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Ten traveller camps spring up in Kent as the Garden of England sees deluge of illegal sites

But in recent years, the county has acquired a rather less welcome reputation – as a hotspot for unauthorised traveller developments. An epicentre of the phenomenon has been the hamlet of Sandway, where five illegal…

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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Some parts of the country face a fifth heatwave of the summer, with amber “extreme heat” warnings in place for parts of England on Thursday when temperatures could hit 38C in some spots. Nearly three quarters of England…

New EU border checks sees waiting times DOUBLE at major airports

Peak waiting times at Frankfurt Airport hit 120 minutes in July, double the 60-minute maximum recorded a year earlier. Munich also saw its longest queues almost double, rising from 31 minutes to an hour, while maximum…

Summer 2026 on course to be UK's hottest on record, says Met Office

Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to surpass the record set just last year . Provisional Met Office statistics show that the UK's mean temperature for meteorological summer so far (1 June to…

West End theatre owner ATG to be bought by Ari Emanuel’s Mari

Read our privacy notice . American media tycoon Ari Emanuel’s events firm Mari has struck a deal to buy West End theatre owner ATG. Mari, which runs Hyde Park Winter Wonderland , said it has entered into a “definitive…

Don’t use too much electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplier

This will, in turn, lower solar -powered electricity generation just as demand for energy surges as people finish up work and are at home for the evening. Neso – the National Energy System Operator which runs Britain’s…

Interview: Count Binface has some advice for Nigel Farage if he loses in Clacton

Speaking to The Independent’s In The Room podcast ahead of Thursday’s vote, the satirical candidate offered some financial advice to his Reform UK rival should things not go to plan at the ballot box. But Count Binface…

Man in fifties sent on job training for 16-30s by UK government

Former construction worker John Colamatheo, 57, was given the opportunity to become a Universal Credit Agent working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). But after buying new clothes to look "smart", and…

Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt

The child was standing in their chair as the 6 August Porter Airlines flight taxied towards the runway, the airline said. Repeated attempts by an accompanying parent and crew to secure the child in their seat failed, so…