Videos of Labour’s Al Carns include him talking about his time as a marine and challenging a firefighter to pull-up contest Labour minister Al Carns has claimed thousands of pounds on parliamentary expenses for promotion
Venezuelan-born dancer posts emotional video saying she plans to take on new projects in other areas Strictly Come Dancing’s longest-serving female professional dancer, Karen Hauer, has quit the show after 14 years.
Woman’s Hour host, who has died aged 75, could talk about hydrangeas, campaign against domestic abuse, then tear a strip off a politician – all within a few minutes Before she took over Woman’s Hour in 1987, Jenni Murray
FoI request reveals no evidence of testing despite ministers hailing agreement as key to delivering AI-led public service reform When the UK government signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI, the tech firm behi
Exclusive: Tariq Ahmad says he has raised concerns with party leadership after shadow justice secretary’s remarks The shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, has been accused by a Conservative peer and former counter-ext
Nearly 300 of the actor’s items, from designer gowns to everyday basics, to be sold in Los Angeles, with some lots under $100 A customised sunhat. A slogan sweatshirt. A “mom” necklace. An old copy of Cosmopolitan.
Police say two people tried to enter Faslane base in Scotland, home to core of UK’s submarine fleet and Trident nuclear weapons Two people have been charged, one of them Iranian, after they allegedly tried to enter HM Na
Both weapons, fired after Starmer authorised US to carry out further attacks from British bases, failed to hit Chagos Island target Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran has reportedly fired missiles towards a jo
Bypassing animal health certificate system by using cheaper pet passport issued abroad could backfire, experts say British pet owners who want to take their furry friends elsewhere in Europe have been warned not to try t
DHSC retracts misleading claim that sunbeds pose equal cancer risk to smoking, after regulator intervention. Experts highlight smoking's far greater impact.
How infections linked to a nightclub escalated into a public health incident requiring a national response is a puzzle experts are still grappling with Tyra Skinner had already been violently sick three times when doctor
Conflict has not only hit sporting calendar but laid bare weakness in plans for diversifying economies through sport The sight of Nasser al-Khelaifi grounded in Doha when Paris Saint Germain hosted Chelsea in the last-16
Former boxing world champion’s cause of death was hanging but his intention was unclear, inquest concludes A coroner has said she “cannot be satisfied” that British former boxing world champion Ricky Hattonintended to ta
Officials understood to be investigating use of visas by company linked to Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light The Home Office is investigating a company linked to a religious sect based in Cheshire over its use of immigr
Britain authorises use of military bases to strike Iranian missile launchers that target shipping in strait of Hormuz President Trump branded the UK and other Nato allies “cowards” on Friday amid growing anger among cabi
Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats It will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first
Veteran broadcaster interviewed prominent female leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton The former BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray has died at the age of 75.
International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supply Lowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption is among potential contingency plans being drawn up
Scientific advisory committee to examine impact of offering routine MenB jabs to wider range of people The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why?
Gwyn Samuels, who committed crimes as James Bubb, befriended both victims online befriended both victims online A Metropolitan police officer who raped a girl and a woman after “systematically” grooming them both online
Move follows the granting of a worldwide asset freezing order on company’s founder, Paresh Raja What is the £1.3bn MFS mortgage scandal and what is private credit?
