A bookshop event and a conference speech featuring the former Cambridge University professor have been called off

A shoplifting suspect jumped into a river to try and escape a police officer who was chasing him on a borrowed bicycle.

Travelodge said they have since made immediate changes to its room access security policy

Heat health alerts are in place across England as the UKHSA has warned there could be a rise in deaths among the vulnerable population

Cars taken included a Ferrari Monza SP2, which had only been in the UK for a day

Parts of the UK are set to see their fifth heatwave of the summer

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The scheme will begin from the start of the new school year

Flames engulfed the vehicle before spreading to the central reservation and nearby heathland

Postcodes in Manchester, Newcastle, South London are some of 20 streets that have won

Hamish Falconer has pledged to create a ‘more ambitious relationship’ with the bloc

The PM will accelerate plans to force companies to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and provide more information about costs up-front rather than quietly auto-renewing them at a higher price

Christine Clegg, 79, died after an unwitnessed fall in June 2025

Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport energy from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted

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It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday

The eclipse on 12 August will be the most complete seen in the UK since 1999

Retailers are reporting more young people are turning to physical collectibles

The breach is expected to spark wider concern about the security of military drone components

Twenty-six fire engines, four water carriers, six off-road vehicles and multiple command units were deployed to the scene

Daniel Kinahan said earlier that he was ‘looking forward to getting back home’

The EU's Entry/Exit System only became fully operational in April but already faces backlash

Yellow health alerts are in place across the UK until at least Tuesday as temperatures rise again

The proposal would reportedly see Britain promise to extend the protection of Britain’s Armed Forces and nuclear deterrent across Europe, in exchange for access to the EU’s free-trade zone

Doctors advise not stopping prescribed medication in the hot weather without professional advice

He noted that while his appointment three weeks ago was ‘almost entirely unremarked upon in the media’, the online reaction has been starkly different

As Europe swelters under record-breaking temperatures, misleading claims that sunscreen causes rather than protects against skin cancer are spreading online – but experts tell The Independent the evidence shows a very different story

Officials confirmed he will be in ‘listening mode’ throughout August, travelling the country to discuss the cost of living

One victim says his badge was stolen in ‘sub-five seconds’

Police say they do not believe there is any ‘wider threat’

A new report casts doubt on a leading police theory over the disappearance of Jack O’Sullivan, who vanished in Bristol more than two years ago. His mother, Catherine, tells The Independent she wants to see action

Julie Finley was just 23 when she was found dead 32 years ago

Weather conditions in Canada mean the famed Royal Air Force aerobatics team are not able to return home on time