BBC News:
| Mayors could be given powers to oversee water companies | Wed 16th Sep 2026 03:09 BST |
The idea is to create nine new regional bodies responsible for planning, setting objectives and holding water companies to account. | |
| AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog | Wed 16th Sep 2026 00:27 BST |
The ad regulator said it had "zero-tolerance" for ads promoting AI tools that could sexualise or objectify women. | |
| Complaints to watchdog about water firms soar | Wed 16th Sep 2026 07:59 BST |
Many complaints were about affordability, after customers saw steep hikes to bills. | |
| Southport attack victims, survivors and families hit by data breach | Tue 15th Sep 2026 21:19 BST |
The Ministry of Justice says sensitive and personal data was accessed in a limited number of cases. | |
| 'One in, one out' scheme costs £56,000 per person returned to France, home secretary says | Tue 15th Sep 2026 21:53 BST |
Shabana Mahmood says the policy has been "difficult" to scale up and the numbers involved are still "relatively small".
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| British woman abducted in Malawi, police say | Tue 15th Sep 2026 18:44 BST |
The mother of two young children was kidnapped in the middle of the day in the main city, Blantyre. | |


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