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ITV to air drama about Guardian’s role in breaking phone-hacking scandal

An ITV drama about the Guardian’s role in breaking the phone hacking scandal that closed the News of the World will be aired later...

AI-linked stocks remain volatile after DeepSeek rout; Boeing posts its second-biggest annual loss on record – as it happened

Wall Street opens modestly higher as AI-linked stocks riseUS stocks have made modest gains after yesterday’s rout sparked by China’s AI push, as Wall...

‘Truly unique find’: part of Swindon Stegosaur returns to Wiltshire town

The spectacular remains of the first stegosaur to be described by scientists – discovered in a clay pit in Swindon in 1874 – are...

London house sales at highest level since before Brexit vote, says Foxtons

House sales in London are at the highest level since the Brexit vote dented buyer confidence, as the property market in the capital bounces...

UK weather: homes evacuated as rain and wind continue to batter England and Wales

Parts of the UK are facing another day of weather-related disruption as more rain and wind sweep across the country, while hundreds of people...

Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth

Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go “further and faster” to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people...

Good Energy agrees near-£100m takeover by UAE-linked firm

A British green electricity supplier, Good Energy, has agreed a near-£100m takeover by a company controlled by a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family. The...

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments

Songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides in the pet fur used by their parents to line their nests, a study...

Met officer who took on knife-wielding suspect commended for bravery

A police officer who “raced” towards a knife-wielding suspect and single-handedly tackled and disarmed him as he was trying to stab another man has...

Review to criticise Prevent over Axel Rudakubana and his interest in violence

Prevent’s assessment of the danger posed by Axel Rudakubana followed policy at the time, an official review will find but it will criticise the...

Man held on suspicion of attempted murder of police officer in Greater Manchester

Police have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after an officer was seriously injured when a vehicle was driven “at speed”...

Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’

A third of young adults in the UK are unable to name Auschwitz or any of the other concentration camps and ghettoes where the...

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