Hundreds of properties flooded and Welsh town hit by landslip as major incident declared in Northamptonshire Forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before Storm Bert and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather. A huge clear-up is under […]

Sea Story was on diving trip with 31 tourists and 14 crew when it sent distress signal Two Britons are reported to be among 16 people missing after a tourist boat on a diving trip capsized in the Red Sea. The Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists from several countries […]

Ministers to announce sweeping changes to welfare and out-of-work support, aiming to get people off benefits Teenagers will get skills training at the Premier League, Royal Shakespeare Company and Channel 4 as part of a government drive to get hundreds of thousands into jobs or education and make sure “no […]

Ministers also ban government advertising from critical newspaper that is widely respected internationally Israel’s government is set to punish the country’s leading left-leaning newspaper, Haaretz, by ordering a boycott of the publication by government officials or anyone working for a government-funded body and halting all government advertising in its pages […]

Labour’s Charlie Falconer says vocal opponents are leading voters to think government is against change ‘Slippery slope’ fears over assisted dying have echoes of abortion debate Senior ministers who have spoken out against assisted dying are giving voters a “false impression” about the government’s position, a leading proponent of changing […]

Training for 10,000 hospitality workers announced as Keir Starmer hosts talks on tackling violence against women Thousands of bar staff will be trained to spot and stop spiking in England and Wales as the government steps up efforts to tackle violence against women and girls. About 10,000 hospitality workers will […]

Some patients across UK turning to A&Es five or more times a year due to unresolved medical issues, charity says One in seven A&E patients are repeat visitors with unmet medical needs who feel they have nowhere else to go, according to research that found most are over 70 with […]

Major incident declared in Wales and England and Scotland hit by power cuts due to rain, floods and wind Several people have been killed as Storm Bert battered the UK and a major incident has been declared in south Wales. At least five deaths have been reported in England and […]

Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: life at Manston migrant centre Home Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the […]

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote MPs will be placing the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if they back legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales this week, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, Shabana […]