Thousands of rail passengers hit by power failure disruption
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

An outage in Manchester caused delays and cancellations, with services expected to be affected throughout the evening.

Burnham orders review of grooming gang early releases
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

The announcement of the review comes after the Tory leader raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail early.

Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA withdraws Infantino support
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.

Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

While precise data is classified, publicly available information suggests the US has used up many difficult-to-manufacture weapons.

Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Greece after his wife gave police 'key' details
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, faces charges of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences.