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Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:53:51 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Majority 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 GMT
HMS 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 GMT
Lady 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 GMT
Russia 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
Energy 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 GMT
Reform 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
Andy 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 GMT
Former 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 GMT
Road 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 GMT
Two 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 GMT
Prince 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 GMT
Lady 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 GMT
Free 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 GMT
French 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 GMT
LGBTQ+ 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 GMT
15,000 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 GMT
HMRC 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 GMT
Burnham 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 GMT
My 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 GMT
Martin 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
Archbishop 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
Antisemitic 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 GMT
Teacher 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 GMT
Former 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 GMT
Three 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 GMT
Lammy 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 GMT
Man 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 GMT
Picturesque 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 GMT
Russia 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 GMT
Sacked 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 GMT
Former 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
Heatwave 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 GMT
Devon 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

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