Salmonella warning issued for undercooked eggs at restaurants
People who are over 65, pregnant or vulnerable, as well as young children, are told to take care, after one death. Eggs bought at supermarke...
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20 of 104 episodesPrince Harry and Meghan are coming back to live in the UK
Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have been enrolled in a British school. Also: GCSE and BTec results day in England, Wale...
Track defect found at site of East Sussex derailment
Dozens of people were injured when the passenger train from London Victoria to Eastbourne came off the tracks. Also: the Israeli military sa...
Meta goes on trial in California
Meta has been accused of exploiting children by getting them "hooked" on Facebook and Instagram, at the beginning of a landmark trial in Cal...
17/08/2026 Trump threatens to bomb Oman
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman -- a US ally -- if it "gets in the way" of his administration's own talks with Iran. Also...
Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russia this year
Kyiv's overnight attacks on Russia have been described as the largest this year. They set another depot of the online retailer, Wildberries,...
Andy Burnham says death of Jason Arday is a 'tragedy'
Firefighters are battling hot spots still burning in the West Midlands; a blaze that devastated the town of Stourbridge is under control. Do...
PM says Britain is 'a tinderbox' as homes destroyed in wildfire
Nineteen houses have been fully destroyed in multiple blazes across the West Midlands - eighteen others were damaged as firefighters fought...
Israeli military tackles blockade by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
Israel sends in more troops to try to break up an Israeli settler blockade of two families in a village in the occupied West Bank. Also: a t...
Millions watch the UK's most significant solar eclipse since 1999
Millions of people across the UK witness the country's most significant solar eclipse since 1999. Also: The serial sex offender Simon Levy h...
Andy Burnham is 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted
The Prime Minister has said he is 'increasingly confident' that two of the three men convicted of killing PC Andrew Harper will not be relea...
230 people cross the English Channel in a single boat
A dinghy carrying 230 migrants has crossed the Channel, setting a new record for the number of arrivals on a single small boat. Also: At lea...
Israel rejects President Trump's peace plan for Gaza
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country "rejects" the 15-point plan for peace in Gaza, which President Trump's Bo...
Zelensky pleads for more air defences amid more strikes
On a visit to Russia's traditional ally Serbia, President Zelensky has appealed for more air defences. Three members of one family were kill...
Police and prosecutors admit failings in the handling of a serial sex offender
A serial sex offender who was being monitored by the Metropolitan police has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third. Al...
A record number of referrals to the Prevent anti-extremism programme
The Home Office's anti-extremism programme, Prevent, has seen the highest number of referrals in its history, driven by a surge in reports s...
Former neo-Nazi withdraws as a Tory election candidate
A former neo-Nazi, who was controversially selected by the Conservative Party to contest a local council election in Somerset next year, has...
The government defends its changes to the prisoner early release scheme
The government has defended changes it's made to the prisoner early release scheme, saying that exempting more offenders would have led to t...
France condemns Reform's cross-channel migrant plans
France says Reform UK's proposals to use the Royal Navy to return migrants attempting to cross the Channel in small boats would violate its...
Moscow blast 'was terrorism', but no word on who caused it
Russian security officials have described an explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, which killed three people, as an act of terrorism. They ha...