The UK has recorded its warmest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 30.8C, the Met Office said. The new high was measured in Wisley, Surrey, days after temperatures in Santon Downham in Suffolk ...

A British man stranded in Israel has criticised the UK Government for not arranging flights to get him home. Zak Wagman, 26, is unable to fly home following the closure of Israel’s airspace amid the ...

Jo Stevens has said plans for floating offshore wind farms in Wales and the South West will create 5,300 jobs and power four million homes.

Tom Marquand extricated himself from a difficult position to win the King George V Stakes on Merchant for William Haggas. Drawn in stall 20, Marquand had chosen to drop in behind horses while Ryan ...

Music-lovers have said they “cannot believe their luck” as they queued in sunshine for ferries to take them across the Solent to the Isle of Wight Festival. Thousands of party-goers are heading to ...

He said that since last summer’s race-related disturbances in the region, the PSNI was being “far more proactive and robust” in response to attacks directed at them. We will pursue them, we'll find ...

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe has been admitted to hospital with “acute gastroenteritis”, the Spanish giants have revealed. The 26-year-old France international missed Wednesday night’s 1-1 Club ...

The Owen Burrows-trained Falakeyah looked every inch a top-class filly in the making when dominating her rivals in the 10-furlong Pretty Polly at Newmarket, after which the Betfred Oaks at Epsom and ...

A Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years. Zhenhao Zou, 28, kept a trophy box of women’s belongings and filmed ...

A fingerprint expert denied she made a mistake in identifying a palm print found at the scene of the rape and murder of a pensioner in 1967, a court heard. Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry ...

The code of practice on statutory learning disability and autism training is named after 18-year-old Oliver McGowan.