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The day small boats crisis became a BIG boats crisis: Forty-nine foot mega-dinghy carrying 230 migrants - more than a Boeing 737 - reaches Britain

The huge number – more than the capacity of a Boeing 737 jet – crossed from France yesterday, prompting the Conservatives to taunt Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood for 'presiding over a complete and utter farce'. The…

UK faces ‘worst food security crisis in decades’ due to repeated heatwaves

The knock-on impact of five heatwaves and prolonged dry conditions could destroy farmer ’s harvests, leading to food shortages later this year and increasing reliance on foreign imports, according to analysts from the…

Heat health alerts coming into force as UK braces for fifth heatwave

Temperatures are expected to peak around 36C on Thursday (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire Heat health alerts are to come into force as the UK braces for the fifth heatwave of the year, with almost three-quarters of England…

Firefighters call for funding to tackle ‘extra demands’ of wildfires and flooding

"Firefighters are having extra demands put on them as a result of an unprecedented summer of dangerous and volatile wildfires,” said Steve Wright FBU general secretary . "Our country is facing unpredictable environmental…

Libyan authorities battle big blaze at major oil refinery

The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening - the third such incident in two days. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a tank containing about 4.5m litres of fuel was…

It said, on announcing second quarter figures, that it would largely ditch many of the new ventures and refocus efforts on its social media mission and acting as a forum for users to post their views. The firm’s new…

Nigel Farage v Count Binface: 10 key pledges by 'space warrior' battling Reform chief in Clacton by-election

Read our privacy notice . Count Binface has not held back on the number of pledges he is making as he takes on Nigel Farage in this week’s Clacton by-election . The “space and electoral warrior” has published a 20-point…

The books everyone will be reading this autumn

For autumn 2026, Super Thursday will take place on October 8, marking the single biggest release day of the year for autumn books, featuring thousands of titles timed ahead of the Christmas shopping season, but the…

Sales of cool clothes and garden accessories soar as heat dominates spending

Total retail sales across the UK were up 1.3% year on year last month, below the 12-month average of 1.8%, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG. England’s progress to the semi-finals of the…

How to stay cool in the home with renewable technology

“Dramatically so… either for air conditioning on its own (which we actually don’t do), or in combination with other kinds of renewables, where people are thinking about things like heat pumps. “They’re increasingly…