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.
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.
US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:25:36 GMT
Iran says the attack killed two people and injured two others, in the first known US strike on Iran since late July.
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.
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.
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.
'Like fighting a dinosaur': Sydney woman recalls how she punched shark during attack
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:44:51 GMT
Leah Stewart, 34, was mauled by a great white shark in June during a morning swim at Coogee Beach.
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.
Eight killed and others missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:02:43 GMT
A search and rescue operation is under way after a ferry carrying nearly 270 people turns over after leaving port.
Seven arrested after death of newborn baby girl
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:29:09 GMT
The baby was pronounced dead at a property in the Wincobank area of Sheffield.
