The Transport Secretary has said a major failure of the UK's air traffic control system was not unavoidable, as flight chaos continues for a second day. Heidi Alexander told the Commons she has ordered an independent investigation by the aviation watchdog into the four-hour outage at operator Nats, which has caused over two thousand flight cancellations. Following a meeting with Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe, Ms Alexander confirmed a cyberattack […]

A Thames Valley Police sergeant has been dismissed without notice after showing colleagues an offensive date-rape drug meme while working as a supervisor. David Brenchley was also found to have inappropriately touched a female officer in 2021 and made sexualised, homophobic, and misogynistic comments in 2025. Although Brenchley disputed six of eight allegations, a misconduct panel proved all charges, ruling his actions constituted gross misconduct. Three people have been arrested […]