The heatwave that has seen record temperatures set for the month of May in recent days is expected to ease slightly across the UK on Thursday. The Met Office forecast a temperature high of 31C in London on Thursday, while the Midlands and North West are expected see highs of 28C, noticeably lower than the 35.1C recorded at Kew Gardens in west London on Tuesday. The forecaster also said on Wednesday that another “tropical night”, […]
The number of young people neither working nor learning could reach 1.25 million within the next five years, a review by an ex-Labour health secretary will warn amid fears of a “lost generation”. Its author Alan Milburn is expected to say the first rung of the career ladder is “simply out of reach” for many young people and conclude it is not this group’s fault but rather “failure of a system stuck in the past”. While currently around […]
An Austrian court has convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The state court in Wiener Neustadt found the 21-year-old defendant, an Austrian citizen known only as Beran A in line with Austrian privacy rules, guilty on charges including those related to the concert, the Austria Press Agency reported. His defence lawyer said he admitted to the […]
The Eagles win their first European trophy with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig Crystal Palace lifted their first European trophy and punched their ticket to the Europa League after Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half goal proved the difference during their 1-0 Conference League final victory over Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig. It marked the final chapter of a fairytale run for Palace boss Oliver Glasner, who, after guiding the Eagles to an historic FA Cup triumph and […]
They'll down tools for a 16th time in their ongoing row over pay Resident doctors will go on strike for four days in June, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. The announcement follows the union’s first talks with new Health Secretary James Murray on Wednesday. Walkouts will begin at 7am on Monday June 15, ending at 6.59am on Friday June 19. The BMA said further strikes will be announced for July if no […]
A Treasury minister has rejected Sir Tony Blair’s call to curb the triple lock and defended net zero after the former prime minister mounted a scathing attack on Labour’s policy agenda. Dan Tomlinson said “things have moved on” since the ex-Labour leader was in No 10 and he insisted increases to the state pension are sustainable long-term. In a highly critical 5,700-word essay published on Wednesday, Sir Tony warned Labour is “playing with fire” over […]
Ofgem’s price cap is to rise by 13% from July 1 driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the regulator has said. The jump will equate to a rise of £18 a month for the average household using both electricity and gas, with households seeing an increase of 24% on their gas bills and 5% on their electricity bills. Ofgem chief executive Tim Jarvis said: “Today’s price change reflects continued volatility in global […]
The King created an instant “bond” with cancer patients when he visited the site of a newly redeveloped centre for people living with the disease. Charles was cheered by patients and staff at York Hospital, as he toured the site ahead of the opening of the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre. He met patients including Lou Rhodes, 49, who is living with stage 4 secondary breast cancer, and was involved in the design and development of the […]
A stepmother killed a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment nearly half a century ago, jurors found. Janice Nix, 67, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrea Bernard by forcing her into the bath in Thornton Heath, south London, in 1978. Andrea’s death was treated as an accident until her older brother Desmond Bernard went to police in 2022 with a new account of what happened, Isleworth Crown Court heard. Nix, […]
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