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More than 2,700 people in England and Wales died from heat-related causes during May and June's record hot spells, experts estimate.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

For only the third time in its history, the British electricity system operator has warned of tight supplies in the summer months.

Vapes will be sold in plain packaging, and enticing flavour descriptions will be banned under a proposal to stop e-cigarettes being marketed to children.

The number of Britons in their 50s who take part in bowel cancer screening remains critically low, the NHS has warned.

A new vaccine to combat a strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon be tested on adults in the UK, under plans announced today.

Senators have demanded the US military urgently reveals the findings of its probe into a deadly missile strike on an Iranian school.

The persistent disadvantage gap in schools will be an "early challenge" for the next prime minister, researchers are warning.

Police in Australia have marked the 25th anniversary of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio by releasing previously unseen photographs from their investigation.

A pathologist has given the cause of death for the train driver killed in last month's rail crash near Bedford.

The Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest's most successful ever competitor has been beaten by a German YouTuber. 

A traffic cone intended as a symbol of friendship between Glasgow and Massachusetts has been flown across the Atlantic in a first-class seat.

A man suspected of murdering his wife and two children in the UK has appeared in court in South Africa, as their causes of death have been revealed.

The US has returned tens of billions of dollars raised through tariffs after they were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

The written statement Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave to police investigating the SNP’s finances will not be released, her lawyer has said.

Communities have been left stranded, vehicles swept away and roads under two metres of water as severe flooding hit parts of China.