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James Maddison lasted 50 minutes of his first start in 18 months before injury struck again — but Tottenham still won 2-0 at Chelsea, only their second Premier League win at Stamford Bridge in 35 tries.
The Met Police will stop acting on minor tag breaches of under an hour under a pilot running until spring, Sky News understands — with officers policing over 100 tag breaches a day and high-risk offenders prioritised instead.
At 00:37 on Sunday, Girvan's lifeboat crew launched into Force 11-12 winds for a reported person in the water at Ayr — then were stood down. As Boelo peaks, Sunday rail lines are closed across Scotland and thousands remain without power after Austen.
Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young, 24, appeared at the Old Bailey charged under the National Security Act over alleged Russia spying plot. Trial set for October 2027.
John Healey's Budget on 28 October will hand the National Wealth Fund £15.4bn and the British Business Bank £5bn extra capital, the FT reports — supporting 100,000 jobs by 2035 in AI, defence and green energy. Here's what it means.
Storm Boelo triggers an amber 'danger to life' wind warning for all of mainland Scotland, Northumberland and parts of Northern Ireland from 9pm Saturday to 9pm Sunday — 80mph gusts, power cuts and travel chaos expected.
Former Conservative campaign director Anthony Lee and his wife have been given suspended prison sentences for betting on the 2024 general election date using insider information — but no one is going to jail. Here's what the judge said, and why the scandal isn't over.
Part of Brighton's historic West Pier has fallen into the sea after Storm Austen battered the UK with winds of up to 111mph — and Storm Boelo is forecast to bring more chaos from Saturday night. Here's what happened and what's coming next.
Met detective Linda Williams, raped by serial predator David Carrick in 2004, has waived her anonymity to demand Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley resign — saying the force's handling of her case felt "like being raped all over again".