UK weather: Exact date 'heatwave' could be heading our way after tepid June dashes summer hopes

June’s weather so far hasn’t exactly heralded in the Great British Summer, but that could be about to change... People across the country were hoping to welcome June in with summery temperatures and sunshine splitting the trees. However, Brits have instead been left with tepid temperatures, rain and thunderstorms.more

Airports have criticised the government’s sudden re-introduction of 100ml limits on liquids in hand luggage last weekend. The Airport Operators Association (AOA) said it had left airports "frustrated" and created uncertainty and confusion for passengers as the busiest time of year approached.more

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with five men named Tonibler in the Kosovo capital Pristina, N1 television reported yesterday. Blair headed the British government during Kosovo's conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is remembered as one of the proponents of NATO involvement in ending it.more

Long waits for cancer care are becoming routine across the UK with nearly half of all specialist cancer centres experiencing delays most weeks, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has said. The college has warned of an “impending crisis” in the cancer workforce, with a “staggering” 30% shortfall in radiologists and 15% shortfall in clinical oncologists.more

On 13 June 1944, German V-1 missiles fell on London for the first time. "Before they were used on the battlefield, i.e. sent, among other things, to London, tests of these weapons were carried out in eastern Poland," emphasises historian Slawomir Kordaczuk.more

Two passengers have suffered serious injuries while boarding Elizabeth Line trains at Ealing Broadway due to the size of the gap between the train and the platform.more

Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer fared significantly better than Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in their second pre-election debate last night on Sky News, according to a flash poll conducted by the YouGov centre.more

The food item which left more than 113 people infected with E.coli is likely to be a ‘ready to eat’ item which did not require any cooking. At least 37 people have needed hospital treatment, with the UK Health Security agency saying they are most likely linked to a nationally distributed food item.more

A “Friends”-themed exhibition and experience is setting up home permanently in London. Inspired by the iconic sitcom, The Friends Experience is set to open in a purpose-built location at London’s ExCel center this summer ahead of the show’s 30th anniversary this year.more

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that GDP was unchanged during the month, which was marked by weeks of heavy rain that kept shoppers at home and delayed construction work.more

"Tadeusz Kościuszko was admired in Bristol because of his idealism and heroism in the fight against imperial aggression," says Dr. Stefan Cembrowicz from the Anglo-Polish Society. On the initiative of this organization, a plaque dedicated to the Polish hero was unveiled yesterday in Bristol.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday presented his Conservative Party's program for the House of Commons elections scheduled for July 4, but according to the media, it does not contain any promise significant enough for the party to hope to make up for the massive poll loss to the Labor Party.more

Aldi has revealed five major changes to its operations and stores to mark Great British Green Week. The supermarket has shared five changes it has made over recent years to reduce its environmental footprint, as it marks the sustainability week.more

As many as 4,515 candidates are vying for 650 parliamentary seats in July's House of Commons elections - the highest number of candidates in the history of voting in the UK and a 35.7 per cent increase on the previous election.more

Animal-rights protesters have attacked a portrait of King Charles, in a London art gallery. Two protesters stuck posters on the glass covering the painting. The painting itself was unharmed, said the Philip Mould Gallery, and there were no arrests.more

Labour has promised to create 100,000 extra dental appointments for children, in a bid to clear backlogs in England. The new appointments will be for urgent and emergency care and on evenings and weekends, according to Labour's plan if they win the general election.more

Nigel Farage appears to have had at least one object thrown at him while on the campaign trail in South Yorkshire. The Reform UK leader posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, which appeared to show objects being thrown at him while he was on top of a bus in Barnsley on Tuesday.more

Heathrow has recorded its highest passenger total for a 12-month period. The west London airport said 81.5m passengers travelled through its terminals in the year to the end of May, up from 71.6m during the previous year.more

The unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest level for two and a half years, official figures show.more

Met Office reports tentative signs of building high pressure but forecasts sunny spells and showers for this week.more

One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, according to research that included reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes.more

