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Britain’s rail services severely disrupted as heatwave damage is repaired

Network Rail announces ‘resilience taskforce’ to plan for future extreme weather

The Guardian - UK

Secret hearing over Prince Philip's will was wrong, UK court told

It was wrong to hold a secret hearing which decided that the will of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's late husband, should be sealed and kept private for 90 years, lawyers for a newspaper told the Court of Appeal in London on Wednesday.

Reuters

Britain launches free trade talks with Israel

Britain on Wednesday launched free trade talks with Israel, aimed at boosting service and tech sector ties as it seeks new trade deals after leaving the European Union.

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UK empowers courts to stop powerful oligarchs from silencing critics

Britain on Wednesday set out measures to help its courts stop large businesses and wealthy individuals, including Russian oligarchs, from using the legal system to silence critics.

Reuters

Race to become UK PM down to final two: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain's next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson.

Reuters

UK Conservatives picking final 2 in race to replace Johnson

Britain’s Conservative Party are choosing the two finalists in the contest to replace Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

UK inflation rise is worrying but Bank of England must not overreact

Analysis: Figure is being generated by factors outside Britain, and households and firms can do without burden of higher interest rates

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Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be stepped up.

Reuters

Venomous snake attacks rising in the UK, doctors warn

Bites present ‘substantial challenge’ for healthcare professionals as around one in 100 households now have pet snakes

The Independent UK

Underwhelmed by government pay rises, UK's doctors, nurses and teachers mull strikes

Britain's nurses, doctors and teachers moved towards strike action on Wednesday, demanding wages keep pace with soaring prices as the government defended its decision to award below-inflation pay rises for public sector workers.

Reuters

UK weather turmoil disrupts train travel for 3rd day

Britain’s record-breaking heat wave has disrupted travel for a third day and firefighters remain on alert even as cloudy skies and showers have brought relief from the scorching temperatures of recent days

The Independent UK

Britain counts cost of historic heatwave as 13 die

At least 13 people have died in Britain while swimming during a spell of record-breaking hot weather that sparked wildfires, damaged train tracks and triggered warnings that efforts to tackle climate change needed to be stepped up.

Reuters

NatWest announces £1.25bn support package for UK farmers

The news comes as Britain's agricultural sector faces increasing pressure from rising inflation

Birmingham Post

‘Stuff your 5%!’ Is the UK facing a summer of discontent – and what can we learn from the winter of 1979?

Transport workers, barristers, doctors, teachers, nurses, civil servants: if they haven’t yet voted to strike, they’re likely to do so. The last time anything like this happened, it brought down the government …

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‘Hellfire’: what the papers say about UK’s hottest ever day

Record 40.3C temperature dominates front pages along with dramatic pictures of burning houses on the outskirts of London

The Independent UK

What the papers say – July 20

The front pages are dominated by apocalyptic scenes of homes going up in flames on ‘the day Britain burned’.

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery review – is Tik Tok really causing the boom in tics?

Doctors who once saw four or five cases in teens a year now see that many per week. Scarlett Moffatt – who had a tic as a child – is the perfect person to investigate the phenomenon’s link to social media

Evening Standard

Chancellor says public sector pay rises will not fuel inflation

Britain’s biggest public-sector pay increases in nearly 20 years will not fuel price pressures, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said.

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Europe and UK heatwave updates: Air pollution surges as temperatures soar to 40C — as it happened

Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires. Catch up on the latest updates from overnight.

Daily Mirror

Laura Muir reveals brutal physical cost of winning World Championship bronze

Flying Scot endured the hardest race of her life and ran her fastest ever time to cement her place as one of Britain's middle-distance greats

The Independent UK

Major incidents declared in parts of England as country swelters in record 40.3C heat

Firefighters battled major blazes across England after days of exceptional heat left much of the country tinder dry

Daily Mirror

Scarlett Moffatt's face tic hell and why UK is in midst of mystery Tourette's outbreak

In Channel 4 documentary Britain's Tourette's Mystery: Scarlett Moffatt Investigates, the former Gogglebox star attempts uncover the potential causes of this medical phenomenon

The Independent UK

Lawsuit: UK officials had concerns with Rwanda deportations

A lawsuit against the British government says officials at the U.K.'s Foreign Office had misgivings about plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda because of the East African nation's human rights record

Evening Standard

Monkeypox: Britain buys another 100,000 doses of vaccine

Britain has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130.

The Guardian - UK

Why do Britain’s roads melt and its rails buckle in heat?

Some countries have designed their transport infrastructure for wider extremes of weather – but that comes at a cost

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