Country music star Spencer Hatcher’s mother Holly is stabbed to death in horrific home invasion

Rising country music star Spencer Hatcher’s mother Holly was stabbed to death by a stranger during a horrific invasion of her Virginia home. Holly, 62, was murdered just before midnight on August... Read more »

Keir Starmer faces backlash over hundreds arrested in support of Palestine Action

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer is... Read more »

JD Vance’s cordial – then candid – comments left no doubts over the UK-US disagreements | Politics News

He was cordial, but he was candid. Sitting next to his best British buddy, David Lammy, US vice president JD Vance politely but firmly spelt out how the two countries are deeply... Read more »

‘Deport now, appeal later’ scheme for foreign criminals expanded to 23 countries | Politics News

A hostile environment era deportation policy for criminals is being expanded by the Labour government as it continues its migration crackdown. The government wants to go further in extraditing foreign offenders before... Read more »

Farmers fight to save estate at heart of Powys Welsh-speaking community | Wales

Farmers and agricultural unions are fighting to save a large farming estate owned by Powys council amid sell-off plans that tenants say will affect the rural Welsh-speaking community by taking away a... Read more »

Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show | Nuclear waste

Radioactive water from the base that holds the UK’s nuclear bombs was allowed to leak into the sea after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have revealed. The radioactive material was released... Read more »

Average private rent in Great Britain falls for first time in five years | Renting property

Average private rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in five years as lower mortgage rates helped take some of the heat out of the rental sector, data shows.... Read more »

Europe’s leaders raise pressure on Trump to involve Ukraine in Putin talks | Ukraine

Europe’s leaders have raised the pressure on Donald Trump to involve Ukraine in a planned summit with Vladimir Putin, as Germany warned the White House against any deal hatched “over the heads... Read more »

More countries added to UK’s ‘deport first’ scheme for foreign criminals | Crime

Foreign criminals from 15 more countries face deportation before they have a chance to appeal in an expansion of the UK government’s “deport first, appeal later” scheme. Ministers are extending the scheme,... Read more »

Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60

Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent BBC Theo Leggett at the wheel of the oldest Ford Transit still in existence Climbing into a 1965 Ford Transit is like stepping into a time capsule... Read more »