Temperatures will continue to soar across the bank holiday weekend following the hottest day of the year so far.
By two o’clock on Saturday afternoon, temperatures had reached twenty-nine point one degrees at Frittenden in Kent, beating the previous day’s maximum in London. The heat is forecast to intensify over the long weekend, reaching heatwave criteria in several areas, with the low thirties likely during the week ahead.
A Thames Valley Police officer has been sacked for intentionally touching a colleague’s breasts without consent.
PC Adam Butler was on his probationary period when he made the woman feel incredibly uncomfortable during two incidents. A misconduct panel, including assistant chief constable Dennis Murray, found dismissal was the only way to uphold standards and discourage future misconduct.
An eleven million pound entertainment complex featuring bowling, laser tag and virtual reality is preparing to open on Slough High Street.
Mega City, based at the former Wilko site, will create over eighty jobs and include karaoke rooms and arcade games. Founders hope it will bring footfall and energy back into the town centre.
The Port of Dover has confirmed that French police have suspended the Entry Exit System border requirement to reduce passenger processing times.
French authorities invoked a specific regulatory clause to suspend the digital checks under high traffic volumes. The port stated it will continue working with partners to move travellers through as swiftly as possible, amid warnings that work is still needed to manage demand ahead of the summer.
Travellers at the Port of Dover are facing delays of up to four hours due to a new European Union digital automated border system.
Roads around the Kent port are heavily congested, with two-hour queues just to access the site. The port stated that the border process is slower under the current Entry Exit System, noting that this May half-term is the first peak period since it was introduced.
A murder investigation has begun after a sixty-year-old man died more than a week after an assault in northwest London.
Michalis Kyriacou was found severely injured in Maida Vale at twenty to three in the morning on Thursday, the fourteenth of May, by patrolling officers. They gave emergency first aid before he was taken to hospital, where he later passed away.
The UK faces an economic catastrophe unless it adapts to younger digital generations, a former minister has warned.
Alan Milburn will publish a report next week examining why nearly one million young people are not in employment, education or training. It concludes that a rising tide of mental ill health, anxiety and neurodiversity is a major factor. Rejecting claims that young people are snowflakes, Mr Milburn warned against writing a generation off.
At least ninety people have been killed following a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China.
The blast happened late on Friday night at the Liushenyu mine near Changzhi City, where around two hundred and forty-seven workers were underground. Nine people remain trapped below the surface, with reports suggesting that carbon monoxide levels had exceeded safe limits.
The Red Arrows will fly with fewer aircraft for most displays to preserve their ageing fleet.
Pilots will use a nine-aircraft formation for the King’s birthday flypast and a US independence event, but will scale back to seven for other displays from this year. The Hawk T1 fleet, used since 1980, is due for retirement in 2030 as spare parts become less available.
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