Two 12-year-old boys were yesterday found guilty of the murder of a 19-year-old man whom they stabbed with a 42.5cm machete in an unprovoked attack. They are the youngest killers in the UK since 1993.more

The European football championships begin in Germany on Friday 14 June. One of the participating national teams will be the England team. The English will play their first match on Sunday 16 June, against the Serbian national team. ‘The Sons of Albion’ may find it easier to win thanks to the advice given to them by Prince William from his children.more

Activists from the group Palestine Action vandalised 20 Barclays bank branches in the UK on Sunday night, smashing their shop windows, throwing stones at them and spray-painting pro-Palestinian slogans on their facades.more

London restaurant Kol rolled into the top 20 in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list 2024, in at number 17 and up from 23 last year. more

Social media scammers are impersonating every major airline operating in the UK, according to new analysis. Consumer group Which? said fraudsters on X – formerly known as Twitter – are responding to messages sent to official accounts.more

Commuters have been warned to think twice before doing their makeup on the Tube after a new study found faecal bacteria on some London Underground lines.more

Hundreds of homeless families were permanently forced out of London by councils last year after many were given 24-hour ultimatums to either accept a private tenancy far away from the capital or be kicked out of temporary accommodation and left on the streets.more

The Conservatives have vowed to reverse the Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion if they win the general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to push through a “Backing Drivers Bill” in the first parliamentary session after the July 4 election, which would also stop pay-per-mile road taxes and rule out blanket low traffic neighbourhoods.more

Benches across the borough adopted as part of initiative to raise awareness of and tackle loneliness. June 10 to 16 – is Loneliness Awareness Week, an annual event established in 2017 by leading loneliness charity the Marmalade Trust. more

An appeal has been launched for O blood-type donors to book appointments across England after the ransomware attack affecting major London hospitals. NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for O blood-type donations as this is safe to use for all patients. The cyber-attack means the affected hospitals cannot match patients’ blood at the same frequency as usual.more

The Civic Coalition clearly won Sunday's European Parliament elections among Poles voting in Great Britain. Almost one-sixth of all foreign district electoral commissions were established in this country.more

Local child poverty rates across the UK correlate very strongly with the percentage of families affected by the two-child benefit cap, research has found, indicating that the controversial policy is a key factor behind children growing up in deprivation.more

Franz Kafka's deep insecurity about his work is the focus of a letter coming to Sotheby's in which he describes his problems with writer's block. In this moving and personal letter, addressed to his friend Austrian poet Albert Ehrenstein, Kafka confesses that he can no longer write.more

There are as many as 49 district electoral commissions in Great Britain where Polish citizens can vote in Sunday's elections to the European Parliament. This is almost one sixth of all foreign district electoral commissions.more

A host of pubs across the capital have put pint prices up by more than 20% since the start of last year, an Evening Standard analysis has found, while it can cost more than £3 more for the same beer in different parts of the capital. If a group of four friends each got a round in, that could add as much as £50 to the total bill.more

A body has been found in the search for TV and radio presenter Dr Michael Mosley on the Greek island of Symi. The 67-year-old went missing on Wednesday after setting off on a walk from Agios Nikolaos beach.more

Oxford University has announced it is to hand back a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint to India. The almost 60cm-tall bronze statue, which depicts Tirumankai Alvar, had been on display at the university’s Ashmolean Museum.more

The Duke of Sussex has been granted permission to appeal against the dismissal of his high court challenge over a change to his level of personal security when he visits the UK.more

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron conducted a video interview with a person impersonating former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the Foreign Office reported yesterday.more

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document.more

Two retirement-age activists from the group Just Stop Oil disrupted Britain's “wedding of the year” yesterday by spraying powder from a powder extinguisher at people gathered outside Chester Cathedral, where the marriage of Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, was being celebrated.more

The best place to live in London has been named by MyLondon readers - and it probably won't come as much of a surprise to most. According to our readers, Richmond Upon Thames in South West London is the best place in the city to live, and with its upmarket style, leafy green spaces and great transport links, it's easy to see why.more