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Ministers are preparing to take Britain’s biggest water supplier into temporary public ownership

A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.

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iPhone 15 Pro Max tops Britain's most stolen phones list as mobile thefts surge 425% since 2021, with over 200 devices snatched daily across England and Wales.

With heatwaves becoming hotter and more frequent, demand for air conditioning is expected to rise significantly. However, if the UK and similar countries respond to hotter summers simply by installing more AC, they risk creating a costly, energy-hungry and more unequal future. But there’s a cooler, smarter way forward.

Body which protectes EU citizens’ rights warns Home Office they should not be removed if they make a short trip overseas for business or a holiday

In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya.

Two uninsured Lamborghinis had been flown into Britain for their owner’s summer holiday

"Britain’s least successful grand prix driver."

Walk down any of London’s shopping streets today and you’ll notice something missing – not the designer shops or beautiful window displays, but the international tourists. The visitors who once spent freely in our stores, stayed in our hotels, dined in our restaurants and enriched the whole economy are no…

Contingency plans could see Britain’s biggest water firm placed into a special administration regime.