Britain's rate of inflation has surged to a fresh 40-year high, heaping yet more pain on cash-strapped households as the cost of living crisis deepens.

There is no sugar coating the situation - the latest inflation figures are grim and another bleak milestone in the long march of the cost of living crisis.

A hosepipe ban for Thames Water customers will start on 24 August due to "unprecedented weather conditions".

Cyclists could face 20mph speed limits and may need number plates, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps flagged a shake-up in road laws.

An elderly man riding a mobility scooter has been stabbed to death in west London.

Republican Liz Cheney has lost her Wyoming seat in Congress to a Trump-backed candidate from her own party.

Emma Raducanu said she's "grateful to have shared the court" with "inspirational" Serena Williams as she thrashed the tennis legend in their first-ever meeting.

Lake sturgeon could be about to reproduce again in Georgia for the first time in half a century.

Elon Musk has said he is not going to buy Manchester United, after earlier tweeting that he wanted to take over the Premier League club.

The government has agreed to offer £100,000 in compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal.