Posted inUK Ashley, Mavis and Poppy: is your name on the next Met Office list of storms? The list of named storms for the 2024/2025 storm year has been published by the Met Office. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK ‘It fills your heart’: Bride-to-be whose wedding dress was destroyed in tower block fire given free replacement A bride-to-be whose wedding dress was destroyed in a devastating fire at a block of flats has been given a free replacement thanks to "people's kindness". Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Masked men set fire to church – prompting police to open race hate investigation An arson attack on a church in east Belfast is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Serial rapist and murderer loses bid to reduce prison sentence A serial rapist who was jailed for life for the murder of Emma Caldwell has failed in an attempt to reduce his prison sentence. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Heat warnings issued in nine US states as Midwest sizzles in heatwave Thousands of wilting Americans were scrambling to keep themselves cool on Tuesday as an oppressive heatwave blanketed swathes of the Midwest. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Starmer wants reset with EU – ‘but that does not mean reversing Brexit’ Sir Keir Starmer has said his government wants a reset with the EU - "but that doesn't mean reversing Brexit or re-entering the single market". Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Two men appear in court charged with murders of mum and children in house fire Two men have appeared in court charged with murder and attempted murder after a house fire in Bradford killed a mother and her three children. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Driverless bus vandalised at university campus A driverless bus that hit the road earlier this month as part of a pilot project in the Scottish Highlands was damaged by vandals at the weekend. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK ‘Deadpool killer’ learns his fate after ‘atrocious’ murders of women A man with a Nazi tattoo on his face has been sentenced to death for murdering two women, reports have said. Posted by August 28, 2024
Posted inUK Bogus taxi driver jailed for raping woman on her way home from night out A bogus taxi driver who raped a woman on her way home from a night out has been jailed for seven years. Posted by August 28, 2024