Emergency alert drill to be sent to UK mobile phones next weekend An emergency alert drill will send a test message to mobile phones across the UK next weekend. t will mark the second test of the national emergency alert system – after the first in 2023. On Sunday September 7 at around 3pm, mobile
Actor John Alford sexually assaulted teenage girls at party, court told Former London’s Burning actor John Alford sexually abused two teenage girls at a party, a court has heard. The 53-year-old is accused of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old and two counts relating to a second girl, then aged 15, of sexual
Summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be UK’s warmest on record A long spell of above-average temperatures means this summer will “almost certainly” be the UK’s warmest on record, according to new figures from the Met Office. The country would have to see several days of below-average temperatures between now and the end of the month
Hotel owner’s bid to appeal against asylum seeker ruling to be heard on Thursday The owner of an Essex hotel, which was blocked from housing asylum seekers at the site, is set to have a bid to challenge the decision heard at the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Somani Hotels Limited, which owns the Bell
Farage warns of ‘threat to public order’ without action on illegal migration Nigel Farage has warned of a “genuine threat to public order” without action to tackle illegal migration. The Clacton MP launched Reform UK’s “operation restoring justice”, which the party is billing as a five-year emergency programme to detain and deport illegal migrants and
Households set to learn energy bills to rise by around 1% in October – forecast Households are expected to learn that their energy bills will rise by around 1% in October when the regulator updates its price cap on Wednesday. Ofgem, which sets the limit on what energy companies can charge customers, is set to