1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (610+ words) The heatwave threshold will likely be met for some at the weekend before the week starts with an amber extreme heat warning, with temperatures potentially climbing up to or above 34 C. The Met Office warning is in place on Monday and…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (960+ words) Kemi Badenoch attended a victory rally in Aberdeen after Conservative Douglas Lumsden won the Aberdeen South by-election (Michal Wachucik/PA) Labour is "obsessed" with internal party "drama" Kemi Badenoch said, as she challenged Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers to…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (378+ words) The SNP have conceded defeat in the Aberdeen South by-election. The party expects to lose the seat previously held by former Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, the first gain for the Conservatives in a Scottish by-election since 1967. A senior party source…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (287+ words) An Olympic rowing champion and former Oxford Brookes University chancellor has joined the House of Lords. Katherine Grainger, who took up the sport in 1993, was nominated for a peerage last summer. Now sitting as an independent crossbench peer, she won…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (295+ words) Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, whose work helped enable artificial intelligence, has stressed that society has no choice but to change in the advent of AI. Mr Huang has been optimistic about the technology's potential to rapidly change society, creating…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (753+ words) England fans have been enthusiastically welcomed by Texans ahead of the Three Lions" World Cup opener, despite being branded "a little loud. Supporters were out in force in Dallas Fort Worth on Monday night, particularly at the White Elephant Saloon…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (374+ words) Ben Stokes is in contention to play for Durham in the County Championship this week after being stood down from England duty. England's Test captain and fast bowler Gus Atkinson were made unavailable for the second Test against New Zealand,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (371+ words) The 2026 FIFA World Cup has started, so that means there is even more football to watch than usual, and soaps such as East Enders are affected by the coverage. This week, matches on BBC One impact the usual TV slots…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (693+ words) Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell will have rationalised his embezzlement of more than "400, 000, acting on a possible internal pressure to have the "lavish lifestyle that he craved but could not afford" a criminologist suggested. Dr Nicola Harding said Murrell's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (455+ words) Harry Kane has said it is "like looking in a mirror" to be immortalised as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London. The England captain, who is in Miami ahead of the World Cup kicking off next week, said it…...