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July looks like it will be one of the warmest on record for much of the UK.The Met Office’s provisional statistics up to 30 July show Wales on course for it warmest July for mean temperature, which is the average across each 24-hour period.By the same measure, England looks on course for its joint warmest July and Northern Ireland its third warmest.Scotland is not on course for mean July temperatures within its top 10.Whilst maximum temperatures have not set records, July’s high so far being 35.5C at Wisley in Surrey on the 9th, compared to July’s record of 40.3C set…

Aliya Bodnar: An Artist Bridging Centuries in Kent Aliya Bodnar’s creative journey is a powerful testament to finding true calling later in life, proving that deep passion, tempered by resilience, is the best catalyst for artistic expression. After a successful 18-year career in marketing, Aliya — now living in Kent, UK — made a bold and profound shift toward professional painting, channelling her life experiences, including health crises and emigration, into a unique artistic vision. For Aliya, water is not just a material, but a living metaphor in her art: transparent, unpredictable, and capable of taking any shape.…

Celtic have rejected a West Ham approach for Arne Engels while Everton are keen on Alistair Johnston, manager Martin O’Neill has confirmed.The West Ham bid for Belgium midfielder Engels, 22, “doesn’t remotely meet our valuation”, said O’Neill, who received a call from Everton counterpart David Moyes relating to Canada full-back Johnston, 27.”Everton have been in contact,” explained O’Neill. “I’m not sure whether there’s been a bid in there for that one, but they’ve been in contact saying that there would be.”In fairness, David Moyes did call me last week to say there would be contact.”Nottingham Forest failed with a February…

The daughter of one of the 35 victims of disgraced funeral director Robert Bush has told GB News she will never recover from the trauma he has caused.Speaking to reporter Anna Riley, Joanne Moody said Bush “should have got more” after being handed a 20-year prison sentence for 67 offences.Bush’s offences spanned more than a decade and included handing dozens of grieving families the wrong ashes, with police finding 35 bodies at the company’s property.Handing down the sentence, Mr Justice Hilliard said Bush had breached the trust of his customers “on an almost industrial scale” and “in a myriad of…

Andy Burnham has been urged to “leave the ECHR” as fears over Britain’s migrant crisis continues to grow.Speaking to GB News, Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith expressed concern for UK borders after 50,000 illegal migrants stormed the Spanish border yesterday.Asked by host Dawn Neesom whether those migrants could possibly reach Britain, Mr Griffith admitted: “I fear so, yes.”Tens of thousands of migrants have swarmed to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in north Africa, triggering Madrid to deploy the military.Footage circulating on social media shows masses of people swimming up to Ceuta’s beaches, coming across from surrounding African nations such as Morocco.As…

Prince Harry accumulated the largest taxpayer-funded security bill of any visiting dignitary in Canada over a five-year window, newly disclosed Royal Canadian Mounted Police records have revealed.Between April 2015 and March 2020, protecting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex cost Canadian taxpayers £286,686.The figures emerged after state broadcaster CBC prevailed in a six-year freedom of information battle to obtain the financial records, which were originally requested in January 2020 but only released this week following intervention by Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard.Harry’s protection costs represented more than 10 per cent of the £2.66 million total spent guarding roughly 100 visiting…

Chancellor John Healey has said he will deliver his first Budget on Wednesday October 28, 2026.The announcement comes after Labour announced a succession of spending commitments, including the £2 bus fare cap, reforms to social care and the temporary removal of VAT from electricity bills.Economists have suggested these spending commitments will need to be met with higher taxation, with No. 11 having very little room for extra borrowing within the current fiscal rules.Prime Minister Andy Burnham has faced growing pressure to raise income tax after a leading economic think tank identified a £24billion shortfall in the Government’s spending plans.The National…

The BBC has come under scrutiny after one of its educational resources for primary school children described Guy Fawkes as an “astonishing activist” and placed him alongside historical figures including Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Emmeline Pankhurst.The content, available on the BBC Bitesize learning platform, forms part of an interactive educational game titled Back in Time with… Astonishing Activists.Designed for young learners, the game introduces children to individuals who sought to change society, inviting them to explore the lives of campaigners through a series of interactive activities.The resource’s introduction states that users can “take a trip back in time and…

Motorists are being made aware of new rules being introduced in August that could impact them behind the wheel every day.Labour could move forward with new plans first unveiled through its Road Safety Strategy, while an update could be provided on the future of the digital driving licence scheme.With new rules being introduced over the coming weeks, GB News has rounded up the most important driving law changes in August that could impact you.MOT testsNew rules being introduced on August 3, 2026, will see garages across the UK given access to new features that could reduce fraud within MOT testing.Around…

Due to the possibility of river pollution, the council advised the public not to enter the watercourse of the rivers and not allow their dogs to swim in the water until the investigations were complete.Leader of the council, Chris Weaver, said the priority remained as the safety and wellbeing of residents affected. “Council teams will continue to support affected residents and carry out the necessary clean-up, investigation and repair work as quickly and safely as possible.”Alex Davies-Jones, Labour MP for Pontypridd, has written to the Welsh government, saying constituents in the area had been caused “considerable anxiety” by the blast…