Neighbour heard ‘mighty bang’ during fatal explosion and fire in Bedford
Bedfordshire Police said one person had died and another had been taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident in Cleat Hill.
Government to oversee building of HS2 amid spiralling costs
Ministers will oversee the building of the HS2 rail line, the Government has announced as it attempts to get hold of soaring costs for the project. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has also ordered an ...
Orange and amber alerts in place as Storm Ashley sweeps across island of Ireland
Orange and amber wind warnings are in place in 11 counties as Storm Ashley sweeps across the island of Ireland. A Met Eireann orange alert for Kerry, Leitrim, Sligo, Clare, Donegal, Mayo and Galway ...
Vladimir Putin unlikely to go to Novichok victim’s inquiry, ambassador says
The family of Dawn Sturgess have called on the Russian president to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury ...
UK is ‘waging’ war against Russia by giving weapons to Ukraine, ambassador says
The UK is “waging” war against Russia by supplying Ukraine with weapons, Moscow’s ambassador has said. His comments come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented world leaders with a ...
Iraq’s Kurdish region goes to polls amid concerns over economy and infighting
The primary competitors are the two dominant Kurdish parties: the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
Wes Streeting says weight-loss jabs for jobless obese people is not ‘dystopian’
The Health Secretary has said offering weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people is not “dystopian”. Wes Streeting said a trial to test if anti-obesity injections can increase employment and ease ...