Summer 2026 on course to be UK's hottest on record, says Met Office
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to break the record, which was set just last year.

Burnham 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

The PM says the justice secretary will present a plan in September to prevent more early releases.

Watch: Was Trump smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck?
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

US media reports say the president secretly left via a catering truck to avoid a threat to his life from Iran.

Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

Specialist glasses are all but sold out online ahead of the UK's most significant eclipse since 1999.

Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says
Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026

Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed seven people - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.