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.
US and Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:54:32 GMT
Iran says the attack on Larak Island, the first known US strikes since late July, killed two people and injured two others.
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.
Parents of seriously ill children should get paid leave, says commissioner
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:17:28 GMT
Children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has backed called for more support for parents and carers.
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.
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.
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.
Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:01:12 GMT
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:56:15 GMT
A search and rescue operation is under way after a ferry carrying nearly 270 people turns over after leaving port.
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.
