Specialist glasses have sold out at major retailers as Britons prepare for the best solar eclipse in decades. More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on ...

Parts of the UK could be set to bake in 38C temperatures as a firefighters’ union chief warned the country faces a “national emergency” over wildfires. Some areas face a fifth heatwave of the summer, ...

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini singer Brian Hyland will perform his 1960 classic hit in Downing Street as he backs a campaign for better NHS diagnoses. The American musician, 82, will ...

Dame Prue Leith, Dame Mary Berry and Celia Imrie are some of the speakers confirmed to be appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2026. Believed to be the world’s oldest literature festival – ...

Cate Blanchett reunites with her Tar co-star Nina Hoss in first-look pictures from their upcoming National Theatre play Electra/Persona. The Australian and German actresses played a couple in the 2022 ...

The Vauxhall Astra is one of those cars with serious heritage. Given that it’s been around for more than 45 years over eight generations, it’s a car that nearly everyone in the UK is familiar with.

The UK’s largest Harry Potter shop is to open in London’s Oxford Street in November, Warner Bros has announced. The flagship store, spanning more than 21,000 square feet over two floors, will open its ...

A new study could shed light on why red grouse populations in Scotland have declined over recent years, conservationists have said. Populations of the distinctive upland bird have seen a series of ...

Rihanna has shared a photo with her three children, showing them where she grew up. The 38-year-old – born Robyn Rihanna Fenty – was raised in Saint Michael, Barbados. She was raised in a ...

JCB has achieved a new world land speed record with a run in its hydrogen-powered Hydromax. Set at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, the record saw the Hydromax achieve 406.320mph, measured as ...

Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has avoided additional jail time after pleading guilty to an alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia. Other charges were ...

Emergency services were called at 9.57pm on Monday after reports of gunshots being fired in Willington Road, Clapham, the Metropolitan Police said.