The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Jenrick was sacked by the Conservative leader this week hours before he defected to Nigel Farage’s party

John Healy hit out at Farage’s refusal to back sending UK troops into Ukraine in the event of a peace deal

Outages in Kent and Sussex this week became the latest in a long list of breakdowns in the UK’s creaking water system. Harry Cockburn asks how Britain can solve its utilities crisis

As international treaty comes into force, bill to make it law in Britain is moving at ‘glacial pace’ through parliament

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is attempting to offer a more positive message from the political right than her one-time shadow justice secretary.

The Tory leader compared Jenrick’s defection to a priest switching religion, saying ‘It’s just not serious...it means you never cared’

Three-time European medallists Fear and Gibson sit in second place after the rhythm dance in Sheffield

Sacha Dench survived the crash but suffered serious injuries while attempting a 3,000-mile, round-Britain paramotor challenge

Craig Guildford, the chief constable of one of Britain’s largest police forces, West Midlands Police, will retire, after coming under pressure over a controversial decision by the police to ban visiting supporters of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a match against Aston Villa.

European countries sending troops to the island is only raising the temperature and generating fear – exactly what the US president wants, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Edinburgh will host the men’s Grand Depart before the peloton head south via Liverpool to Wales, while the women’s edition will begin in Leeds and take in Manchester, Sheffield and London