All news for 2026-08-17

An update has been issued on the impact of the Lewes train derailment, which severely injured two people.

Reform UK has claimed mass immigration is the reason why millions of people in England and Wales are banned from using their hoses.

A fundraiser for Jason Arday’s family has exceeded £100,000 after the late former Cambridge University professor was found dead in his London home.

The Government’s emergency alert system has backfired following the wildfire warning as thousands of Britons have begun looking into ways to block all emergency warnings.

Police have detained a man after he allegedly stole an Amazon delivery van loaded with £1,000 worth of parcels.

One of Britain’s first Net Zero prisons is set to be £150billion overbudget, 10 years’ delayed and deliver just 200 new jail places.

Nearly 350 cells at Britain’s most expensive new prison sit unused despite the UK facing a severe capacity crisis.

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died aged 36.

Reform has vowed to ban all foreign nationals from claiming benefits in a new plan to slash the ballooning £50billion welfare bill.