15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (710+ words) Sunday, 13 September 2026 19:52 Boris Johnson has been caught up in a security scare in Ukraine after a train behind the one he was travelling in was hit by a Russian drone, reports say. The former UK prime minister was travelling on…...

20+ hour, 12+ min ago   (410+ words) Sunday, 13 September 2026 13:36 A NATO fighter jet was scrambled after a possible drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace - but it turned out to be a flock of birds. The aircraft was sent from Siauliai in ​northern Lithuania, the country's national crisis management…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1062+ words) Wednesday, 12 August 2026 07:00 By Toby Paine, Local Democracy Reporter Portsmouth Water has advised residents on how to reduce their water usage while confirming there are no plans for a hosepipe ban. After the Environment Agency declared a drought for Hampshire and…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (667+ words) Sunday, 13 September 2026 12:49 By Bethany Minelle, news reporter Robert Jenrick has said Donald Trump's call for Irish reunification was "completely wrong". Reform UK's treasury spokesman said: "We're a unionist party, the clue's in the name Reform UK, and we'll always support…...

20+ hour, 48+ min ago   (596+ words) Sunday, 13 September 2026 13:00 At least six people have died and 130 people are still missing after a passenger ship in Indonesia carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather, officials say. At least 107 people were rescued as…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (338+ words) Saturday, 12 September 2026 20:28 One person has died and two others were taken to hospital after a fire in a 17th-floor flat in east London. About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze after London Fire Brigade was called to the scene in Poplar at…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (502+ words) Thursday, 10 September 2026 23:02 There were 35 cases of emergency helicopters being attacked by a laser in the first six months of 2026, new data from the UK's air regulator shows. Pilots have warned that the laser attacks, which are a criminal offence carrying…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (455+ words) Thursday, 10 September 2026 07:34 At least five people have been killed and dozens are missing after a fire on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines. So far, 43 people have been rescued from the MV June Aster off the municipality of Coron…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (528+ words) Thursday, 10 September 2026 05:16 August was the world's joint hottest month ever recorded - at 1.65C above pre-industrial times, according to scientists. The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was tied for the record with July 2023. Pre-industrial times are classed as 1850 to 1900, when…...

5+ day, 52+ min ago   (578+ words) Wednesday, 5 August 2026 12:30 Four Hampshire and Isle of Wight police officers are being investigated for potential gross misconduct following the death of a 23-year-old man who became unwell after being arrested in Portsmouth. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched…...