MORNING. AND NEW AT NOON. AN UPDATE FROM KLITSCHKO. WE’RE TOLD POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO OVER HALF OF THE CUSTOMERS IN SAINT TAMMANY AFTER YESTERDAY’S STORMS CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. ON YOUR ...

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A surge in renewable energy demand has powered record turnover at a British cables firm. Eland Cables, which counts Vodafone and Network Rail among its customers, recorded a 15 per cent jump in ...

Dying individuals across the UK are facing a "postcode lottery" in their final moments, according to a new report from MPs. The Health and Social Care Committee has declared palliative and end-of-life ...

Ministers have confirmed the locations for seven new towns to kickstart a ‘historic’ housebuilding push across the UK —including a historic village and under-developed inner-city land. Each would aim ...

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But for Northern Ireland and the upper reaches of north west Scotland, most of the UK is covered by a near 2,500-mile theoretical red zone. The concerns come after Tehran fired two intermediate-range ...

Channel 5's new drama about disgraced former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards is finally available to watch, and here's everything you need to know. The factual series, Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, ...

An 18th Century official map of London is to be republished 280 years after its first printing. John Rocque's An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark ...

Hundreds of British teenagers are set to take part in a trial to find out how effective a ban or restrictions on social media would be. The six-week pilot will see 300 people aged 13 to 17 try out ...