Category: UK News

The United Kingdom is on track to have its hottest summer on record, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office. The mean temperature for the country currently sits at 16.13C (61.03F), surpassing the previous record from 2018. To prevent breaking the record, temperatures in the remaining days of August would need to be four… Continue reading UK weather: Summer 2025 'almost certainly' the hottest on record

Five Metropolitan Police officers have been taken into custody for their involvement in handling an accusation of sexual assault against a colleague. The officers were apprehended on suspicion of various offenses, including perverting the course of justice, misconduct in public office, and corrupt or improper exercise of police powers, as per Scotland Yard. On the… Continue reading Met Police: Five PCs arrested over handling of sexual assault claim

Poundland has successfully avoided entering administration as its restructuring plan was given the green light just days before it was expected to run out of funds. The discount retailer, with approximately 14,700 employees and 800 stores, faced a cash shortage prompting the urgent need for approval of the deal to prevent collapse. The High Court… Continue reading Poundland rescue deal saves firm from administration

Following the tragic death of a 17-year-old girl at the Emerge festival over the weekend, Belfast councillor Micky Murray is calling for an urgent meeting between council officers and festival representatives. Murray, from the Alliance Party, emphasized the importance of festivals being safe spaces for attendees. The incident also left two other individuals hospitalized after… Continue reading Emerge festival: Call for urgent meeting with organisers after teenager dies

An individual associated with the popular show Strictly Come Dancing has been taken into custody on suspicion of rape. The Metropolitan Police disclosed that the man, apprehended on Friday, is also being investigated for potential “non-consensual intimate image abuse”. He was subsequently granted bail the subsequent day. According to a BBC representative who spoke with… Continue reading Strictly Come Dancing: Man arrested on suspicion of rape

Aimee Stanton from BBC Scotland reported that Scotland saw a significant drop in the number of babies born last year, according to statistics from the National Records of Scotland (NRS). The data revealed that there were 45,763 live births registered in 2024, which is 172 fewer than in 2023, marking the lowest number since records… Continue reading Scotland's birth rate falls to lowest level since 1855

A recent report has uncovered widespread sexism, misogyny, and violence against women within Police Scotland, both at an institutional and individual level. The Independent Review Group, tasked with examining equality within the force, revealed these troubling findings. While the final report was released last year, a more detailed review came to light following a freedom… Continue reading Report finds evidence of Police Scotland misogyny

Julia Buzar and Wojtek Kowalkowski, residents of Bloxham in Oxfordshire, tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight. The couple was among four individuals on board the aircraft, which went down near Shanklin on Monday morning. The devastating incident also claimed the life of another individual, while a fourth person… Continue reading Family 'heartbroken' over fatal Isle of Wight helicopter crash

Lewis Adams reports from Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court that Hadush Kebatu, a man from Ethiopia, is on trial in Essex for allegedly making inappropriate comments to two 14-year-old girls who were eating pizza in a town centre. The incident occurred on 7 July when the children, thinking he looked hungry, offered him food in Epping. Kebatu… Continue reading Man told girls in Epping he wanted to 'have a baby', court hears

Reporting from Newcastle, County Down, a forensic team is currently conducting examinations around a house adjacent to the scene of a murder in the area. The body of 84-year-old Sean Small was discovered outside his home on Slievenabrock Avenue late on Sunday night. The police have cordoned off the house and a neighboring property where… Continue reading Sean Small: Forensic probe under way after man murdered in Newcastle