Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood hosted ministers from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance in London for talks on joint efforts to disrupt people smuggling. In her first major engagement in the role, she welcomed counterparts from the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand as the number of small-boat crossings in 2025 topped 30,000.\n\nOn Saturday, 1,097 people arrived in 17 boats, taking the 2025 total to 30,100 and marking a record […]

The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association have urged the government to require mandatory training in preventative pothole maintenance for councils that carry out little such work. In a letter to Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood, they argued that sealing road surfaces to prevent water entering cracks can help stop potholes forming. The cost of bringing pothole-plagued local roads in England and Wales up to standard is estimated […]

Tube services in London were suspended on Monday as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union began a series of strikes over pay and conditions. The action involves drivers, signallers and maintenance staff and began on Sunday, with the largest disruption anticipated between Monday and Friday. Transport for London warned there would be few or no Tube services between Monday and Thursday, and picket lines were seen outside […]

On Monday, the Prince of Wales will attend an engagement in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to mark the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. His brother, the Duke of Sussex, is in London for the WellChild Awards, a charity of which he is long-standing patron, before travelling to a community recording studio in Nottingham on Tuesday. It is not known whether the brothers will stage a reunion during Harry’s visit. The […]

Public inquiry into the July knife attack at a Southport dance class resumes at Liverpool Town Hall on Monday. Three girls—Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven—were killed when Axel Rudakubana targeted the Taylor Swift-themed class. The 18-year-old was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years and also attempted to murder ten others, eight of them children. Solicitor Christopher Walker, […]