Duncan Cook BBC News, Gloucestershire Tess de la Mare BBC News, West of England Getty/Bloomberg The Nippy Chippy in Gloucestershire explained price rises were down to a increase in fish costs A chip shop has apologised to customers for putting up prices after seeing the cost of fish surge by more than 60% in just...
Watch: “Countries should be able to control their borders” – Badenoch on MPs denied entry to Israel Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has been criticised by senior politicians across the political spectrum after she backed Israel’s decision to deny two UK Labour MPs entry to the country. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang say were on a...
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in what police have called an “awful incident”. Keiron Charles, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene in Erconwald Street, Shepherd’s Bush, west London, at about 13:10 BST on Saturday. Another boy, aged 16, was taken to hospital with stab...
A shift in the centre of the high pressure southwards this week will mean lighter winds, and with long sunny days expected too the air will gradually warm up again. By Tuesday, parts of north and west Scotland and west Northern Ireland could see temperatures creep above 20 Celsius (68F) once more. Later in the...
A teenager found dead after going swimming in a lake in south-east London has been named as Izaiah Smith. The body of the 15-year-old was found in Beckenham Place Park in Beckenham at about 22:40 BST on Friday following searches by specialist dive teams. The Metropolitan Police previously said his death was being treated as...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says “the world as we knew it has gone” Read full article at source...
McLaren’s one chink of light in the race was the pit stops. Norris was about 1.5 seconds behind Verstappen as they neared, just about within theoretical range of the ‘undercut’, where a driver gains a position by stopping first and using the time gained on fresh tyres to be ahead by the time his rival...
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has described the era of globalisation as “ended”, following Donald Trump’s new tariffs. It comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested in a Sunday Telegraph article he was about to announce state intervention to protect UK firms from the US president’s move. The UK was among nations...
Watch: Pope Francis waves to crowd from wheelchair in first public appearance since leaving hospital Pope Francis has made an appearance at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican following his discharge from hospital after five weeks of treatment. The Pope briefly appeared on stage in a wheelchair, with a breathing tube under his nose. “Hello...
Simon Armstrong BBC News, North East & Cumbria BBC A cordon has been put in place with officers carrying out house-to-house inquiries A man has died in a shooting in County Durham. Emergency services attended a home in Elm Street, Stanley, at about 17:20 BST on Saturday following reports of a disturbance. A man aged...
Galloway Mountain Rescue The blaze took hold on Friday night and spread north over the course of Saturday People and properties have been evacuated as a wildfire has spread over a large area of forest in Galloway. Emergency services were initially called to Glen Trool at about 23:50 on Friday, with crews remaining on the...
Broadway Boy is to return home after suffering a heavy fall in the Grand National. The horse, trained in Gloucestershire by Nigel Twiston-Davies, was leading the Aintree showpiece when he came down heavily at Valentine’s Brook on the second circuit. “Thank you for all the lovely messages, more importantly thanks to all the vets at...
Verstappen led the two McLarens for the entire first stint, the three lapping closely together. There may be questions as to why McLaren pitted Piastri first, when it might have made sense to attack Verstappen with Norris with an earlier pit stop. Verstappen and Norris stopped on the same lap, one later than Piastri, and...
A huge gorse fire in County Down which led to the evacuation of homes in the vicinity of the Mourne Mountains is believed to have been started deliberately. A major incident was declared after the large wildfire broke out on the Sandbank Road in Hilltown about 17:00 BST on Saturday. More than 100 firefighters with...
Sharpe has been snowboarding since the age of two – his ability soon became so evident that the family were advised to allow him to snowboard for a full season, rather than a week’s holiday a year. “We were told he had a gift and to give him a chance,” James said, so they made...