All news for 2026-08-03

Britain’s economy could be sent into a recession next year if the crucial Strait of Hormuz remains closed into 2027 amid a prolonged Iran war, according to a report.

The two brothers embroiled in a brawl with police officers at Manchester Airport were handed £113,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid.

Labour is facing calls to expel Diane Abbott once again after the newly-reinstated Labour MP made "dangerous" remarks about Nato.

A grieving family were mistakenly told by National Savings and Investments (NS&I) they would inherit £30,000 in Premium Bonds, only to discover the money did not exist.

Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, known as "El R-1" and identified as a leader within the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, is linked not only to the killing of former Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo but also to the May 2025 feminicide of influencer Valeria Márquez, Mexican authorities said Friday.

When the superstar academic Jason Arday took to the stage at the British Sociological Association’s 75th anniversary conference earlier this year, he delivered a talk called Wanted Dead or Alive: the Playbook.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker, AstraZeneca, is understood to be in discussions to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a near-$400bn (£300bn) pharmaceutical group.

At least five women who were abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been formally recognised by the Home Office as victims of modern slavery.

Ministers’ criminal records will be kept hidden from the British public thanks to a tribunal ruling.

Labour has overtaken Reform UK in the polls for the first time in well over a year, as the party enjoys a bounce under new prime minister Andy Burnham and insurgents on the left and right have suffered from a series of mishaps and scandals.

Parts of England are to be hit with an amber heat health alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as the country faces a possible fifth heatwave.

Ariana Grande is withdrawing from public appearances and will no longer star in an upcoming musical production in London when she ends her Eternal Sunshine tour.

UK drivers have stolen almost £200,000 of fuel from petrol stations on average every day since the Iran war broke out and sent prices soaring, according to industry analysis.

Reform UK would launch a military operation in the England Channel to stop small boats if it were in power, the party has said.

Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain.

Milliarden von Hrywnja wurden für Straßenbauprojekte ausgegeben, aufsehenerregende investigative Recherchen veröffentlicht, NABU-Strafverfahren eingeleitet, Durchsuchungen durchgeführt und Beamte entlassen – dennoch hat bislang keiner dieser Fälle zu einer rechtskräftigen Verurteilung geführt.