Some settlements may be cut off by flooding as warm, humid air causes storms to develop, says Met Office Thunderstorms set to sweep across the UK this weekend could cause flash flooding, forecasters have warned. Parts of the UK could face train and bus delays and some communities may be […]
UN calls for urgent action to prevent further tragedies as police believe up to 500 people remain missing Greek authorities have rejected claims that a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean this week with the loss of potentially hundreds of lives capsized after the coastguard attempted to tow it, […]
Knighthood for late novelist Amis is dated 18 May as honours cannot be given posthumously Two giants of the literary world, the novelists Ian McEwan and the late Martin Amis, are recognised in the king’s first official birthday honours along with the fashion colossus Dame Anna Wintour. The Booker prize-winning […]
First Ashes Test: England 393-8 declared; Australia 14-0 Australia survive tricky late spell after hosts pile on runs The opening day of this Ashes series was a belter, with a packed Edgbaston treated to an absorbing arm-wrestle between England and Australia, a sublime Joe Root century, and the latest aggressive […]
Privileges committee also details how ex-PM was part of a campaign to abuse and intimidate MPs investigating him Boris Johnson misled MPs over Partygate, report finds – live Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over Partygate and was part of a campaign to abuse and intimidate MPs investigating him, according to […]
Man held by police after triple knife killings is understood to be Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane The suspect in the Nottingham triple knife killings is a former student at the University of Nottingham named Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane, sources have said. Calocane, 31, was born in Guinea-Bissau and settled in […]
Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP Michael Billington: Glenda Jackson was piercingly intelligent and unafraid to take risks Peter Bradshaw: Fierce, sensual, cerebral – Jackson brought class to cinema Glenda Jackson has died at […]
European birds nest in Norfolk much to the delight of twitchers – but environmentalists warn it’s a clear sign of climate change With plumage cherry red, ultramarine, turquoise and yellow, usually found streaking like multicoloured darts across the skies of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Spain, they present as an epitome […]
Women also said to have been in the hold, amid fears 78 so far confirmed dead could rise into the hundreds Survivors from an overcrowded fishing boat that capsized and sank on Wednesday off the Greek coast in one of the worst disasters in the Mediterranean in recent years have […]
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues Analysis: advances leave legislators needing to catch up Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm. Scientists say these model embryos, which […]