Minimum wage set to rise but 18-20 year-olds will not get bigger increase
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:01:27 GMT
Chancellor John Healey will reveal the new pay rates in the Budget, and has also announced measures to help households with the cost of living.
Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM's promises
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:41:05 GMT
Support on the cost of living, and in particular energy bills, as well as announcments on devolution will be central to John Healey's first Budget.
Two in court over alleged Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:32:54 GMT
Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both 24, appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
King acknowledges 'suffering of the past' as Caribbean tour begins
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:14:59 GMT
The King is on a nine-day tour that will take him to three countries, including the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda.
Men abused woman after her husband drugged and advertised her online, court told
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:34:27 GMT
Four men stand trial after the woman's ex-husband has pleaded guilty to drugging and raping her.
Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region, officials say
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:19:53 GMT
The truce was originally planned for the stranded residents of Oleshky, and Russia and Ukraine say no breaches have been reported.
Norway and Finland leaders hold rare call with Putin
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:28:23 GMT
An end to the conflict in Ukraine "will not be achieved through silence," Finland's President Alexander Stubb said.
Landline switchover could cut people off in emergency, minister warned
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:40:19 GMT
Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.
Russell Brand told police he never had non-consensual sex
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:46:03 GMT
His trial hears statements he gave to police between 2023 and 2025, denying allegations against him.
Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled in leopard enclosure
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:30:37 GMT
The woman began her career at the park when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades.
