General news

Climate change could unravel decades of progress in human health, sa...

Developing better early warning systems for extremes such as heat could help save more lives, scientists have said.

‘Is AI dangerous?’ UK’s most Googled questions about artificial inte...

The UK has been asking Google a number of questions about artificial intelligence, including ‘what is AI?’ and ‘Will AI take my job?’

Critically ill baby’s parents wait for ruling on Italy move

Indi Gregory’s parents have lost treatment fights in London but say a hospital in Rome has now offered to treat the eight-month-old girl.

William and Kate to visit mental health groups in Scotland

They will be in Burghead and Forres on Thursday.

What the papers say – November 2

Hundreds of British people being allowed to leave war-ravaged Gaza dominate the headlines.

Major incident declared as Storm Ciaran batters south coast

The Met Office has warned of coastal gusts of 70mph to 80mph, with the potential for 85mph.

Rishi Sunak: We will keep working to help more British citizens leav...

The Prime Minister thanked Egypt for its role in helping to allow some to leave via the Rafah border crossing.

We owe it to our children to grip AI risks ‘early enough’, Sunak say...

The Prime Minister will arrive on Thursday at Bletchley Park for the second day of the UK’s AI summit.

Saturday’s Lotto jackpot estimated at £3.8m after prize rolls down

One ticketholder became a millionaire after the rolldown boosted cash prizes for other winners.

British teacher in Gaza turned away at Rafah border with ‘depleted’...

Zaynab Wandawi, a British national born in Salford, was turned away at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.

Residents protest against new Low Traffic Neighbourhood trial in Str...

Valley Road is part of a group of streets that make up Lambeth Council’s Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood trial.

Man arrested in connection with rodents thrown into McDonald’s resta...

West Midlands Police said it still wanted to speak to a second man, Billal Hussain, 30, over the incidents.

Donaldson says he cannot be certain Stormont will return by end of y...

The DUP leader has repeated that ‘significant’ gaps remain between the UK Government and his party’s position.

Online groomer who posed as teenage girl to abuse boys jailed

Cameron Osman, 45, engaged more than 70 teenage boys in sexualised chat between 2020 and 2021.

First Britons leave Gaza via Rafah border crossing into Egypt after...

Officials said the crossing will be open for ‘controlled and time-limited periods’ to allow specific groups to leave.

Feminist campaign group loses legal battle over definition of word ‘...

For Women Scotland lost a legal battle over the definition of the word ‘woman’ in the Equalities Act, which a court ruled included trans women.

Women treated as property in ‘humiliating’ Red Arrows environment, r...

Bullying, sexual harassment and predatory behaviour was ‘widespread and normalised’ in the squadron, the report found.

‘Toxic’ online material examined by counter-terrorism police amid Ga...

The Met and Greater Manchester Police have both faced criticism after officers were seen taking down posters of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas.

Britons remain trapped in Gaza as hundreds of foreign nationals flee

The Rafah border crossing with Egypt was opened to allow foreign passport holders and the wounded to leave Gaza.

Council waits for ruling on complaint about migrant plans for Dambus...

Mrs Justice Thornton finished overseeing a hearing at the High Court in London on Wednesday and said she would deliver a ruling on a date to be fixed.