Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:33:36 GMT
PM Andy Burnham on Sunday announced changes to the next early release scheme - scheduled to start in October - which mean PC Harper's killers will stay in jail.
Patel to be replaced by Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:03:38 GMT
Kemi Badenoch is expected to carry out a wider reshuffle of her front bench team following high-profile departures.
US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:53:03 GMT
Iran says the attack killed some civilians and is the first known US strike on Iran since late July.
This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:47:54 GMT
Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.
UK raises case of British activist detained by settlers in West Bank with Israel
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:02:43 GMT
Finn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Kheir.
The mystery of why so many black Britons still can't swim
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:31:22 GMT
For decades, swimming ability has been lower in the black community. Our writer asks why.
'Like fighting a dinosaur': Sydney woman recalls how she punched shark during attack
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:44:51 GMT
Leah Stewart, 34, was mauled by a great white shark in June during a morning swim at Coogee Beach.
Jewish community in harder position than immediately after synagogue attack, says rabbi
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:34:25 GMT
Rabbi Daniel Walker says members of the Jewish community are feeling increasingly vulnerable.
Eight killed and others missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:02:43 GMT
A search and rescue operation is under way after a ferry carrying nearly 270 people turns over after leaving port.
Seven arrested after death of newborn baby girl
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:29:09 GMT
The baby was pronounced dead at a property in the Wincobank area of Sheffield.
