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Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:53:51 GMTUK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning as south coast set to be lashed by strong winds
Forecasters warn strong gusts could bring disruption to the south coast
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:52:28 GMTMajority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster
There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says Sir John Curtice
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:49:42 GMTHMS Prince of Wales: UK’s largest warship breaks down again
HMS Prince of Wales weighs 65,000 tonnes, and has a top speed in excess of 25 knots per hour and a range of 10,000 nautical miles
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:40:25 GMTLady Phyll: ‘Pride can’t just be a party when we’re still fighting to survive’
The founder of UK Black Pride, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in August, spoke to Emma Henderson about still being asked why there's a need for it, the importance of intersectionality and why you can't take politics out of Pride
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:31:30 GMTRussia wants to cause UK harm — it’s time to take that seriously, ex-military chief warns
Exclusive: Lord Peach, the former chief of the defence staff, warns British households and businesses need to prepare
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:08:41 GMTStarmer suggests US ‘trying to interfere in our democracy’ after JD Vance blames Henry Nowak murder on migration
Trump administration previously called for an end to ‘two-tier’ policing after teenager stabbed to death
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:01:00 GMTEnergy companies working ‘around the clock’ to meet demand during England and Scotland World Cup games
Energy suppliers are preparing for peaks of electricity demand as swathes of people across the UK settle in at home or head to venues to watch the tournament
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:30:42 GMTReform councillor faces calls to resign over ‘racist’ blackface photograph
The newly-elected Epping Forest councillor said a resident who discovered the image on his Facebook page ‘should not have been so nosey’
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:03:10 GMTAndrew Malkinson condemns ‘soft’ Paul Quinn rape sentence for attack he wrongly served 17 years in jail for
The wrongful conviction is considered one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:35:18 GMTAndy Burnham pledges to slash taxes on pubs if he becomes prime minister
Mayor promises to reverse a series of tax rises that have hit hospitality and small businesses since Labour came to power – and suggested he could cut employers’ national insurance contributions
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:19:56 GMTFormer Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Jon Snow is set to share his experience in a Channel 4 documentary
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:43:31 GMTRoad rage leads to record levels of abuse with road repair company issuing bodycameras to its staff
Staff have been threatened with a knife and a baseball bat and have been abused for removing St George flags from lampposts
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:43:24 GMT‘I would rush home to speak to ChatGPT’: A quarter of Gen Z would rather talk to AI than a real person, research shows
More than two-thirds of young people would cancel plans in order to spend time online, according to UK survey
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:28:15 GMTTwo teen rapists spared custody partly because of intellectual limitations, judge says
Their sentences are being sent to the Court of Appeal for a review
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:57 GMTPrince William tours Royal Navy nuclear submarine during Scottish naval base visit
William toured a Vanguard Class submarine, one of four Trident vessels forming the UK’s nuclear deterrent
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:32:16 GMTLady Pamela Hicks, Queen Elizabeth’s bridesmaid and confidante, dies aged 97
Lady Pamela was a bridemaid at the late Queen’s wedding and later one of her ladies-in-waiting
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:32:17 GMTFree to murder: How violent teenager on police bail stabbed an innocent grandfather to death days after release
Exclusive: Rasheed Rahman murdered ‘kind and generous’ grandfather Mark Carroll, 55, in an unprovoked stabbing in north London – the victim’s family are now demanding answers over the tragedy, as Holly Bancroft reports
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:30:16 GMTFrench champion jockey cleared of rape charges as he eyes return to racing
Pierre-Charles Boudot has not raced in his home country in over four years
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:05:54 GMTLGBTQ+ charities welcome decision to keep Hampstead Heath ponds trans inclusive
A consultation of 38,000 pond users found 86 per cent were in favour of keeping the ‘trans-inclusive’ arrangements
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:49:54 GMT15,000 sign petition demanding review into A-level exam over claims it was harder than previous papers
Signatories said Wednesday’s Pearson Edexcel paper 1 exam was significantly more challenging than any past papers and had left students feeling ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘uncertain’
