The exceptionally hot, dry spring and summer could cut the country’s cereals and oilseed harvest by 2.5 million tonnes

Tom Inskip’s plan to charge an £195 membership fee for the service could lead to up to £1,000 savings, he says

Earning over 4% while inflation remains elevated is a must to protect the buying power of your cash

Heatwaves could allow farmers to consider new crops that previously ‘we could never imagine’ growing in the UK

July was the driest month ever recorded in southern England – and meteorologists have said there may not be significant rainfall in the area for some time

Police earlier said that the man was known to the victim

The surge in number of parking tickets issued in Bibury has been welcomed by the parish council chairman who says villagers face a ‘nightmare’ over the number of tourists

Banta Sillah ‘had immense potential and was dearly loved’

The new PM is also ‘looking into’ a separate public inquiry into Mohamed Al Fayed

The Met Office forecasts changeable weather over the coming month

Nearly 13,000 toilets and more than 5,000 changing rooms may need changing under the Supreme Court ruling

The Advertising Standards Authority received 30 complaints about ads for the film, with many believing they were distressing for children and adults

‘It can get difficult in terms of personal relationships in politics,’ prime minister says, ‘but it’s baked in’

The actor says the prince ‘inherited’ his passion from his father

Marie-France Van Heel ‘doesn’t hold back’ about the prime minister’s past failures, Burnham said

Men taking tadalafil could be increasing their risk of glaucoma by a third

Sean Carrington spent £550 on a tattoo of the World Cup trophy above the words ‘England World Cup Winner 2026’ after the 2-1 win over DR Congo in the round of 32

The victim, who has been named by police as Jimmy Ward, 36, was declared dead at the scene near Cricklade, Wiltshire, at about 8.15am on Sunday

Drone pilots and a marine unit have been deployed to help locate the boy

More unsettled weather is expected for other parts of the UK, including a yellow warning for thunderstorms in north-east Scotland

Survey finds more than a quarter would reach for a gadget but less than half that number would go outdoors

Those suspending sales are understood to have acted in line with voluntary guidance from the National Fire Chiefs Council

‘Burnham bounce’ saw Labour’s popularity rise after the new prime minister entered Downing Street – but new poll suggests it could be shortlived

The birth took place at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday evening, Buckingham Palace said

The Independent has tirelessly campaigned for more than two years for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed – as 2,400 languish in jail, many for petty crimes and some locked up as children, with no release date

Firefighters warned parts of the burnt ground could be hiding temperatures higher than 60C at the surface level of the scorched heath

The teen was pronounced dead at the scene on London’s Isle of Dogs

Protracted dispute triggers protests – and two costly by-elections

The huge toxic waste dump is to be cleared with central government footing the bill

Jimmy McLoughlin tells In The Room that ministers do not all need to have run companies – but government must understand how business works. Reported by Maja Anushka

Working under Theresa May, Jimmy McLoughlin accompanied some of the world’s most important CEOs as they entered Downing Street for the first time.

When Apple chief executive Tim Cook visited No 10, he stopped to admire David Bailey’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Jimmy McLoughlin, then Downing Street’s business director, gave him an impromptu tour and discovered along the way that Cook wa...

Our readers weigh in on lockable phone pouches, which schools have been rolling out since the government made smartphone-free policies mandatory – with teachers and parents split on whether they're the right fix.

The fire remains a major incident due to the scale of the blaze and ‘challenging conditions’ on the mountain

The food importer ASR Solutions Ltd was forced to recall all products with a best before date up to and including 31 October this year

The former Greater Manchester mayor has revealed almost one policy a day since coming into power

Female sailors returning from maternity leave benefit from 'less onerous fitness requirements'

A man in a bin costume standing against the man who forced this election is a small but revealing window into the shifting boundaries of British politics

Gerry Duffy, 76, was ‘driven completely insane’ by the sound of a water pump in his neighbour’s fishpond

The patient nearly died after the shocking blunder

The panel was found that her professional conduct was not accetpable

Sharif Ahmadzai, who fled from Afghanistan as a teenager, is said to have admitted dumping the body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross in an abandoned building in Athens

The Scottish Greens have urged the Government to implement the recommendations of an expert review from 2023

Olix’s value has tripled after a fundraising round as it looks to compete against Nvidia

Sheeran was prosecuted by the DVLA

Police believe they have identified human remains at the side of the M67 motorway

Around 1,000 rapists and child sex offenders will remain exempt from Labour’s early prison release scheme - but why couldn’t Andy Burnham go further? Alex Ross explores the crisis facing prisons

The £2.2 billion expansion was approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September 2025

England is facing an ‘exceptionally serious situation’, officials have said

Some councils have banned the use of disposable BBQs on council-owned parks, beaches and other public spaces

A number of heat alerts will be in place at the start of the week as hot weather continues but the country could also be hit by thunderstorms

The figurine, dubbed Erica, was earlier removed over concerns she was ‘inappropriate’

A driver police described as a "menace" joked about having 59 points on his licence as police caught him behind the wheel while already disqualified.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially-aggravated harassment of a Jewish MP Luciana Berger

Arsenal celebrated winning the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years with a victory parade in May

Scotland’s Education Secretary, Mairi McAllan, described the outcomes as ‘incredibly positive’

Andy Burnham has excluded rapists and serious child sex offenders from his early prisoner release scheme, but victims' groups and the opposition say the changes still don't go far enough

PM said he ‘wanted to go even further’ but that it would not be possible without the prison system collapsing

Government apologises to police officer's family after his widow described decision as 'utter betrayal'