- High-speed driver busted by police after dangerous chase through Londonby Lucy Leeson on August 13, 2025 at 6:49 pm
A high-speed police pursuit through London has been captured on camera after a car was spotted travelling at double the speed limit and the wrong side of a carriageway.
- Claire’s on brink of collapse with thousands of jobs at riskby Alexander Butler on August 13, 2025 at 6:27 pm
The fashion giant’s hundreds of stores across the UK and Ireland are set to be put into administration
- Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after attacking prison guardsby Katie Dickinson on August 13, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Abedi, who remains in prison, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 18
- Heat health alerts extended into next week during fourth summer heatwaveby Lily Shanagher on August 13, 2025 at 5:32 pm
The warnings mean significant impacts on health and social care services
- Major incident declared as firefighters battle large blaze in North York Moors Parkby PA Reporters on August 13, 2025 at 5:13 pm
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue said the fire had spread to cover five square kilometres and 20 pumps were at the scene
- Reeves accused of ‘punishing families’ with inheritance tax raid – that still ‘won’t fill Labour’s blackhole’by Millie Cooke on August 13, 2025 at 4:54 pm
Former government economist Jonathan Portes told The Independent changes to inheritance tax would not raise enough to plug the UK’s multi-billion-pound fiscal shortfall
- Cooper defends live facial recognition expansion amid privacy rowby Nina Lloyd on August 13, 2025 at 3:58 pm
The Home Secretary said ‘safeguards and protections’ would govern use of the cameras.
- Jayla-Jean Mclaren: Pair bailed after murder probe into death of one-year-old girlby Ellie Crabbe on August 13, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Jayla-Jean Mclaren died in hospital on August 3 after being taken there with serious injuries on August 1
- Tory police chief faces backlash over telling public to stop shopliftersby Tara Cobham on August 13, 2025 at 3:21 pm
Thames Valley commissioner’s remarks called ‘irresponsible’ by MP after he branded people who do not do anything in face of thieves as ‘part of the problem’ amid record high levels of shoplifting
- Security services descend on UK’s poshest farm shop as JD Vance visits with familyby Tara Cobham on August 13, 2025 at 3:06 pm
British armed counterterrorism officers debating who gets the chocolate-flavoured ice cream among unusual sights seen in sleepy Cotswolds village
- Undercover female police pose as joggers to catch catcallersby Nicole Wootton-Cane on August 13, 2025 at 2:44 pm
Surrey Police said street harassment was a ‘significant worry’ for women and girls
- Children accused of using glass bottle and rocks to murder man on Isle of Sheppeyby PA Reporters on August 13, 2025 at 2:42 pm
Alexander Cashford was subject to a ‘violent assault’, court hears
- Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest-hit Epping hotelby Holly Evans on August 13, 2025 at 2:29 pm
Mohammed Sharwarq has been charged with seven offences and has been remanded into custody
- Drone footage reveals scale of devastating moorland fire near RAF baseby Luke Reevey on August 13, 2025 at 2:19 pm
Drone footage reveals the scale of a large moorland fire near an RAF base in North Yorkshire.
- M25 closed after lorry bursts into flamesby Alexander Butler on August 13, 2025 at 2:12 pm
The M25 is closed between Dartford and Romford as firefighters rush to tackle the blaze
- The worst drinks for microplastic contamination revealedby Harry Cockburn on August 13, 2025 at 2:00 pm
New research has revealed that hot drinks may be an even bigger source of microplastics than was previously realised
- Labour minister vows ‘every community’ in England and Wales to have contactable police officerby Holly Bishop on August 13, 2025 at 1:47 pm
Labour minister Diana Johnston has vowed that “every community” in England and Wales will now have a named and contactable police officer.
