Heavy and thundery showers are set to batter southern parts of England as a yellow thunderstorm warning comes into force. The alert is active from 10am to 9pm on Thursday, covering areas including ...

Renewables generated more than half of the UK’s power for the first time in 2024 in a new record high for clean electricity sources. Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4 ...

House sales jumped by 13% month-on-month in June, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. Across the UK, it estimated that 93,530 home sales took place during the month, which was 1% ...

An exam board is set to be fined £350,000 after hundreds of pupils received the wrong GCSE grades on results day last year. More than 1,500 students received the incorrect results for WJEC’s Eduqas ...

A “radar-related issue” caused the air traffic control (ATC) failure that grounded flights across the UK on Wednesday, officials have said. Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe was summoned to meet ...

England flanker Abi Burton will make her first Test start in Saturday’s World Cup warm-up match against Spain in Leicester. The 25-year-old Trailfinders player scored two tries as a replacement on her ...

A new report into the death of a five-year-old boy after he was sent home from A&E has concluded that his mother’s instinct that her child was unwell was “repeatedly not addressed across services”.

An offshore wind farm which developers say could be the world’s biggest has been approved by the Scottish Government. Berwick Bank – proposed to be built off the coast of East Lothian – aims to ...

Two bodies have been recovered from the cliffs below Whitby Abbey, police have said. An emergency service rescue operation was launched at 7.16pm on Wednesday after a member of the public spotted the ...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has said the music of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath is “the Birmingham soundtrack” after the singer’s cortege travelled through the city on Wednesday. The ...

Muhammad was the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales in 2024, figures show. It was the second year running that Muhammad topped the list, having been in the top 10 since 2016. Noah ...

BT and EE have raised mid-contract price rises for customers taking out a new deal from Thursday. New BT and EE customers who sign up for broadband from July 31 will see their monthly price rise by £4 ...