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Knife crime crackdown widened across England and Wales
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said targeted policing had already cut knife robberies by nearly a quarter in seven police forces.
NHS trust in England to decide future of breast care review
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has apologised again to patients harmed by failings in its breast services, ahead of a board meeting on the scope of…
Moscow hit by largest drone attack yet, mayor says
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 1,600 drones were shot down, 450 of them on the approach to Moscow, as Russia’s defence ministry reported destroying nearly 2,000…
Denmark, Greenland and US sign ‘permanent’ Arctic security deal
The deal, which updates a defence arrangement dating back to 1951, is designed to be permanent and has no set end date, according to its text.
UK Lib Dem leader warns of ‘Trump satellite state’
Sir Ed Davey said the Conservatives and Reform could only offer “anger, division, and another con to line their own pockets”, as the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference…
UK rents climb at fastest pace since December 2025
Average monthly rent reached £1,400 in the 12 months to August 2026, while UK house price growth slowed for a third consecutive month, according to the Office for…
Astronaut Pikachu heads to UK’s Science Museum
A Pikachu plush that spent 67 days aboard the International Space Station features in a new touring exhibition from the European Space Agency and Pokémon, part of…
Breast cancer drug approved for NHS in England
Around 1,000 people with HER2-low advanced breast cancer can now be offered Enhertu, NICE said, after a new price agreement with its manufacturers ended years of delay.
Human brain is ‘two separate organs’, Stanford study finds
The forebrain and hindbrain grow from separate embryonic cells that evolved independently, according to Stanford Medicine researchers, whose study was published in…
Millisecond software fault caused UK flight chaos, NATS says
NATS said a preliminary report found the defect took about one millisecond to trigger, disrupting more than 2,000 flights and affecting hundreds of thousands of…
Heathrow can only expand if airlines pay to cut emissions
The Climate Change Committee said expansion could only fit the UK’s climate targets if the aviation industry was required to reach zero emissions by 2050.
School dinners in England to change from 2027
Education Secretary Lucy Powell said the first update to school food standards in more than a decade would mean more fruit, vegetables and fibre on children’s plates.
Teacher numbers in England rise by 4,654
Education minister Georgia Gould gave the figures in a written answer about teacher retention in North Shropshire, where the local authority’s teacher numbers rose from…
Budget for England’s farm environment schemes hits £1.9bn
Stephen Morgan, a minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said spending on Environmental Land Management schemes was planned to reach £2bn by…
UK Home Office ad spending jumps by almost half
Spending on marketing and advertising campaigns went from £12.2m to almost £18m in a year, figures given to Parliament by Home Office minister Sarah Jones show.
UK fishing quota falls to lowest since 2022
The 2026 total is the lowest since 2022, though its estimated value is put at £1.06bn, figures given to Parliament by minister Stephen Morgan show.
FSA plans new scrutiny of England’s biggest retailers
The 10 national retailers that sell more than 97% of food bought in shops would face new national oversight in England, the Food Standards Agency said.
UK directors fined in first company ID verification cases
Jill White, Marc Dillon and Modinat Banjo were fined at City of London Magistrates’ Court after failing to verify their identities with Companies House, the Insolvency…
Judge to chair inquiry into England NHS trust failings
His Honour Judge John Potter, a retired circuit judge, will chair the public inquiry into failings at the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, which formally…
Chiltern Railways moves into public ownership in England
Rail Minister Lord Hendy said the transfer, the sixth since the government’s public ownership programme began, will add 25 extra daily services and almost 10,000 more…
