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Aug 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Alex Smith

    Sharing dangerous driving videos is 'truly reprehensible', PM says (opens the original)

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    The government has urged social media companies to remove posts celebrating dangerous driving, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham branded sharing them "truly reprehensible". Earlier Defence Minister Luke Pollard told BBC Breakfast that "social media companies could take the content down easily and adjust their algorithms to stop it being distributed". Two police officers died when a car going the wrong way down a dual carriageway crashed into their vehicle near Middlesbrough on Saturday. Five passen

  2. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Live ReportingEdited by Kieran Kelly and Alex Smith

    No closure for terror victims, says Burnham, as survivors tell ceremony about life after attacks (opens the original)

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    Today, the UK marked its first national day for the victims and survivors of terrorism, with a two-minute silence and a ceremony in London. We heard from survivors, bereaved family members and a representative for the emergency services, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham also addressing the congregation. Survivor of the 7/7 bombings Thelma Stober told those gathered: "Your pain is real, your loss matters, your voices matter." Meanwhile, Paul Price, who lost his partner and sustained life-changing

  3. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Live ReportingEdited by Oliver O'Connell and Alex Smith

    At least 111 people killed as buildings collapse in Colombia after magnitude 7.4 earthquake (opens the original)

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    More than 100 people are dead and there is widespread destruction after a major earthquake hit parts of western Colombia. One woman, who was in the city of Manizales when the quake hit, has described how "everyone was screaming" and that "bricks were falling off the walls" of the surrounding buildings. While a British tourist in the heavily-impacted city of Cali has described he has "never experienced anything like" the quake, which caused 32 buildings in the city to collapse. We are now ending

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Live ReportingEdited by Matt Spivey and Alex Smith

    UK weather: More than two-thirds of England now in drought with conditions set to worsen (opens the original)

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    Drought officials have declared more than two-thirds of England are now in drought, after the nation recorded its driest July since records began in 1836. The East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs moved into drought status on Monday, joining half of England and the whole of Wales. The National Drought Group – made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies - made the decision after a meeting on

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Alex Smith

    More than 170 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel (opens the original)

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    More than 170 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on Tuesday morning, as the UK government said "all will be returned" to France. The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire, according to the French maritime prefecture of the Channel and North Sea. It had originally reported 157 migrants were rescued, but has since revised that figure up to 173. All have been taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France, with 11 people suff

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