Man of the people Zack Polanski hauls play-safe Greens into the spotlight | John Crace

The invitation promised that the results of the Green party leadership election would be one of the most consequential political events of the autumn. That might be pushing it, but they were... Read more »

‘Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live | Politics

‘Put them up anywhere’ – Cooper backs flying of England flags In an interview with Times Radio this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that she was in favour of flags... Read more »

What’s causing the UK’s long-term borrowing costs to rise?

There is a lot of noise currently about UK government borrowing costs. The focus has been on what is known as the 30-year gilt yield, which is the effective interest rate of... Read more »

International students warned not to overstay visas

Nick EardleyPolitical correspondent Getty Images Tens of thousands of foreign students are being contacted directly by the government and told they will be removed from the UK if they overstay their visas.... Read more »

Landlord says ‘lives in danger’ after racially-motivated attack

BBC One of the vehicles at the scene of the attack A landlord, who is housing Filipino workers in a number of properties near Ballymena, County Antrim, has said he fears for... Read more »

School costs a ‘real struggle’ for parents in Wales

Bethan LewisFamily and education correspondent, BBC Wales News Vicky Williams says she starts to worry about budgeting for the next school year at Christmas A mum says she starts to dread the... Read more »

Scotland’s drug deaths expected to remain worst in Europe

James CookScotland editor Getty Images Scotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Figures to be published on Tuesday are expected to show that... Read more »

Manslaughter-accused ferry crew ‘ignored flashing warnings’

Georgina BarnesBBC News, Jersey and Gemma DaubeneyBBC News, Jersey BBC Lewis Peter Carr (L) and Artur Sevash-Zade (R) arrived at the Royal Court on Monday morning Two members of a ferry crew... Read more »

Landlady’s horror after four of her family members injured in stairway collapse

A fire escape at the rear of a St Ives building collapsed on Sunday evening, prompting a huge emergency services response Olivier Vergnault Senior Reporter and William Morgan Reporter 02:01, 02 Sep... Read more »

Met Office confirms UK summer 2025 was hottest on record

2025’s summer has beaten the previous seasonal high of 15.76C set in 2018 Summer 2025 has been confirmed as the hottest on record The Met Office has confirmed that this summer was... Read more »