HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed a tax charge that applies to older pensioners when they reach the age of 75.more

People will be able to go to their local chemist in England this autumn and get on-the-spot treatment for 12 common conditions without going to their GP first.more

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka failed to win the US Open Grand Slam for the third time in a row. The world number one lost to Elena Rybakina 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 in Saturday’s final in New York. The Kazakhstani player won the tournament for the third time.more

In 2026, Spain recorded 61 heatwave days across the mainland and the Balearic Islands, the highest number on record and significantly higher than the previous record of 41 days set in 2022, according to the national meteorological agency, AEMET.more

Campaigners are calling for a ban on Meta’s AI-powered glasses as concerns continue to grow over their impact on women’s safety across the TfL network. Sexual offences on the Tube reached a five year high in December last year, with Tube carriages and train stations becoming a hotspot for violence and harassment against women. more

Hundreds of thousands of passengers affected by air traffic control problems this week are "unlikely to be entitled to compensation", the aviation regulator has said.more

British MPs yesterday rejected a proposal to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales. The proposal, under which terminally ill people would, under certain conditions, have the right to end their lives, has been the subject of debate for years, dividing not only MPs but also doctors, patients and their families.more

Top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany and eighth seed Ben Shelton of the US are set to face each other in Sunday’s final of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in New York.more

A 1.7 per cent rise in the cost of the basket of essential goods means that August was yet another month in which price growth slowed, according to a report by UCE Research and WSB Merito Universities. This was mainly due to price reductions in certain food categories.more

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin is to consider a station stop for planned new train services to and from France in east London. Senior London MP Sir Stephen Timms has been pushing for rail services to the capital to stop at both Stratford International and St Pancras International.more

Autumn is more likely to be wetter than average, bringing an increased risk of flooding, the Met Office said, as El Nino is already at near-record levels.more

A landlord registration scheme will be progressively introduced across regions of England from December, the Government has announced. The register is set to launch on December 15, beginning in the West Midlands before expanding to additional areas throughout a 12-month period.more

Yelena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka will face each other in the final of the US Open Grand Slam. The Kazakh tennis player beat American Coco Gauff 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, whilst earlier the Belarusian had defeated another home favourite, Jessica Pegula, 7–5, 6–2.more

The boss of MI5 has warned that “we now face the worst of both worlds” in an article identifying the threats the UK faces now, 25 years on from 9/11.more

Between 21 and 46 per cent of men in Poland may show symptoms of depression, according to a study by psychologists at SWPS University. Conventional tests detect these symptoms less frequently than those which also take into account irritability, aggression, withdrawal, risky behaviour and the abuse of alcohol or other psychoactive substances.more

Former members of Western special forces, including the British elite SAS, may be recruited to train Russians who then take part in the war against Ukraine, the ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported yesterday.more

Europe’s security is increasingly dependent on its security in space, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday in Paris. She also announced plans to develop Europe’s space capabilities, including the European Space Shield system.more

Tymoteusz Puchacz’s Sabah Baku lost 0–4 to Manchester United at Old Trafford in the first matchday of the Champions League group stage. The Polish international, making his debut in the competition, started for Azerbaijan’s top team.more

Primark has said it plans to launch a home delivery service in Britain, four years after it made its first foray into e-commerce. The retailer did not say when it expects to launch the service, but it has bought a warehouse in Sheffield from to enable it to ship products to homes.more

After a researcher at Anthropic left the company, accusing the industry of “playing with lives” and the extinction of humanity, a number of senior figures from AI firms agreed with him. One Anthropic employee estimated the risk of human extinction to be greater than 10 per cent.more

Seven people have been arrested after four men were stabbed in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police has said. One of the men remains in a critical condition in hospital, while the other three are being treated for injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.more

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi has reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Spanish second-tier club CD Eldense. This is the second football club to be acquired by the former FC Barcelona star.more

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States declared a War on Terror. Under this banner, it has conducted—and continues to conduct—operations against organizations and other entities linked to the attacks, primarily Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, as well as the Islamic State (IS) since 2014.more

From next month, you’ll be able to take a casual stroll down Europe’s busiest shopping street. Cars, buses, taxis and bicycles will all disappear from Oxford Street by the end of October, as Sadiq Khan pushes through his flagship project to transform the thoroughfare.more

People applying to become British citizens are charged more than five times the amount it costs the Home Office to process their application, a new analysis has shown. The latest fee of £1,709 to become a citizen compares with an estimated administrative cost of just £324, according to the latest Home Office data.more