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UK Government must explain how it aims to cut energy bills, says minister

UK Government must explain how it aims to cut energy bills, says minister

UK Government must explain how it aims to cut energy bills, says minister

10 July 2025

Energy Secretary Gillian Martin was speaking after a plan to divide the UK into regional pricing zones was rejected.


Macron says UK and France ‘share same will’ amid crunch talks over migrant deal

Macron says UK and France ‘share same will’ amid crunch talks over migrant deal

Macron says UK and France ‘share same will’ amid crunch talks over migrant deal

10 July 2025

The French president and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also agreed a ‘new deterrent’ was needed to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.


Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie dies aged 88

Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie dies aged 88

Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie dies aged 88

10 July 2025

The Yorkshire-born actor played Edward Bishop from 2010 to 2011.


Yellow heat health alert extended to all of England as temperatures soar

Yellow heat health alert extended to all of England as temperatures soar

Yellow heat health alert extended to all of England as temperatures soar

10 July 2025

Temperatures are expected to climb into the 30s from Thursday and into the weekend across parts of the UK.


June heat and thunderstorms spell tough month for high street

June heat and thunderstorms spell tough month for high street

June heat and thunderstorms spell tough month for high street

10 July 2025

Total UK footfall fell by 1.8% year-on-year in June, a dip from May’s 1.7% decline, according to British Retail Consortium-Sensormatic data.


Almost 1.7m children in households caught up in two-child benefit cap

Almost 1.7m children in households caught up in two-child benefit cap

Almost 1.7m children in households caught up in two-child benefit cap

10 July 2025

More than half (59%) of households affected by the policy are in work, the data showed.


School suspensions and exclusions in England reach record high

School suspensions and exclusions in England reach record high

School suspensions and exclusions in England reach record high

10 July 2025

The rise comes amid warnings of challenging behaviour in classrooms following the Covid-19 pandemic.


Unthinkable that Belfast bonfire could be allowed to go ahead – Sinn Fein

Unthinkable that Belfast bonfire could be allowed to go ahead – Sinn Fein

Unthinkable that Belfast bonfire could be allowed to go ahead – Sinn Fein

10 July 2025

Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland which have attracted significant controversy.


Sycamore Gap tree trunk installation to go on display

Sycamore Gap tree trunk installation to go on display

Sycamore Gap tree trunk installation to go on display

10 July 2025

Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.


Abandon strikes or risk ‘fragile’ NHS recovery, Streeting warns resident doctors

Abandon strikes or risk ‘fragile’ NHS recovery, Streeting warns resident doctors

Abandon strikes or risk ‘fragile’ NHS recovery, Streeting warns resident doctors

10 July 2025

It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.


Subway workers agree interim deal to avoid risk of strike during Trnsmt

Subway workers agree interim deal to avoid risk of strike during Trnsmt

Subway workers agree interim deal to avoid risk of strike during Trnsmt

10 July 2025

About 100 staff were threatening to walk out on the weekend of the music festival on Glasgow Green.


Man charged with murder over fatal stabbing near Wetherspoons pub

Man charged with murder over fatal stabbing near Wetherspoons pub

Man charged with murder over fatal stabbing near Wetherspoons pub

10 July 2025

Tyler Hayward, 26, was found by officers with stab wounds in Chingford Mount Road, Chingford, at around 9.15pm on Sunday.


Beaches and borrowing: 10% of UK adults ‘putting summer 2025 holiday on credit’

Beaches and borrowing: 10% of UK adults ‘putting summer 2025 holiday on credit’

Beaches and borrowing: 10% of UK adults ‘putting summer 2025 holiday on credit’

10 July 2025

Financial insights company TransUnion also found that 7% of people are using credit to partly fund their summer getaway this year.


‘Physical threat’ from Iran has ‘increased significantly’, watchdog finds

‘Physical threat’ from Iran has ‘increased significantly’, watchdog finds

‘Physical threat’ from Iran has ‘increased significantly’, watchdog finds

10 July 2025

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’.


Average Glastonbury reveller clocked up 50 miles of steps across Worthy Farm

Average Glastonbury reveller clocked up 50 miles of steps across Worthy Farm

Average Glastonbury reveller clocked up 50 miles of steps across Worthy Farm

10 July 2025

The average festival-goer clocked up 114,000 steps – or about 50 miles – as they traversed the 900-acre site.


FTSE 100 jumps to new record high as investors shrug off tariff woes

FTSE 100 jumps to new record high as investors shrug off tariff woes

FTSE 100 jumps to new record high as investors shrug off tariff woes

10 July 2025

The UK’s top stock index jumped by as much as 100 points, or 1.1%, to a new intraday record of 8,967.21 points.


‘Homeless black families less than half as likely to get into social housing’

‘Homeless black families less than half as likely to get into social housing’

‘Homeless black families less than half as likely to get into social housing’

10 July 2025

Researchers analysed 750,000 household records covering 2019/20, 2020/21, and 2021/22 and said their study is the most comprehensive of its kind.


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