It surpasses the previous high of 38C recorded at Lingwood, Norfolk, on 26 June. The Met Office warns this summer is on course to be the UK's hottest since records began.

The UK government has defended its seizure of a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the English Channel, after Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to "respond in kind".

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Human bones found in the garden of a bungalow in south-east London are being examined by the Met Police. Officers were called to Aperfield Road in Biggin Hill at about 15:30 BST last Friday, the force ...

The son of a 102-year-old great-grandfather who died after allegedly being assaulted at a south Wales pub says he was a "pub character". Phillip Ormerod, from Cwmbran, Torfaen, was taken to hospital ...

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The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

A motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a tipper lorry and a car. The crash happened on the A429 Fosseway in Northleach, Gloucestershire, at about 16:50 BST on Wednesday. A man from the ...

The once in a generation solar eclipse across the UK and Europe dominates Thursday's front pages. Trump's poll numbers appear to be down, but in this town, his support is as strong as ever. The ...

Scott was ahead of a 'baying mob' when he broke into the hotel A protester who cloaked himself in a union jack and attempted to break into a hotel housing asylum seekers as a mob was "baying" outside ...