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Roads, railways and subway lines across the Spanish capital Madrid have been shut down, and residents urged to stay at home – after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. Police and firefighters were called to around 1,200 incidents in central Spain, while rescuers are searching for a missing father whose vehicle got caught up in an…

The Chancellor has promised to spend whatever it takes – but it appears any repairs to schools affected by the concrete safety crisis will have to be funded from existing budgets. 

With some schools scrambling to make contingencies, now hospitals are also in the spotlight over the use of aerated concrete.

The government says it wants to see millions more of us leading active lives by 2030. And today it published its plan for a National Physical Activity Taskforce to help achieve that in England. 

The Spanish Football Federation’s regional leaders have called on suspended president Luis Rubiales to step down after he kissed midfielder Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent – following her team’s World Cup win. As Spanish prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into potential sexual assault – the the United Nations has given its backing…

The director of the British Museum is stepping down as soon as a replacement is appointed.

GCSE results are out and the number of top grades and passes awarded are down again.

At the opening of the government’s new vaccine development lab at Porton Down, health chiefs warned that a combination of climate change and the rising population means the world faces a “rising tide of risk”.

We find ourselves at war with fire, the Greek prime minister declared today – as the hottest summer on record turns his country’s hillsides into a tinderbox.

In Spain, polls are about to close in the country’s snap general election. The Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the vote after his socialist party’s poor showing in recent local elections. His main rival is Alberto Nunez Feijoo – leader of the conservative Popular Party. If he’s unable to win outright, he may look to…

The cost of living meets the air we breathe. A political conundrum for government and opposition. The Labour leader says the party must “learn the lesson of Uxbridge” – the seat it failed to win in last week’s by-election largely because of local opposition to ULEZ or the Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion. And now…

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has told a jury in London how he felt ‘crushed’ and stabbed in the back by one of the men who allege the star assaulted him. 

The trial of Kevin Spacey has begun in London with the prosecution describing the Oscar-winning actor as a ‘sexual bully’ who ‘delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable.’ The American actor is accused of sex offences against four men aged in their twenties and thirties, between 2001 and 2013 – but denies all charges.…

The UK government has called a Cobra meeting to discuss the unfolding events in Russia.

Tributes have been paid today to the five men killed on the Titan submersible which is believed to have been lost after a “catastrophic implosion” on its dive down to the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday.