Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says in the second series of Netflix's With Love, Meghan that spending almost three weeks away from her children left her feeling unwell. The eight-episode programme was released on Tuesday. She does not give dates in the show, though it is linked to the period in 2022 when the couple remained in the UK after Queen Elizabeth II's death. In the episode she describes what […]

Ash Dykes, 34, plans to travel the full length of China’s Yellow River, a journey of about 3,400 miles (5,400km) from its remote source on the Tibetan Plateau to the Bohai Sea. The Welsh adventurer, from St Asaph, has previously completed notable expeditions, including walking across Mongolia in 2014 and trekking the length of inland Madagascar in 2016. In 2019 he claimed to be the first person to walk the […]

Households are expected to be told that October's energy bills will rise by about £17 a year, taking the typical bill to £1,737, when Ofgem confirms the price cap. The regulator is due to publish the new cap on 27 August. Cornwall Insight's latest forecast signals this increase rather than the fall it had predicted in July, when bills were seen dropping from the current £1,720. The forecast assumes changes […]

Food inflation rose to 4.2% in August, the fastest pace in 18 months and the highest since February 2024, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Monitor. Fresh food inflation climbed to 4.1% in the month, up from 3.2% in July, while ambient food inflation slowed to 4.2% year on year, down from 5.1% in July. Overall shop price inflation rose to 0.9% in August, with non-food prices deflating by 0.8%.\n\nThe […]

Peers could be required to resign if their attendance and contributions to the House of Lords are deemed insufficient, as ministers push ahead with reform plans. Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Leader of the House of Lords, signalled that the government intends to press on with a retirement age of 80 for peers.\n\nThe House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill aims to end the 92 hereditary seats in the upper chamber. […]

A new blood test could identify ovarian cancer at early stages and may boost treatment outcomes for women, pending regulatory approval. The approach screens for two sets of blood markers in people with symptoms such as pelvic pain and bloating, and uses machine learning to pick up patterns that humans find hard to spot. Experts say it could be adopted by the NHS in future, subject to regulatory clearance. There […]

Ministers are prepared to return more than 100 migrants who arrived by small boat to France as Reform UK sets out its plan to tackle the migrant crisis. The proposals include changes to asylum rules and the use of deportations, with a group of over 100 migrants in detention identified as potential first candidates for removal. A plan to implement a one-in, one-out migrant deal with France is described as […]

A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at Indian Aroma in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford. Five people were injured in the blaze—three women and two men—with two of the injured in a life-threatening condition. Emergency services were called to the restaurant at about 21:00 on Friday. Police believe two further victims may have […]

Residents at Chamberlain Care Home in Edinburgh are taking part in physio-led rowing sessions to support Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean, three Scottish brothers aiming to become the fastest team to row across the Pacific. The trio, who used to visit their grandmother at the home, are on day 134 of an unsupported, non-stop journey from Peru to Australia to raise £1 million for clean water projects in Madagascar. They […]