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Southern Water becomes latest company to bring in hosepipe ban amid dry weather

The company said customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight face restrictions from Monday.

The Independent UK

Why has inflation risen unexpectedly and what does it mean for households?

Official data showed Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 3.6% in June, up from 3.4% in May and the highest since January 2024.

The Independent UK

Reeves says protections remain for ‘working people’ amid wealth tax speculation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the manifesto commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance and VAT still stood.

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Four dead in Southend Airport plane crash

Essex Police said the crash involved ‘one 12-metre plane’.

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Million more face hosepipe ban after dry spell

Thames Water has asked customers not to use hosepipes, including for cleaning cars, watering plants, filling pools or cleaning windows.

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace: Timeline of allegations as report findings published

The 60-year-old stepped away from hosting BBC’s MasterChef last year amid the allegations.

Evening Standard

Weather: Temperatures to dip slightly as UK passes peak of third heatwave this summer

It comes after Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales each recorded their hottest day of the year.

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Temperatures to dip slightly as UK passes peak of third heatwave this summer

It comes after Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales each recorded their hottest day of the year.

The Independent UK

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales record warmest day of the year in heatwave

It was hot in England as well, with highs of 33.1C, but no records were broken.

Evening Standard

Scotland and Northern Ireland record warmest day in years amid peak of heatwave

Temperatures will soar to highs of 34C in the UK on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Temperatures set to peak on Saturday as country bakes in summer’s third heatwave

Highs of 34C or more are possible in parts of the UK on Saturday as the summer’s third heatwave takes hold.

Evening Standard

Government launches crackdown on ‘misleading’ private parking firms

Analysis by the PA news agency found Britain’s drivers were handed 14.4 million parking tickets by private companies in the year to the end of March.

Evening Standard

France migrant return scheme numbers ‘not fixed’, says Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper insisted the plan would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the people smugglers organising the crossings.

The Independent UK

Macron says UK and France ‘share same will’ amid crunch talks over migrant deal

The French president and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also agreed a ‘new deterrent’ was needed to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.

Evening Standard

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Migrants row erupts as UK-France deal would see just 1 in 17 sent back across Channel

About 800 people are crossing the Channel each week and the proposed deal would see the equivalent of just one in 17 migrants returned

The Independent UK

Starmer and Macron to hammer out migrants deal in crunch summit

The Prime Minister hopes the French president will sign up to a “one in, one out” deal when they hold a Franco-British summit at Downing Street.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill

The Tory leader will warn of a ‘ticking time bomb’ of welfare dependency

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits

In a speech on Thursday, Badenoch will call for benefits to be only for people with the most serious conditions

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The Independent UK

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

Evening Standard

Channel crossing migrants should face prosecution if child dies – Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper appeared to suggest that getting on an overcrowded boat could result in prosecution.

The Independent UK

Greggs warns of profit hit as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors

Evening Standard

Greggs warns over profits as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors as Britons sweltered in blistering weather.

Evening Standard

Record number of NHS operations given in private hospitals

Private hospitals carried out almost one in five NHS operations.

Evening Standard

Shop prices return to inflation for first time in almost a year

Overall shop prices were 0.4% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index.

Evening Standard

Amber heat health alerts extended as June ends with one of its hottest days ever

Scientists warned heatwaves are becoming more frequent with climate change – and hot spells earlier in the summer are particularly dangerous.

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