politics

9 d. ago Britain set for glorious Bank Holiday sunshine with temperatures of up to 30C

The country is braced for a weekend of sunshine and soaring temperatures, peaking at 30C on Monday, before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring rain and unsettled weather next week.

Politics

9 d. ago Costa: Britain's biggest high street coffee chain 'set to be sold' by Coca Cola

Coca-Cola could be looking to sell Britain's biggest high street coffee chain as the global fizzy drinks brand has reportedly started talking to investors who are open to acquiring Costa

Politics

1 week ago Hurricane Erin could see 16ft waves crash into UK in coming days

Category 2 storm set to end Britain’s dry spell, says Met Office forecasters

Events

1 week ago Britain's most targeted shop: Robbed, set on fire, ripped off and forced to tackle thieves herself. The luxury boutique owner who refuses to shut after astonishing crime wave

Christine Colbert, 58, has suffered a series of 'catastrophic' setbacks which have threatened to destroy Dress Cheshire, the luxury boutique she set up in the celebrity enclave of Prestbury.

Events

1 week ago The Peak District road named one of Britain's most dangerous roads set for £7.6m improvement

The road is one of two direct routes between two of the largest cities in the north

Economics

2 w. ago Brainy Britain set for a huge rise in boffins as nerdy revolution begins

We could be looking at a rise in young eggheads as students want to become boffins after tackling school after the highest number of A-Levels in physics for 25 years

Politics

2 w. ago Britain's heatwave is set to continue until next week: Yellow heat alert is extended to Monday as 30C temperatures set to stifle Britain over the weekend

A yellow heat alert has been extended until Monday, with temperatures expected to hit 30C over the weekend.

Events

2 w. ago Sadiq Khan could give Londoners flexible working hours during heatwaves as southern England set to sizzle with highs of 34C

Sir Sadiq Khan is looking at whether to provide Londoners with flexible working hours during heatwaves as parts of Britain are set to swelter with temperatures forecast to hit 34C.

Politics

2 w. ago Britain facing fish and chips crisis with octopus and jellyfish set to replace cod

Battered sausage, cod or haddock are your usual fish and chip orders, but Brits may find themselves with no option but to tuck into more exotic kind of sea life on a Friday

Events

2 w. ago World’s swankiest manhole covers? A thrilling tour of the new embankments concealing London’s £4.6bn super sewer

Built to tackle 18m tonnes of rising excrement, the Tideway project has also generated dramatic new public spaces dotted with giant artworks. Our writer takes the ‘stink tower’ tour of the capitalA group of colossal black tombstones has landed on the north bank of the Thames in London, looking like mysterious monoliths from another civilisation. They stand near Blackfriars Bridge as imposing bookends, rising almost 10 metres, folded in places to form platforms and benches, slipping down in others to become one with the pavement. Water trickles from the summit of one huge slab, running down ridges and splashing into a sunken pool. Another pair rise straight out of the river wall, hoisting wooden fenders with them from the swirling brown waters below.“I wanted to make something that comes from nowhere,” says Scottish artist Nathan Coley, as he clambers on to one of his concrete blocks, which form part of the most prominent new public artwork in Britain’s capital, set to be unveiled ne...

Economics

2 w. ago Brits warned to 'remove scent' from home as 'swarm of insects' sweep UK

The annual 'flying ant day' phenomenon is set to return to Britain and Ireland as warmer weather persists, with UK households told to remove the scent in their homes

Events

2 w. ago Oasis's UK tour will inject at least £1.1BILLION into the UK economy

Oasis's 17-gig sell-out tour is set to net Britain more than a £1billion. But the mania has prompted a massive surge in hotel prices, which could lead to an inflation heachache for the Bank of England.

Economics

3 w. ago Over 40 rough sleepers line Oxford Street with makeshift beds after migrant 'shanty town' is cleared

More than 40 rough sleepers have set up camp on Britain's most famous shopping street just weeks after a 'tent city' of homeless people was broken up. 

Events

3 w. ago Major British toy retailer announces huge shakeup set to affect all 1,900 of its staff

One of Britain's biggest toy chains is set to become employee-owned after the founders said they were handing over control to the group's 1,900 staff.

Politics