Can you keep your kids off school or refuse to work during a heatwave?
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:58:41 GMT
As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.
Peter Murrell jailed for more than five years for embezzling SNP funds
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:29:11 GMT
The former party chief executive had admitted embezzling more than £400,000 over a 12-year period.
UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:10:06 GMT
Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".
Iran says no new commitments on nuclear sites after Vance says inspectors to be invited back
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:14:58 GMT
Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.
Farage says £5m gift spending details 'not public's business'
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:09:43 GMT
Rival parties have raised concerns over the gift received by the Reform UK leader before he became an MP.
Bright Horizons nursery chain served safeguarding notice by Ofsted
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:31:27 GMT
The Bright Horizons nursery chain may not be meeting safeguarding and welfare needs, Ofsted says.
Stop pretending EU's new border system is working, says airports chief
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:39:36 GMT
The head of Europe's airports lobby says concerns over EES are keeping him awake at night and he doesn't know how airports will cope over the summer.
Major incident declared after bus crash near roundabout in Wales
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:53:56 GMT
Police said the crash happened on the A484 near the Kidwelly roundabout in Carmarthenshire.
Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in peak of heatwave
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:16:09 GMT
Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says.
Around 29,000 lightning strikes light up sky across southern England
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:26:52 GMT
Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and travel disruption across parts of England, with more extreme heat expected on Tuesday.
