Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

The UK’s rising temperatures, takeaway culture, and crippling infrastructure create the perfect storm for rats

Traffic is at standstill on the M25 after a vehicle caught on fire earlier on Tuesday

Fresh food inflation sped to 4.1% for the month on the back of rising dairy prices, up from 3.2% in July

The highest temperature for England recorded on Monday was 29.3C in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire

‘We will use everything at our disposal to make sure perpetrators face justice and victims are protected,’ Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says

A fourth person has also been airlifted to hospital and is in a serious condition

30% of children in Year 7 cannot swim 25 metres confidently, up from 27% in 2017/18

A study that analysed 80 daily activities found that daily tasks are better enjoyed alongside others

The proportion of entries getting at least a 4 or a C grade considered a ‘standard pass’ has fallen