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:27:20 GMTHMRC claims power to take money from bank accounts has saved £13m through side-effect
The reinstated policy is a strong ‘deterrent’, the tax authority reports
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:32:16 GMTBurnham needed to distance himself from Starmer’s ‘toxic’ Labour to boost hopes of by-election win, allies say
Exclusive: Allies of the Greater Manchester mayor have told The Independent that the decision to finally come clean publicly about his leadership ambitions was necessary to prove to voters in Makerfield that he will change Labour’s ‘toxic’ bran...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:01:06 GMTMy views on EU may have influenced Boris Johnson’s decision to back Brexit, says ex-wife
Exclusive: Marina Wheeler, the lawyer and writer who was married to the former prime minister until 2020, claims her change of heart about Britain’s membership of the EU ‘undoubtedly struck’ Johnson, who was one of the leading figures in the ca...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:50:20 GMTMartin Lewis shares how to get ahead of £221 July energy bill rise
The recent Bafta award-winner shared his tips for keeping energy costs down
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:42:44 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘could have made £180k-a-year charging rent’ at Royal Lodge estate
The former prince was boosting his income by subletting three cottages at Royal Lodge, an audit has revealed
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:07:00 GMTArchbishop tells Parliament artificial intelligence regulations fail to protect human dignity
Dame Sarah Mullally cited reports which showed ‘evidence that chatbots are now facilitating violence against women and girls’
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:56:00 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor seen with large mystery bruise across his face
The discolouration is said to be the result of a non-serious medical condition
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:45:35 GMTAntisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes surge across London, police data shows
Metropolitan Police record 255 antisemitic hate crimes in May, while Islamophobic hate crimes also rose by 33 per cent between April and May
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:32:39 GMTTeacher faked sick day for Portugal stag do then ripped out passport pages to hide trip
A staff member raised the alarm after seeing photos online of Joe Wilson holding a pint at an airport
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:49:05 GMTFormer MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger dies aged 62
Sir Alex Younger, the longest-serving Secret Intelligence Service chief in 50 years, publicly and repeatedly warned of threats from China, Russia and other hostile states
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:14:54 GMTThree more charged over Southampton disorder after Henry Nowak murder
Violent protests in Southampton resulted in 11 police officers and a dog suffering injuries
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:10:29 GMTLammy hits back at Trump administration’s ‘two-tier policing’ claim over Henry Nowak’s murder
The deputy prime minister and justice secretary says he ‘rejects’ the statement from the US state department
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:08:42 GMTMan who stabbed ex-partner 17 times in ferocious office attack jailed for 26 years
Anwar Ashraf had previously pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possession of a knife
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:47:08 GMTPicturesque river polluted with sewage just 13 days after being given official bathing status
Families were promptly warned against paddling at the site due to alarmingly high levels of E.coli
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:22:58 GMTRussia threats to UK at highest level since the Cold War, military chief warns
UK faces its ‘most dangerous period’ in decades as Moscow ‘risks crossing a line’, chief of the air staff says
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:13:10 GMTSacked BBC presenter loses discrimination claim after labelling fellow host ‘sociopathic’
Sean McGinty argued his actions were due to his ADHD and anxiety
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:11:09 GMTFormer student charged with attempted murder after University of Surrey staff member shot with crossbow
A former University of Surrey student has been charged with attempted murder after a staff member was shot with a crossbow.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:56:45 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor sublet Royal Lodge cottages to boost private income – despite paying peppercorn rent
The former prince gained income from privately subletting three cottages within Royal Lodge, a new report from the National Audit Office shows
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:50:49 GMTHeatwave dampens shoppers’ return to high streets – but confidence grows despite Iran war
Rising consumer confidence could be short-lived, economists have warned
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:02:37 GMTDevon helicopter crash: Three Royal Navy service members who died in training exercise named
Britain’s only female Navy commando among three victims of Wednesday’s crash