Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by mesh netting.

Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston will all reprise their roles in the hugely popular drama.

Four thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum in broad daylight, stealing eight items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

The killer of grandfather of 23 Mohammed Saleem has died in his cell. The case will be investigated.

Denmark's prime minister has said she "cannot deny" that drones seen over Copenhagen Airport were flown by Russia.

Video of the incident appears to show the right-wing activist being struck.

One business owner said they had seen nothing like that in six decades

More than 63,000 Palestinians have now reportedly been killed during Israel's war in Gaza, a figure likely to rise after the IDF declared Gaza City a combat zone on Friday.

Exclusive: Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’ The Met commissioner should scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) at next weekend’s Notting Hill carnival because the technology is riven with “racial bias” and subject to a legal challenge, 11 civil liberty and anti-racist groups have demanded. A letter sent to Mark Rowley warns that use of instant face-matching cameras at an event that celebrates the African-Caribbean community “will only exacerbate concerns about abuses of state power and racial discrimination within your force”. Continue reading...

Event becomes biggest of its kind as more than 100,000 turn out to support its ‘existence and resistance’ theme More than 100,000 people took to the streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025 on Saturday, making it the biggest such event in the world, organisers said. The route wound through the centre of the capital’s most famous sites, taking in Regent’s Street, Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square. It concluded at Parliament Square with speakers including Heartstopper and Doctor Who actor Yasmin Finney. Continue reading...

The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.

Adam Carruthers, 32, and Daniel Graham, 39, were found guilty of criminal damage charges after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.