18+ min ago   (170+ words) A teenager has been charged with piloting a small boat crossing from France to the UK. Sudanese national Chan Mathok Atak, 19, is accused of endangering another during a journey by sea to the UK on Thursday. Atak, from South Sudan,…...

25+ min ago   (765+ words) The Metropolitan Police are investigating donations to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice. Britain Means Business – a fundraising vehicle – gave Reform two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election, according to…...

43+ min ago   (716+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham “has the courage” to fix adult social care and will make a start next week, a source has said. Mr Burnham believes the issue of how adult social care works and is funded in England has…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (543+ words) The staff of Holby City Hospital are in the midst of an explosive disaster and faced with life-or-death emergencies in a first look at the Casualty 40th anniversary episodes. In a teaser trailer released by the BBC, fans were offered a…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (924+ words) The First Minister has asked for military aid from the UK Government as residents in the highland village of Nethy Bridge are “angry and frustrated” amid evacuation orders due to a nearby wildfire. More than 500 firefighters have been tackling the…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (403+ words) Jeremy Jacquet will not make his Liverpool debut in tonight’s pre-season friendly against Sunderland. The Frenchman, who officially joined Liverpool from Rennes this summer, has recovered from shoulder surgery but will not feature in Nashville as a precaution. The Reds…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (422+ words) Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines spent hours tackling a major blaze which swept over rows of flats in South London this afternoon. Numerous calls were made to London Fire Brigade after converted ex-townhouses in Belgrave Walk in Mitcham became engulfed…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1411+ words) An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London in the world’s largest trans pride event, organisers have said. Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make a positive difference to…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (340+ words) Gardaí investigating a suspected dissident republican bomb intercepted in a car near the Irish border have charged a man in his 40s in connection with the case. The man is due to appear before the Special Criminal Court at the Criminal…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (756+ words) A French foreign minister has urged tourists not to cancel their travel plans despite unprecedented wildfires in the country’s south west. Éléonore Caroit, the minister for international partnerships, said that although France was facing an “exceptionally intense” fire season, tourists…...