Laundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowding
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.

Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Thousands are still missing as Chinese state media report the official number of fatalities in Tibet at 16.

Man charged with murder of woman and girl after fatal Teesside house fire
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A girl, 7, and her aunt died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.

'I've never been to Afghanistan': Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.

Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted over the drive-by shooting of the rap superstar 30 years ago.