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Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year
UKHSA estimates 2,877 heat-associated deaths during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice the number in summer 2025The number of excess deaths cause…
Judge orders Amy Winehouse’s father to pay nearly £1m to her friends
Mitch Winehouse ‘knowingly and deliberately’ made unfounded allegations against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, judge saysThe father of British musi…
Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school
Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950sTwo people who attended a prestig…
Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
Right-wing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for cha…
Triple killer who dismembered bodies of two friends given whole-life jail sentence
James Desborough, who also strangled cellmate to death for snoring while awaiting trial, hid body fragments in Cornwall woodsA triple killer who murde…
‘Each day feels like the last’: Haitians with TPS on edge as confusion clouds US work status
US employers and Haitian immigrants live in constant uncertainty as status of work permits remains in limboFor more than a month, Bobby Kuchinsky arri…
Boy, seven, dies after Essex coast incident that killed cousin and aunt
Musa Ahmed was being treated in intensive care in London hospital after being pulled from West Mersea seaA seven-year-old boy has died a week after an…
Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole
Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emai…
California’s largest ICE facility neglected detainees’ medical needs, monitor finds
Court-appointed investigator finds California City facility failed to comply with judge’s order to provide adequate healthcareCalifornia’s largest imm…
Black people’s risk factors for stroke ‘rising faster than for white people’
Exclusive: King’s College London analysis finds diabetes and hypertension are more common in Black African and Caribbean peopleStroke risk factors inc…
Kentucky teen lauded for defending girl from sexual harassment fatally shot
Da’Jon Anthony Hayes-Burr, shot by another teenager, had stopped a 45-year-old man from harassing a 12-year-old girlKentucky’s largest city is mournin…
Ariana Grande sues hackers who allegedly sold unreleased music and photos online
Pop star aims to use legal process to name ‘wrongdoers who hide in the shadows and wreak technological havoc with impunity’Ariana Grande has filed a l…
Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a third
Average 25% increase for letters such as marketing, bills and medical appointment notices from 5 OctoberRoyal Mail will increase the price of its whol…
Savannah Guthrie renews plea for answers in mother’s disappearance: ‘Do the right thing’
Today show host says her family ‘will always ache for’ mother Nancy, who has been missing for nearly six monthsSavannah Guthrie has posted a new video…
Homeless families in London temporary housing told not to use air conditioning
Exclusive: Two children reportedly taken to hospital after residents told in-built units ‘not offered as amenity’Homeless families placed in temporary…
‘I knew what he had done to those boys’: murderer to stay in jail after journalist’s fight for justice
Gibraltar-based Ros Astengo inspired four men to report sexual assaults carried out by Allan Grimson in 1990sRos Astengo, a journalist based in Gibral…
Screamers welcome: Chicago scream club lets people ‘give in and let go’
Chicagoans come together for cathartic and communal screaming experience as activity gains traction across USPeople strolling along North Avenue Beach…
He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun
After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and …
Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness
Comedian and former Goodie who became a noted ornithologist and TV presenter.…
Scottish businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood dies aged 84
The Aberdeen-based businessman turned his family's boat repair firm into an oil and gas engineering giant.…
Girlguiding redesigns uniforms to put focus on ‘self-expression and confidence’
Relaxed rules mean members only have to wear a top to meetings and activities after extensive feedbackGirlguiding has fully redesigned its uniform acr…
England’s north-south life expectancy gap grows despite record longevity
King’s Fund report finds men and women live, on average, for 80 years and nearly 84 years, but gains are in southThe north-south divide in life expect…
Restricted eating hours may reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find
Preliminary study shows older people who avoided food four hours before bed did better in problem solving testsConfining mealtimes and snacks to a nin…
RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
Experts say evidence for cognitive screening desired by health secretary ‘not great’ as taskforce idle since last yearThe US health secretary, Robert …
Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein - how Italian children became so overweight
The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.…
Sunscreen doesn't cause cancer. Why do those claims keep spreading?
Each summer, false claims about sunscreen causing cancer continue to spread online.…
Six men arrested over fatal stabbing in south London
The attack is believed to have taken place near Tremadoc Road in the early hours of Saturday.…
What’s behind the ICC investigation into Karim Khan?
Lawyers for the ICC’s ousted Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan say he is the victim of a political witchhunt…
Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’, says lawyer
Comment follows news Axel Rudakubana had been transferred from prison to psychiatric hospitalThe lawyer for the families of Axel Rudakubana’s victims …
Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s
Officials said they were not satisfied Therese Abdallah was a ‘genuine visitor’ and believed she would not leave after visit to son in LondonA Palesti…