Grid operator says energy system should be more resilient after UK’s biggest outage in a decadeNational Grid will accelerate plans for new blackout safeguards to avoid another energy system shock after more than a million homes were left without electricity last month.The grid operator admitted after Britain’s biggest blackout in Read more
President’s ratings slip six points since June, poll findsElection held for North Carolina’s ninth congressional district 2.50pm BST Trump has sent out repeated Twitter endorsements for Dan Bishop, the Republican running in North Carolina’s special congressional race. The latest one came about 20 minutes ago.NORTH CAROLINA, VOTE FOR DAN BISHOP Read more
Staff shortage leads St Mary’s in Cumbria to take drastic measuresA hospice has been forced to close its doors to people wishing to spend their final days there because it cannot find a doctor to oversee its service.It is the first time one of the UK’s 220 hospices has had Read more
Ellie Burns attacked two shoppers in Yorkshire market just 25 days after appearing in court for racist assault of taxi driver Via: Woman jailed for punching Muslim woman and ripping her hijab off
Follow all the latest developments Via: Boris Johnson news – live: More than 50 Labour MPs 'ready to back new Brexit deal', amid fears PM ready to cut Northern Ireland loose
Shorter sentence ‘would be appropriate’ to reflect killer Aaron Campbell’s ‘youth’, judges say Via: Alesha MacPhail: Teenager who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old girl has sentence reduced
Kim Darroch handed life peerage after diplomatic scandal Via: Theresa May honours: UK ambassador who called Trump 'inept and uniquely dysfunctional' is made a Lord
The final male, who was trapped behind a glass wall, emerged from the vessel to applause and later paused to look at the sky before beaming as he was later led away by the team. Via: Final cargo ship crewman beams as he's rescued from a burning, capsized vessel that Read more
A group of Labour MPs have held up signs with ‘silenced’ written on them, with one trying to hold on to Speaker John Bercow, as MPs were requested to take part in the prorogation ceremony. Via: Scuffles break out at the Speaker's chair amid attempts to shut down Parliament
Bobby Brown was reportedly removed from a JetBlue flight (main) at the Los Angeles International Airport for ‘being drunk’ despite passengers claiming he wasn’t causing any problems. Via: Bobby Brown is removed from a JetBlue flight at LAX for 'being drunk'