The family said they are ’in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son’

A think tank has urged Andy Burnham to let wealthy pensioners give up their state pension for an OBE – but our readers say the state pension is earned, not for sale

The UK’s mobile phone alert system warned the public not to light anything which could spark a wildfire, including barbecues

The teenagers have since been bailed under investigation

MP cautioned that ‘there is a real gap in the support available’ for commuters as well as holidaymakers once they turn 31

Muhammad Iqbal, 64, was charged in connection with separate incidents which took place in Darlington and Sunderland in 2023

Prof Arday’s family also spoke out against what they say was a ‘campaign of misinformation’ against him

Emergency services attended and found a 17-year-old boy unresponsive. First aid was provided but he was pronounced dead shortly after

After five back-to-back heatwaves, rainfall is set to return to the UK

Britain ‘does not have a plan for climate change’ prime minister warned

The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

Millions are set to receive the alert from 7pm on Friday, the Cabinet Office has said

Prof Arday, a professor of sociology of education who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023, quit following a series of media reports alleging he plagiarised his PhD thesis

John Orton died after being injured by animals at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk on July 13

Alerts began flooding phones at 7pm, shortly before the Cabinet Office said they would be sent to millions

Mrs Razzell’s relatives and loved ones urged the High Court to block his release

Guests and staff at the hotel were evacuated from the scene

Linda Hall was given a suspended sentence after guilty to causing the death of Rita Grimshaw, 81, by careless driving

Exclusive: Prime minister pledges more helicopters to tackle crisis and vows to stick to Labour’s net zero target to ‘save our children’s future’

‘This stealth cut leaves communities suffering the impacts of conflict, crisis and climate change,’ UK aid network Bond says of cuts during 2025

Stephen Bear was placed on the sex offenders’ register when he was jailed in 2023 after uploading a private sex tape featuring his ex-girlfriend on his OnlyFans website

Campaigners claim that the government is scaling back Access to Work awards

Journalist stranded as he delivered live broadcast from Reform event: ‘This is not in my contract’

Exclusive: Campaigners say app creators are allowing women and children to be violated, abused and harmed

The Reform UK leader refused to attend the count in his Essex constituency after forcing the contest with his resignation last month

The cortege paused briefly outside the Animal Fayre shop before continuing its journey to the crematorium

Prime minister Andy Burnham previously urged retailers to suspend selling single-use grills during extreme heat

Here’s when the ban will start and what to do if you already own a single-use grill

Police say the driver injured a cyclist and caused significant damage to multiple pieces of street furniture

A number of people were hospitalised as fires broke out across the region in scenes described as ‘apocalyptic’

The care home helped the couple celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary with a cream tea

Nigel Farage has been re-elected in Clacton with a resounding majority in a by-election against joke and fringe candidates. But not all of this seaside down is happy, as Dan Haygarth finds out

Phone lines at the Harbour Hotel were temporarily unavailable as a result of the incident

Two men have been charged with attempted murder after the father of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif was attacked in prison.

The cause of death was pulmonary fat embolism

Prue Leith revealed earlier this week that she was recently taken to hospital after falling unwell while on holiday in Yorkshire

The risk of wildfires, water shortages, poor harvests and escalating fuel and fertiliser prices have plunged many into financial difficulty – prompting calls for emergency cash support

The grass fire in Stoke-on-Trent started at around 4.15pm on Thursday

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said in her ruling that Razzell’s refusal to disclose the location of Mrs Razzell’s body had caused ‘profound anguish’

Met Office data suggests the UK is on track to see its hottest summer since records began

It’s far easier to take control of your money than we’ve been led to believe – you just need a plan and some time

The National Fire Chiefs Council said England and Wales had been struck by 1,017 wildfires this year

Our readers aren’t buying Reform’s explanation for Nigel Farage’s no-show at the count – and with the donations investigation reopened within hours of his win, many say the real story is only just beginning

Levels in one river have dropped far enough to be classed as ‘notably low’ by the Environment Agency

Only two of the 34 candidates secured enough votes to take back their deposit

People aged 70 and over won’t have to retake their driving tests under new government rules

‘This summer’s heatwaves appear to be influencing how people think about their homes,’ a property expert at Rightmove said

Mr Burnham will tell small business owners he has their back, and said there is ‘more to do’ to ‘deliver jobs and growth in every postcode’

Rose Johnston was found with a blunt-force head injury at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on Saturday October 4 last year

Nigel Farage has been re-elected as the MP for Clacton-on-Sea - but there is a good chance voters will have to return to the polls for yet another by-election if a standards probe into his finances doesn’t go his way

An investigation into Professor Arday’s employment will be carried out ‘independently by senior academics from within and beyond Cambridge’

Reform leader forced a by-election to try to escape a political crisis but may simply have postponed, and even intensified, the inevitable, writes Kate Devlin