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Campaign group seeks to appeal against Wimbledon expansion ruling

Campaign group seeks to appeal against Wimbledon expansion ruling

Campaign group seeks to appeal against Wimbledon expansion ruling

22 August 2025

Save Wimbledon Park lost its High Court challenge against the decision to approve the expansion plans last month.


Record-holder for most rollercoasters ridden in a week eyes up next challenge

Record-holder for most rollercoasters ridden in a week eyes up next challenge

Record-holder for most rollercoasters ridden in a week eyes up next challenge

22 August 2025

Dean Stokes claimed a Guinness World Record after riding 55 in seven days as part of a trip where he set out to ride every rollercoaster in the UK.


Buying spirits in popular gap year destinations like ‘Russian roulette’

Buying spirits in popular gap year destinations like ‘Russian roulette’

Buying spirits in popular gap year destinations like ‘Russian roulette’

22 August 2025

Simone White died last year, less than three weeks after her 28th birthday, after drinking shots at a hostel bar in Laos.


Lucy Connolly considering legal action against police after prison release

Lucy Connolly considering legal action against police after prison release

Lucy Connolly considering legal action against police after prison release

22 August 2025

The 42-year-old was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers online in the aftermath of the Southport murders last year.


Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades

Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades

Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades

22 August 2025

Social media posts have attached significance to a contract which is just replacing an old facility.


Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years

Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years

Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years

22 August 2025

Charles Hartle, then aged 17, smiled at 18-year-old Noah Smedley before stabbing him in the heart in a Derbyshire street days after Christmas.


UK harvest on course for near record low after drought hits crops – analysis

UK harvest on course for near record low after drought hits crops – analysis

UK harvest on course for near record low after drought hits crops – analysis

22 August 2025

Experts say another poor harvest in 2025 would mean that three of the five worst since records began all occurred this decade.


David Lammy avoids fine over fishing trip with JD Vance

David Lammy avoids fine over fishing trip with JD Vance

David Lammy avoids fine over fishing trip with JD Vance

22 August 2025

The Foreign Secretary did not possess a licence for rod fishing, which was blamed on an ‘administrative oversight’.


Tina Fey offers advice to writers of Saturday Night Live UK

Tina Fey offers advice to writers of Saturday Night Live UK

Tina Fey offers advice to writers of Saturday Night Live UK

22 August 2025

It was announced in April that SNL creator Lorne Michaels would bring a British version of the long-running sketch comedy show to Sky.


Bank holiday getaway sees delays of nearly two hours at Port of Dover

Bank holiday getaway sees delays of nearly two hours at Port of Dover

Bank holiday getaway sees delays of nearly two hours at Port of Dover

22 August 2025

Operator DFDS warned customers shortly before 1pm that waiting times were up to one hour and 15 minutes at border control and 40 minutes at check-in.


‘Asylum seekers feel hunted amid scenes of hate on UK streets’ as protests go on

‘Asylum seekers feel hunted amid scenes of hate on UK streets’ as protests go on

‘Asylum seekers feel hunted amid scenes of hate on UK streets’ as protests go on

22 August 2025

Campaigners said some of the public’s valid concerns about hotels being used for asylum seekers are ‘being hijacked by a violent minority’.


Warning issued for very high risk of wildfire across Scotland

Warning issued for very high risk of wildfire across Scotland

Warning issued for very high risk of wildfire across Scotland

22 August 2025

The public has been asked not to light open flames in public places, and have been asked to remain vigilant.


Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

22 August 2025

Ministers claimed about 200 have been closed since the peak under the previous government – but most of this fall took place under the Conservatives.


Noel Clarke loses libel case as judge backs Guardian over harassment claims

Noel Clarke loses libel case as judge backs Guardian over harassment claims

Noel Clarke loses libel case as judge backs Guardian over harassment claims

22 August 2025

The actor unsuccessfully sued the Guardian newspaper’s publisher at the High Court in London.


Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

22 August 2025

The Government will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and then further appeal against the ruling.


Lammy labels Gaza famine ‘utterly horrifying’

Lammy labels Gaza famine ‘utterly horrifying’

Lammy labels Gaza famine ‘utterly horrifying’

22 August 2025

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said on Friday that famine is occurring in Gaza City and could spread further south.


Thousands of firefighter jobs could go through cuts, says union

Thousands of firefighter jobs could go through cuts, says union

Thousands of firefighter jobs could go through cuts, says union

22 August 2025

Fire Brigades Union leader Steve Wright said 2,300 fire and rescue posts could go.


Noel Clarke conspiracy claims over Guardian reporting ‘implausible’ – judge

Noel Clarke conspiracy claims over Guardian reporting ‘implausible’ – judge

Noel Clarke conspiracy claims over Guardian reporting ‘implausible’ – judge

22 August 2025

The actor took legal action against the newspaper’s publishers over allegations of misconduct.


British aid worker killed in Ukraine drone strike, according to NGO

British aid worker killed in Ukraine drone strike, according to NGO

British aid worker killed in Ukraine drone strike, according to NGO

22 August 2025

Annie Lewis Marffy had travelled from her home in Devon to Ukraine to deliver a vehicle and aid.


Anti-immigrant protesters face off with counter-demonstrators in Portsmouth

Anti-immigrant protesters face off with counter-demonstrators in Portsmouth

Anti-immigrant protesters face off with counter-demonstrators in Portsmouth

22 August 2025

Police watched as people on each side gathered on the steps outside the city’s council offices.


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