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More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire, according to French authorities.
52 minutes ago
BBC
More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
Afghan boxer arrested in Greece over discovery of Scottish woman's body in suitcase
Sharif Ahmadzai, from Afghanistan, is expected to appear in court in Athens on Wednesday.
3 hours ago
BBC
Afghan boxer arrested in Greece over discovery of Scottish woman's body in suitcase
Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.
31 minutes ago
BBC
Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen
Fan adds 'just joking' to England World Cup win tattoo
Sean Carrington says he is more bothered about England not winning than about his tattoo.
2 hours ago
BBC
Fan adds 'just joking' to England World Cup win tattoo
Scottish exam pass rates rise as students find out results
More than 148,000 learners across the country received their results as details of this year's pass rates were published.
1 hour ago
BBC
Scottish exam pass rates rise as students find out results
BP's $5.7bn profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
5 hours ago
BBC
BP's $5.7bn profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangways The 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early,” says ...
4 hours ago
The Guardian
A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
The truth about blushing: why we do it, how we can resist it – and why it’s actually good for us
Humans are the only animals whose faces redden with embarrassment. Should we see that as an affliction, or as a blessing? ‘Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” Charles Darwin once wrote, and he wasn’t wrong. Though certain species of bird pinken up as a means of communication, ...
6 hours ago
The Guardian
The truth about blushing: why we do it, how we can resist it – and why it’s actually good for us
‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem
Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland Plastic debris clings to the reeds in a waterway ...
6 hours ago
The Guardian
‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected Almost as soon as I returned from my first reporting trip to Ukraine, in October 2022, I decided to start Ukrainian lessons. Not as an act of solidarity, exactly, but as a marker that ...
11 hours ago
The Guardian
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
All passengers thought to have been taken to Boulogne after major air and sea rescue operation by France and UK A dinghy carrying 157 people has capsized after its engine caught fire as it attempted to cross the Channel from France. The people onboard were rescued from the water after a major air ...
3 hours ago
The Guardian
Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
Wenger and Infantino’s No 2 Grafström criticise ‘sad and reproachable’ World Cup plan
Senior Fifa duo pile pressure on under-fire president Wenger reveals he knew nothing about investment plan Gianni Infantino’s authority was dealt a further blow after his No 2, the Fifa secretary general Mattias Grafström, called the failed World Cup private investment plan a “sad and reproachable ...
3 hours ago
The Guardian
Wenger and Infantino’s No 2 Grafström criticise ‘sad and reproachable’ World Cup plan
Fresh hope of release for inmates trapped on ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms decades after their crimes
The Independent has tirelessly campaigned for more than two years for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed – as 2,400 languish in jail, many for petty crimes and some locked up as children, with no release date
9 minutes ago
The Independent
Fresh hope of release for inmates trapped on ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms decades after their crimes
Jimmy McLoughlin: Labour’s lack of business experience is a problem
Jimmy McLoughlin tells In The Room that ministers do not all need to have run companies – but government must understand how business works. Reported by Maja Anushka
14 minutes ago
The Independent
Jimmy McLoughlin: Labour’s lack of business experience is a problem
Apple boss was ‘transfixed’ by portrait of the Queen | Lessons from No 10
Working under Theresa May, Jimmy McLoughlin accompanied some of the world’s most important CEOs as they entered Downing Street for the first time.
14 minutes ago
The Independent
Apple boss was ‘transfixed’ by portrait of the Queen | Lessons from No 10
Lessons from No 10: When the world’s most powerful CEOs enter Downing Street | Jimmy McLoughlin
When Apple chief executive Tim Cook visited No 10, he stopped to admire David Bailey’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Jimmy McLoughlin, then Downing Street’s business director, gave him an impromptu tour and discovered along the way that Cook was also a fan of Netflix’s acclaimed royal drama ...
14 minutes ago
The Independent
Lessons from No 10: When the world’s most powerful CEOs enter Downing Street | Jimmy McLoughlin
Voices: ‘It’s a waste of money’: Readers on the classroom phone fix dividing teachers
Our readers weigh in on lockable phone pouches, which schools have been rolling out since the government made smartphone-free policies mandatory – with teachers and parents split on whether they're the right fix.
27 minutes ago
The Independent
Voices: ‘It’s a waste of money’: Readers on the classroom phone fix dividing teachers
Major Welsh mountain fire started ‘deliberately’ as crews continue to battle blaze
The fire remains a major incident due to the scale of the blaze and ‘challenging conditions’ on the mountain
30 minutes ago
The Independent
Major Welsh mountain fire started ‘deliberately’ as crews continue to battle blaze
'Worrying decline' in families approved to adopt a child
There has been a "worrying decline" in families approved to adopt a child, a charity has warned.
16 hours ago
Sky News
'Worrying decline' in families approved to adopt a child
Boy, 14, drowns in dock
A 14-year-old boy drowned in London on Monday, police said.
8 hours ago
Sky News
Boy, 14, drowns in dock
Two more men charged with plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber
Two more men have been charged with plotting the shooting of a member of the gang that carried out Britain's biggest ever cash robbery.
7 hours ago
Sky News
Two more men charged with plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber
Patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff as NHS reports shocking rise in racism
NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, a survey has found.
17 hours ago
Sky News
Patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff as NHS reports shocking rise in racism
Rain is on the way - but not for everyone
Britons are set for another day of heat following record-breaking temperatures, but rain is forecast in parts of the UK. 
9 hours ago
Sky News
Rain is on the way - but not for everyone
Women under 50 at risk of breast cancer are not being referred - study
The criteria given to GPs to refer women at risk of breast cancer for further action miss nearly all under-50s who go on to develop the disease within a decade, analysis suggests. 
8 hours ago
Sky News
Women under 50 at risk of breast cancer are not being referred - study
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