Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.

The move will trigger a by-election to replace the former prime minister in his London constituency.

Met Office figures show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.

A seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in the fire in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on 26 August.

The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".

The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.