Peter Coates’s family welcome end to years pursuing answers after he died when outage stopped oxygen machine A family has welcomed a coroner’s conclusion that ambulance delays possibly contributed to their father’s death
Exclusive: Chris Bryant says policy agreements are being done in bits and pieces but a greater vision is needed by both sides It was all smiles and warm handshakes when the two men in charge of renegotiating the UK’s rel
Stuart Niven suspended after it emerged he had been struck off as a company director over financial allegations Reform UK has suspended one of its Scottish candidates after it emerged he had been struck off as a company
Owner of labrador says bottle find may be connected to poisoning that led to one of England’s last hangings A man in Devon believes his beloved dog has dug up a key piece of evidence in his back garden connected to a not
Many MPs say they are frustrated with communications strategy that brands both Reform and Greens as extremists Cabinet ministers have been studying a blueprint for Labour to radically overhaul its economic offer and mess
Kim Leadbeater joins protest against delaying of bill to allow assisted dying in the UK and says people are ‘extremely angry’ The House of Lords “signed its own death warrant” over its stalling of the UK assisted dying b
Man and woman, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, held after asking to enter sensitive military site Two people have been arrested, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, after they tried to enter the Faslane nuc
Animal Aid says reclassification of research facilities as key infrastructure could catch even most peaceful action A charity has filed a legal challenge over a “chilling” change in the law that restricts protest outside
Spread appears to have slowed, with just two new cases reported in past day bringing total to 29 The Kent meningitis outbreak may have reached its peak, after only two new cases were reported by officials on Friday.
Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK which left them injured Three men who sued the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams over three Irish Republican Army bombings in Britain ha
What causes meningitis, what the public health response has been and how the situation differs from Covid The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the
Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulations Lithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keep
Consultancy’s forecast of £1,972 annual dual fuel bill follows conflict pushing UK’s gas market past three-year highs Business live – latest updates Household energy bills in Great Britain could soar by more than £330 a
Company says tool to compare self-reported hours with computer estimates is for ‘awareness, not enforcement’ JP Morgan Chase has started to compare the hours junior investment bankers claim to have worked against logs on
LSE research found some Reform councillors have denied the reality of climate science, and mention of climate has been removed from strategy documents Good morning.
Group, which also owns Dove and Hellmann’s, will focus more on personal care products if deal agreed Unilever, the owner of Marmite, Dove and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, is in talks to combine its food business with the US-ba
Data comes amid increasing fears that Iran war could send British government’s plans off course Business live – latest updates Britain’s public finances showed a higher than expected monthly deficit of £14.3bn last month
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’ Richard Hermer, the attorney general, has challenged Kemi Badenoch to say whether she would o
Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strike Labour will be “decimated” in the upcoming local elections and should “hang their heads in shame” over the ha
UK Covid inquiry: NHS "teetered on the brink," staff efforts crucial. Families say findings confirm their concerns. Iran warns of "zero restraint" on energy if targeted again.
Exclusive: Lack of enforcement is allowing people to drop rubbish with complete impunity, says Clean Up Britain Scores of councils across the UK have in effect ended enforcement of fines for littering, while others are l
Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category Alarming levels of toxic forever chemicals have been found in the blood of people li
Britons are likely to have little loyalty to the car park operator as it goes into administration with a £305m debt burden Nearly a century old and once host to London fashion week, the NCP car park in Brewer Street in L
Archivist Jo Klett says the 40 boxes of material will provide ‘a full picture of Roger’s entire working career’ “It’s a joy to be old,” wrote Roger McGough, one of Britain’s most popular, prolific and funniest poets.
Michael Kenny’s daughter Juliette, a sixth-former at a school in Kent, died one day after showing symptoms The father of an 18-year-old school pupil who died after the meningitis outbreak in Kent said his family’s devast
The price of popular branded eggs has risen by over 40% in some cases while some have also shrunk in size Shoppers are shelling out for smaller eggs again this Easter as shrinkflation takes another bite out of the favour
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it Political elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, according to analysis that identifie
London museum defies drop in numbers seen elsewhere, attributed to cost of living and fall in international tourists London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) was the most popular attraction in the UK during 2025, with its r
Reform party leader criticised for making comments after event held in London’s Trafalgar Square this week Muslim leaders have condemned Nigel Farage’s call to ban public prayer by Muslims in the UK as bigoted and warned
About a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admits The government has reneged on a pledge to make all prison cells fire-safe or take them out of use by the end of next year, meaning tens of thousands
At the launch of the Conservative local elections campaign on Thursday, Peter Walker asked Kemi Badenoch about her shadow justice secretary’s claim that Muslims praying in Trafalgar square was an ‘act of domination’.
Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path The longest managed coastal walking route in the world has been opened by the king at the Seven Sisters cl
Conservative leader says debate not about freedom of religion, but its expression in shared public space UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has backed her shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, after he cla
Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups Essex police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras
On second anniversary of his sister ending her life at Dignitas, Tony Marra will protest outside parliament with other campaigners Two years after Paola Marra, on the eve of her death, appealed to politicians to change t
Lovehoney sponsors Aphrodite-themed ‘pleasure garden’ full of flowers associated with love and sex It is one of the most prestigious events of the UK social calendar, but the great and good attending Chelsea flower show
Reform leader ‘unavailable’ on service after Guardian investigation unearths clips of him repeating extremist slogans Nigel Farage has stopped using the personalised video platform Cameo revealations the Reform UK leader
Exclusive: At least four people have travelled back to the UK by lorry in the last two weeks Asylum seekers who arrived in the UK in small boats and were forcibly returned to France under the controversial “one in, one o
Iran war and its impact on energy and fertiliser costs is the main risk to the global economy, report says Business live – latest updates An extended period of high oil prices as a result of war in the Middle East could
UK’s bilateral aid to Africa, which funds programmes such as schools and clinics, to be cut by almost £900m by 2028-29 Some of the world’s poorest countries will lose out on UK aid which funds programmes such as schools
Exclusive: Hanne, 16, from Sussex, was denied board on flight to London after weekend in Copenhagen A 16-year-old British schoolgirl has been left stranded in Denmark after she was refused board on a flight to London bec
Close relatives of affected post office operators will be able to make claim over harm scandal caused families Family members of post office operators affected by the Horizon IT scandal will be able to claim compensation
Decision to hold interest rates is backed by gloomy assessment of economy as Iran war pushes up oil prices Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% Business live – latest updates The US-Israel attack on Iran has alr
Peers’ decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeated Women who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal abortions are set to be pardoned, after an historic vo
Chair Heather Hallett says pandemic had devastating impact due to NHS being in ‘parlous state’ at time The NHS “teetered on the brink of collapse” during the Covid pandemic, and only just coped thanks to the “superhuman”
Decision comes as concerns mount over economic fallout from conflict bringing fresh cost of living shock Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold amid growing fears over an infla
Reform UK leader’s remarks in Cameo clip risk damaging party’s ambitions in upcoming Welsh elections Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans Nigel Farage described Welsh people as “f
Energy company plans full return to London by moving global HQ to new development on South Bank Business live – latest updates BP has agreed to sell its giant German oil refinery site in Gelsenkirchen to investment firm
New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers It’s a Sin, the award-winning TV series about friendship duri
Hundreds of students at University of Kent take up offer of meningitis B vaccination amid ‘very unusual outbreak’ The number of cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent has risen to 27, up from 20, the UK Health
Taith programme, set up after UK’s post-Brexit withdrawal from Erasmus+, faces uncertain future over funding A “life-changing” international learning programme set up in Wales after Brexit is at risk of being closed down
Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely than ever before, says government Tens of thousands of offenders will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing tags that track their loc
Month-ahead UK wholesale gas price hits highest level since August 2022 as Donald Trump threatens retaliation Middle East crisis – live updates Business live – latest updates Gas prices jumped and oil prices rose again a
Charity Commission appoints interim manager at William Blake House in Northamptonshire, under investigation after families raised alarm A charity watchdog has taken control of a learning disability care home in Northampt
Watchdog says banks will be able to respond to changing consumer demands, inflation and new technology The limit on contactless spending with a credit or debit card has been scrapped, and banks will be allowed to set the
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news UK wage growth slows sharply as unemployment holds steady Fed holds interest rates steady as Iran war drives up oil prices and inflation fears Middle East crisis
ONS data for three months to January is unlikely to convince Bank of England to cut interest rates Business live – latest updates Wage growth slowed sharply in the three months to January according to the latest snapshot