Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

PM Andy Burnham on Sunday announced changes to the next early release scheme - scheduled to start in October - which mean PC Harper's killers will stay in jail.

Patel to be replaced by Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

Kemi Badenoch is expected to carry out a wider reshuffle of her front bench team following high-profile departures.

US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Iran says the attack killed some civilians and is the first known US strike on Iran since late July.

This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.

UK raises case of British activist detained by settlers in West Bank with Israel
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Finn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Kheir.