More people are using more electricity for fans and air conditioning to keep cool

The Government said the deal would reduce the costs of Britain’s energy system

Temperatures could rocket to 35C in UK’s longest heatwave since 1976

Metropolitan Police launch investigation into £37,500 donation allegedly received from a US businessman

The Reform leader insisted by-election is a ‘real election with real people’

There will be more ‘challenging discussions’ on the future of the benefit, official report admits

Sir Elton used the clip as part of the backdrop to his Farewell Yellow Brick Road stage show

Queen Camilla made her customary visit to Wimbledon as Arthur Fery took to the court for his Wimbledon quarter-final

Nominations are opening in a Labour Party election to replace Keir Starmer as Britain's prime minister

Count Binface has responded after the BBC asked him to reveal his identity live on air.

Keir Starmer said he did not want to ‘jinx’ England by announcing a bank holiday

Cross-party committee of MPs found vital security vetting for New Labour grandee appeared to be viewed ‘as a nuisance’

Data shows over 30,000 endorsements for drug-driving were added to licences in 2025

Exclusive: ‘Exceptionally frustrated’ watchdog has said ‘something has to change’ at the Crown Prosecution Service

The government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week

Footage captures the moment a young neo-Nazi was caught by undercover police in a fake arms deal in a Morrisons car park.

More than 100 kilos of the drug were recovered from an address

Nigel Farage’s resignation has triggered a sudden by-election in Clacton, where he hopes to give voters a chance to ‘stick two fingers up to the establishment’. Harriette Boucher headed to the seaside town to find out what his constituents real...

The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle ‘against the establishment’ in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

Police officers were alerted to a man in the water by the coastguard

The judge dismissed the appeals of two people challenging decisions to extradite them to Romania

The man was participating in a race which allows people from ‘all walks of life’ to take part

At a screening for The Independent’s new documentary ‘Hunted: Kidnapped, blackmailed and tortured for being LGBTQ+,’ UNAIDS official Christine Stegling made clear the danger she sees coming

The government has approved 30 nationally significant clean energy projects since coming to power in July 2024

What do Nigel Farage’s Clacton constituents think about his resignation?

He is believed to have fled to Zimbabwe, which does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Some members believe the party’s defence policy is outdated

The defendants left and then came back for more boxes less than two hours later

Dozens of staff members reportedly accessed the medical records of a three-year-old boy injured in a crocodile pit

Alfie Coleman was caught by MI5 in an undercover sting

The Reform UK leader says he’s sticking two fingers up to the establishment – but our readers aren’t buying it. Here’s their verdict on his resignation stunt and the £5m question hanging over him...

Kemi Badenoch accuses Farage of ‘fake by-election’ as independent parties left to take the Reform leader on

Ruth Ellis shot her lover dead after he subjected her to brutal physical abuse

Some hearings are being moved to video calls

UK inflation projections have been tempered by the interim US-Iran peace deal, which helped to ease oil prices

The chancellor has been urged to use her powers to block Farage’s resignation until official investigation into the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from a crypto-billionaire is complete

A mixed-heritage woman brought a case at the employment tribunal over her colleague’s use of the word

Detectives are said to be analysing around 60 transactions and investigating more than a million emails

Mr Tervit was working at a height of around four metres when he was thrown from the platform

BA flight from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Heathrow was axed on Sunday after crew allegedly got drunk

Political editor David Maddox says Nigel Farage has failed to learn lessons from history – and it could result in career-ending embarrassment for the Reform UK leader

Count Binface has pledged to run against Nigel Farage, after the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in Clacton.

Reform UK leader has resigned as an MP and has triggered a by-election, which he intends to contest

Tony Bartlett was convicted of murder at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday afternoon

‘Our message is simple: Pip is not working,’ the review is expected to say

Blackburn Rovers have been sued by Macron Sportswear UK

Paul Price abandoned his Year 9 students and was found ‘crouching’ in the cupboard with vape

Experts voiced ‘profound disappointment’ over a decision to increase water extraction from the River Spey

Scientists found the sports supplement significantly slowed the growth of tumour cells in mice

A police cordon is expected to remain in place at the address as the investigation continues

Kyle Patrick was driving at ‘grossly excessive speeds’ before his car crashed – resulting in passenger Erin Slane’s death

The inquiry, at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, began with a minute’s silence for the victims of the attack

Kay Burley called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a “war hero” whilst sitting next to a Jeffrey Epstein survivor on a Newsnight panel.

Reform UK leader can’t cancel his resignation, says Prof Sir John Curtice

The Greens and other parties have confirmed they will not stand in the by-election

Nigel Farage got Westminster watchers in a frenzy today. A cryptic tweet promising a statement on “the future of my public life” triggered two hours of fevered speculation. What followed was a scathing attack on the media and political class he r...

The water watchdog has been investigating how wastewater and sewage networks are managed across the industry

Nigel Farage's 'quit-and-reapply' stunt was intended to prove himself as the anti-establishment underdog, but all he’s really done is highlight the holes in his own illusion, say ex-Whitehall insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson. Reported by Ma...

Drivers heading to London Gatwick Airport are being warned to allow plenty of extra time and consider alternative routes