- Parents occupy community centre with buggy blockade in protest over cost of childcareby Tara Cobham and Albert Toth on August 13, 2025 at 12:49 pm
Families and youth workers occupy recently closed centre run by Living Under One Sun in Tottenham in protest over lack of affordable childcare and school holiday support
- Driver who claimed electric car ‘went rogue’ denies fraud chargesby Kim Pilling on August 13, 2025 at 12:49 pm
Nathan Owen claimed he was on his way home from work when his luxury electric car started speeding out of control
- Chaos in the Cotswolds as protests erupt against JD Vance’s holiday in quaint villageby Athena Stavrou on August 13, 2025 at 12:40 pm
Protesters descend on quiet Cotswold village amid vice president’s visit
- Don’t put expensive items at front of stores because ‘people will nick them’, minister tells shopkeepersby Millie Cooke on August 13, 2025 at 11:56 am
The warning comes as chief of supermarket chain Iceland said shoplifting is getting worse because offenders appear to be able to act with ‘impunity’
- Tulip Siddiq’s anti-corruption trial formally begins in Bangladeshby Alisha Rahaman Sarkar on August 13, 2025 at 11:42 am
Former British minister says she is ‘collateral damage’ in the fight between her aunt and Muhammad Yunus
- Met Office issues thunderstorm weather warning after heatwave scorches Britainby Nicole Wootton-Cane on August 13, 2025 at 11:28 am
The weather warnings come in the aftermath of a heatwave across parts of the UK
- Players devastated after winning share of £1.6m then Gala Bingo takes it backby Rebecca Whittaker on August 13, 2025 at 11:24 am
Players were incorrectly credited with a share of more than £1.6m over the course of two hours
- Teacher banned from the classroom after doing student’s coursework for themby Rebecca Whittaker on August 13, 2025 at 11:09 am
She has been banned from teaching indefinitely, with the right to have the prohibition order reviewed in two years
- New suspect ethnicity guidance ‘may not stop spread of disinformation’, policing minister admitsby Amy-Clare Martin on August 13, 2025 at 11:09 am
Police have been encouraged to share the nationality and ethnicity of suspects if there is a ‘policing reason to do’, but not immigration status
- Flight attendant who was too stressed to fly wins discrimination claim over sackingby Athena Stavrou on August 13, 2025 at 10:53 am
Jennifer Clifford had worked for British Airways for almost 40 years
- Who are the right-wing politicians and influencers joining JD Vance on his Cotswolds holiday?by Millie Cooke on August 13, 2025 at 10:45 am
JD Vance’s trip to the UK has seen him dine with a number of right wing figures, from Reform leader Nigel Farage to Cambridge academic James Orr
- Policing minister admits disinformation could still spread under suspect ethnicity guidanceby Luke Reevey on August 13, 2025 at 10:21 am
Disinformation could still spread regarding suspects arrested under new guidance for police, the policing minister has said.
- When will the UK heatwave end? Temperatures to soar again but thunderstorms forecastby Tara Cobham on August 13, 2025 at 10:14 am
Amber heat health alert remains in place across parts of England as temperatures could reach as high as 34C in some areas – and thunderstorm warning now issued by Met Office
- JK Rowling reignites row with Nicola Sturgeon in foul-mouthed ‘review’ of her memoirby Nicole Wootton-Cane on August 13, 2025 at 9:59 am
JK Rowling posted pictures of a scribbled-on copy of Ms Sturgeon’s new memoir ‘Frankly’
- Palestine Action terror ban risks ‘I am Spartacus’ moment, Labour peer warnsby Millie Cooke on August 13, 2025 at 9:44 am
Baroness Chakrabarti urged the government to ‘think again’, warning that the ban on the group may lead to more people, not fewer, taking to the streets to support them
- Rollout of live facial recognition vans treats us all as a ‘nation of suspects’, say criticsby Amy-Clare Martin on August 13, 2025 at 9:41 am
Critics issue warning over nationwide expansion of ‘intrusive’ technology which ‘turns every passerby into a walking barcode’
- The Victorian flower making a comeback with British shoppersby Sam Russell on August 13, 2025 at 9:27 am
- Facial recognition technology not about ‘total surveillance society’ – ministerby Will Durrant on August 13, 2025 at 9:16 am
Dame Diana Johnson said it was about ‘giving the tools to our police officers to enable them to keep us safe’.
