By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 13:39 BST, 27 July 2026 | Updated: 14:07 BST, 27 July 2026 Andy Burnham has raised fears of higher council tax for homeowners in the South... Read more »

Nobody is swimming in the shimmering water off the UK’s no. 1 beach. It’s a little too nippy, though a few hardy waders are splashing about. But you immediately ‘get’ why Bamburgh... Read more »

At least two people were killed when gunfire broke out at a food festival near the Seattle Space Needle on Sunday night, sending families running for their lives. Rapid gunfire was heard... Read more »

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Passengers have been left without running water at Gatwick Airport as a severe water outage has hit the busy transport hub. Flyers were unable to flush toilets, wash their hands or refill... Read more »

Bordeaux is facing the evacuation of more than 270,000 of its residents because of ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires.  Huge fires are currently raging across France, with blazes just nine miles from the country’s ninth-largest... Read more »

An unconscious woman lies motionless on the floor while medics gather around her contorted body.  The 25-year-old has just been brutally whipped 21 times in public after an Indonesian court found her... Read more »

German authorities have identified the suspect wanted over the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that killed one person and injured at least 16 others, as a major manhunt continues. Police identified... Read more »

Last September Rachel Reeves, then still the all-powerful Chancellor, sealed her fate with Andy Burnham. The mayor of Greater Manchester was basking in national news headlines after he issued a radical call... Read more »