Amber heat health alerts for almost all of England as next heatwave begins
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

The amber alerts will be in place until Friday evening to cover high and even extreme temperatures expected through this week.

Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Posted on Monday August 10, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.

New Forest firefighting to continue overnight as cars abandoned
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

One woman says she thought her family's car might go up in flames as the fire took hold on Sunday.

At least 132 killed in Colombia's largest earthquake in years
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

The magnitude 7.4 quake had its epicentre in Chocó province, near the Pacific Coast, but could be felt in cities hundreds of kilometres away.

England set to eliminate hepatitis C
Posted on Monday August 10, 2026

England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.