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Thames Water has warned funding is due to dry up by November and further money will be dependent on the views of incoming PM Andy Burnham, as its major lenders seek to shore up its financial future.

A man has admitted raping and sexually assaulting his partner, along with other men, while she was allegedly drugged, over more than a decade.

A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife before staging a scene to make it look like she had taken her own life has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum 33 years.

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

The written statement Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave to police investigating the SNP’s finances will not be released, her lawyer has said.

Police believe the deaths of three people in Ballymena on Monday involved a double murder.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 75-year-old man found dead in Bolton.

A man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy died in a stabbing in Northamptonshire.

A man in his 70s has died after being seriously injured by cattle while on a National Trust estate.

A traffic cone intended as a symbol of friendship between Glasgow and Massachusetts has been flown across the Atlantic in a first-class seat.

At least 19 wildfires are burning across the UK as a third heatwave in as many months continues - causing a phenomonon experts have previously called a "firewave".

It has been voted the nation's favourite ice cream, but with pack sizes shrinking and prices increasing, the Money team tested whether there was a supermarket dupe for Magnums with a better price-for-flavour payoff.

Police in Australia have marked the 25th anniversary of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio by releasing previously unseen photographs from their investigation.

The US has returned tens of billions of dollars raised through tariffs after they were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

Troubled South East Water (SEW) is facing a £30.5m redress package for multiple customer service failures, the industry watchdog has announced.

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British troops dropped Afghan prisoners from a forklift "for fun", and a soldier who raised concerns about the killing of three farmers in a raid by special forces was called a "Taliban-loving apologist", an inquiry has heard.

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.

A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.