- Heathrow and Gatwick delays live: Flights grounded at UK airports due to air traffic control glitchby Nicole Wootton-Cane on September 8, 2026 at 2:32 pm
- How Andy Burnham can start to repair UK aid with one simple changeby Tamsyn Barton on September 8, 2026 at 2:19 pm
The PM has a rare political opportunity to make everybody happy: those who worry aid money is wasted and those who oppose the government's aid cuts, writes Dr Tamsyn Barton



- It’s been the wettest week since early February – so why are we still in drought and under hosepipe bans?by Nicole Wootton-Cane on September 8, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Despite recent wet conditions, ‘further significant rainfall’ is needed before drought conditions can end, environment bosses warn



- Reform UK council leader quits role after four monthsby Dave Higgens on September 8, 2026 at 1:34 pm
The council leader said he has taken the decision following ‘a recent change in my personal circumstances’



- UK’s third highest taxpayer ditches UK for Greece amid tax rise fearsby Nicole Wootton-Cane on September 8, 2026 at 1:33 pm
The billionaire founder of Rokos Capital Management paid £330m to the Treasury last year



- UK politics live: Miliband accuses Israeli settlers of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians in the West Bankby Athena Stavrou,Holly Evans and Bryony Gooch on September 8, 2026 at 1:18 pm
Other nations such as France, Canada and Spain have joined in the sanctions against Israel



- Care home nurse struck off after saying resident with dementia did not need birthday cakeby Rod Minchin on September 8, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Rossitsa Petkova was found guilty of misconduct and has been banned from the profession



- Dark website owner who encouraged ‘swatting’ and hoax bomb calls loses sentence bidby Callum Parke on September 8, 2026 at 12:49 pm
One hoax call in Cardiff caused ‘widespread panic and disruption’



- Author fined for destroying bat roosts during 19th-century church conversionby Anna Loren on September 8, 2026 at 11:54 am
- UK to announce trade ban on Israeli West Bank settlementsby Harriette Boucher on September 8, 2026 at 11:52 am
Move expected to be announced by foreign secretary on Tuesday is set to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel



- Public tried to rescue girl, 7, and aunt killed in Grangetown house fire, inquest hearsby Tom Wilkinson on September 8, 2026 at 10:41 am
Jaden Wright, 23, has appeared at Teesside Crown Court charged with two counts of murder



- Baby given world-first treatment involving ‘super-elastic springs’ to reshape skullby Rebecca Whittaker on September 8, 2026 at 10:34 am
Sagittal craniosynostosis affects around one in every 2,000 babies in the UK



- Crisis-hit NHS trust slapped with fresh warning over patient safetyby Rebecca Thomas on September 8, 2026 at 10:28 am
The new alert comes as Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is forced to make millions of pounds in cost savings as staff warn they would not want their family cared for at the hospitals



- Far-right Israeli minister calls for UK to be sanctioned over ‘occupation’ of Falkland Islandsby James C. Reynolds on September 8, 2026 at 10:20 am
Israeli ministers have sided with Argentina again despite Buenos Aires sanctioning an Israeli oil firm



- Tribunal rules that calling a colleague a ‘slapper’ is a sackable offenceby Will Rogers on September 8, 2026 at 10:13 am
- Councillor becomes first politician in the country to defect from Reform to Labourby Millie Cooke on September 8, 2026 at 9:51 am
A Reform councillor has decided to leave the party, saying he had seen ‘first-hand’ how it ‘simply doesn't have a serious plan’



- Britain to spend millions on space defence to counter threats and launch new satellitesby Neil Pooran on September 8, 2026 at 9:36 am
The broader UK Space Strategy details £7.8 billion in total funding across the sector up to 2030



- Blood cancer patient still alive eight years after taking part in groundbreaking trialby Rebecca Whittaker on September 8, 2026 at 9:17 am
About 70 per cent of patients who took part in the trial were still alive six years later



- Martin Lewis explains how to avoid Ofgem energy price riseby Rebecca Whittaker on September 8, 2026 at 9:16 am
The price cap rise will push bills to their highest since July 2023



- Disabled widow who has never driven prosecuted over tax on dead husband’s carby Tristan Kirk on September 8, 2026 at 9:07 am
The vehicle had been put in her name as a ‘good faith gesture’ in the hope that it could be used to take her to hospital appointments



- Harry and Meghan ‘surprised’ by King ruling out the couple returning as working royalsby Bryony Gooch on September 8, 2026 at 8:42 am
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK last month



- Stag flees hunters in dramatic footage as police launch investigationby Bryony Gooch on September 8, 2026 at 8:38 am
Quantock Staghounds disputed the chronology of the footage published on social media



- Father only found out son had died three weeks after car crash due to a police errorby Dave Higgens on September 8, 2026 at 8:34 am
- Experts on when the wet weather is set to end as temperatures of 24C to returnby Rebecca Whittaker on September 8, 2026 at 8:19 am
Despite the wet weather most of England and all of Wales is in drought



- Seven police officers attacked during far-right anti-migrant protest in Portsmouthby Mike Taylor on September 8, 2026 at 7:10 am
Riot police were pelted with stones and their vehicles were damaged by protesters



- From Trump to the Tardis and another PM: King Charles marks fourth year of reignby Ian Jones on September 8, 2026 at 7:07 am
In the past year, Charles undertook official duties on 164 separate days



- Patients with asthma using this weight loss drug ‘may have fewer attacks’by Ella Pickover on September 8, 2026 at 7:00 am
Connection to reduced asthma or COPD flare-ups was stronger with higher doses of the drug, study found



- UK could see temperatures of 24C as heat returnsby Dan Haygarth and Nicole Wootton-Cane on September 8, 2026 at 5:35 am
It comes after the country experienced its hottest summer on record



- Tesco and Waitrose recall products over allergy fears: ‘Do not eat’by Rebecca Whittaker on September 8, 2026 at 5:28 am
The major supermarkets have recalled a coleslaw and a crumble, which pose a potential allergy risk



- Criminal gangs blackmailing schools with deepfake child sex abuse images at ‘shocking’ scale, experts sayby Nicole Wootton-Cane on September 7, 2026 at 11:01 pm
Nearly half of headteachers have reported pupil images being used for harmful acts including blackmail and extortion, new research reveals



- Small boats crisis could worsen if traffickers shift destinations across the south coastby Dan Haygarth on September 7, 2026 at 10:36 pm
An ‘ongoing cat-and-mouse dynamic between the authorities and smugglers’ could shift where small boats depart from and arrive



- Burnham issues statement on Ukraine after holding fresh Trump talksby Ellie Ng and Nina Lloyd on September 7, 2026 at 10:30 pm
- Tories to blame for anti-migration protests in Dover and Portsmouth, policing minister saysby Rhiannon James,Will Meakin-Durrant and George Thompson on September 7, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Sarah Jones warned that any protesters stepping ‘from peaceful protest into illegality will face the full force of the law’



- Far-right anti-migrant protests escalate amid fears of wider mobilisationby Alex Ross,Dan Haygarth and Kate Devlin on September 7, 2026 at 10:09 pm
As police hunt down those who attacked police at the anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth, anti-racism campaigners say the violence was a ‘wake-up call’ amid fears of further disorder



- We must stop politics of poison seeping into our streets, Burnham saysby Nina Lloyd on September 7, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Speaking to MPs and peers at a closed-doors meeting on Monday, the Prime Minister said the party’s mission must be to counter fear with positivity and hope



