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Thunderstorms are set to hit parts of the UK this week as the country is unlikely to “see the return of summer”, forecasters have warned. A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office covering large parts of the UK, during which up to 80mm of rain may fall in the worst affected areas in eastern Scotland. The warning for thunderstorms, which is in place all day Monday […]

Dave Ellis set aside previous Paralympic frustration and issues with the river Seine water quality to power to triathlon glory before Megan Richter grabbed another gold for Great Britain. Visually-impaired Ellis, whose Tokyo 2020 ambitions were derailed by a snapped bike chain, claimed the men’s PTVI3 title in Paris by crossing the line alongside guide Luke Pollard in 58 minutes and 41 seconds. Success for the 38-year-old was swiftly followed […]

The wife of a Conservative councillor has admitted sending a social media message stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks. Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly, pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court on Monday to a charge of inciting racial hatred by publishing and distributing “threatening or abusive” written material on X, formerly Twitter. Details of the offence […]

Former Page Three model Samantha Fox told a police officer “I know where you live” and threatened to knock his teeth out after a drunken incident on a British Airways flight, a court has heard. Fox, 58, who appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday wearing a white shirt and trousers, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to being drunk and disorderly at the airport on December 3 2023. […]

A fund to help struggling households with bills and essentials has been extended to cover the winter period after councils warned that the most vulnerable were facing a support “cliff edge”. The Household Support Fund, which was due to expire at the end of September, will run for another six months in what the Government described as a multimillion-pound “boost” for local authorities. Campaigners and charities welcomed the news although […]

Renewed appeals are being made to find a student who vanished six months ago after a night out. Jack O’Sullivan, 23, was last seen in the area of Brunel Lock Road and Brunel Way in Bristol at around 3.15am on Saturday March 2 after leaving a house party. His mother, Catherine O’Sullivan, told the BBC she goes out searching every day for her son, and that her aim in life […]

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A group of alleged thieves who are suspected of targeting luxury Ibiza villas, including one rented by TV and radio star Nick Grimshaw, have been arrested by Spanish authorities. Two men and one woman have been arrested by the Guardia Civil over at least 22 robberies at homes on the Spanish island with the total value of stolen items believed to be more than half a million euros. Podcaster and […]

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said she will not hesitate to “take action” where schools are failing. Ms Phillipson said single-phrase inspection headline grades for schools in England are being scrapped with immediate effect as they cannot capture “the entire essence of a school”. She said the death of headteacher Ruth Perry made the need for reform of the inspectorate “absolutely clear”. Mrs Perry took her own life after an […]