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A total of 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, according to data shared by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), which matches last year's record. Disposable barbecues "cannot be considered a safe product" in the current conditions and they "must not be made available for sale either in store or

Thousands of homes in east London and Essex are still experiencing a complete water outage or low water pressure, almost a week after a series of pipes burst in South Woodford. Thames Water has repeatedly apologised for the outage and said it expects to have supplies restored by Friday. The heat is proving to be

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A colander can be used to view the eclipse, as well as a pinhole viewer or a pinhole projector With most online orders not able to arrive in time and shops running out of stock, it may be too late to buy eclipse glasses for Wednesday evening. But you

Image source, PA Wire By Rachel Foley BBC Weather  and  Mark Poynting Climate and Science reporter This summer is on course to be the UK's hottest since records began, according to the Met Office. Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to surpass the record set just last year. Provisional Met Office

Image source, SNSM Image caption, The large inflatable boat was pictured off the coast of France packed with people By Daniel Sexton Simon Jones Jacob Panons South East  and  Daniel Sandford UK correspondent A small boat has crossed the English Channel carrying 230 people, the largest number to make the journey in a single vessel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed. Trump's Board of Peace said last month it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. But Hamas said handing

Figure caption, Watch footage from a Levy sexual assault victim that was passed to police Police have urged more victims of Simon Levy to come forward, as London's victims' commissioner said a "litany of failures" had allowed him to kill two women and rape a third. Andrea Simon called for a review on the "failure

Warning: Contains graphic details of sexual offences A convicted sex offender murdered two women, raped a third, and sexually assaulted others on public transport, after police, prosecutors and courts made a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets. A jury at the Old Bailey has now found Simon Levy guilty

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an "urgent" review to identify any grooming gang members who may be eligible to be freed from jail under the government's early release scheme. The announcement comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail well before the end of their sentences. She

A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2016, while already serving a separate jail sentence for sharing antisemitic posts. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had defended