Mayors to get powers to overrule local councils on planning decisionsHousing minister Matthew Pennycook said the change was "essential" for helping mayors "effectively deliver new homes".2 hrs agoPolitics

Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Tate brothers to stay in Miami jail while fighting UK extradition

King 'heartbroken' by deadly Nepal flash floodsSome 33 people from the UK are missing, including a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.3 hrs agoAsia

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Woman found guilty of indecent assault against two pupils at London boys’ school in 1980s

Nurse among 33 Britons missing in Nepal’s devastating flash floods

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Calls for breathalysers on cars for repeat drink-driving offenders

Homes damaged as storms follow heatwaves in England and Wales

Fix gun licensing system to prevent further killings, inspectors say

Number of asylum seekers in hotels halves in a yearFigures released today by the Home Office show that there was also a fall across legal migration arrivals, asylum claims and small boat arrivals.8 hrs agoUK

Burnham’s high street plans are ‘delusional’, Mike Ashley says

Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser

22,000 tonnes of illegal waste finally removed from Oxfordshire site

Forty children reported missing from UK asylum hotels still not found

Burnham launches crackdown on ‘cowboy builders’ ripping off households