Symeon Brown , News Correspondent

A man has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree – in connection with the attack on the author Salman Rushdie.

Europe is battling record temperatures – and experts have warned it could be in the midst of its worst drought for 500 years – with no sign of significant rainfall to come.

In 1963, it was entirely legal for the Bristol Omnibus Company to have a ban on employing Black and Asian drivers and conductors.

A damning report by parliament’s Health and Social Care committee has warned against the dangers of unregulated non-surgical cosmetic procedures – highlighting the effects that treatments like dermal fillers can have on some young patients desperate to alter their looks. The MPs also found negative body image is contributing to poor mental health and are…

Energy bills are set to go up by more than £800 this autumn – as the regulator warned that the price cap is likely to hit £2,800 in October.

The Ukrainian government has insisted it won’t agree to any ceasefire with Russia that involves giving up territory – even though President Zelenskyy has acknowledged that the situation in the East of his country remains “extremely difficult.”

Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease, but the fact that it is spread from person to person by close physical contact means that a current outbreak in the UK has already led some sexual health clinics to restrict access.

11 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK, and today France, Germany, Belgium and Australia confirmed their first cases too. 

After weeks living in conditions described as a living hell under constant bombardment in the freezing, dark basement below the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol – the first group of civilian evacuees are due to arrive later tonight in Ukrainian controlled territory.  

A group of civilians are on their way to Ukrainian-controlled territory after an operation led by the United Nations and the Red Cross to evacuate them from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Vladimir Putin’s famous long table made a reappearance as the UN secretary general met the Russian leader for talks in the Kremlin, to discuss the prospect of peace in Ukraine. 

The streaming giant Netflix says it is losing subscribers for the first time in a decade – and could even consider running adverts.

John Boyega is back in the UK to promote the Create Next film project, which aims to help make opportunities for Black filmmakers here.

Ali Harbi Ali had staked out a number of MPs, including the cabinet minister Michael Gove, but had in his words “bottled it” when it came to carrying out his plan to kill one. 

Today’s key development in Ukraine – establishing ten humanitarian corridors to get people out who are trapped under desperate fighting conditions.