The system for regulating water companies in England and Wales should be overhauled and replaced with one single body in England and another in Wales, a once-in-a-generation review of the sector has advised.
At least 19 people have died after a Bangladesh air force plane crashed into a college campus, the military said.
A Spanish disability group has threatened legal action after people with dwarfism were reportedly hired as entertainers for Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday....
An Australian woman has been found guilty of murdering three people after serving them poisonous mushrooms....
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Politicians have called for a Scotland-wide seagull summit to be held amid warnings someone could be killed....
Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a wildlife park in Devon - and devoured a week's worth of honey....
Injured dog walkers could be costing the NHS about £23m a year, a study suggests....
Police are warning rock fans at this weekend's Download festival about the potential for accidental calls while in the mosh pit....
A Syrian contractor made a historic discovery when clearing the rubble of a destroyed home, stumbling upon remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex....
Dairy-loving daredevils from around the world have descended on Gloucestershire and thrown themselves down Cooper's Hill in the annual cheese-rolling race....
Alaska Airlines temporarily grounded its planes following an IT outage.
Details are sparse at the moment. No crew has been chosen, nor is there a concept yet for how it would be selected.
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From Human Traffic and The Business to his critically acclaimed performance in the raunchy TV adaptation of Rivals, via a stint as Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in EastEnders, Danny Dyer has been on our screens for more than 30 years.
A brief scuffle broke out at London's Royal Opera House after a performer unfurled a Palestinian flag during a show.
The chief executive of tech firm Astronomer has resigned after a video appearing to show two of its senior members of staff embracing at a Coldplay concert went viral.
Police are taking no further action over Kneecap's performance at Glastonbury.
Snoop Dogg has become a co-owner and investor of Swansea, with the US rapper hailing the Welsh football club as "an underdog that bites back, just like me".
A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium - two days before it was due to begin.
Huge steel fences have been erected to prevent ticketless fans from watching the Oasis reunion tour in Manchester.
An American Idol TV executive and her husband have been found dead in their LA home.
MasterChef presenter John Torode will no longer work on the show after an allegation he used an "extremely offensive racist term" was upheld, the BBC has said.
Gary Lineker has topped the list of the BBC's highest-earning stars for the eighth year running.
Labour will eliminate unauthorised sewage spillages in 10 years, the environment secretary has told Sky News.
Antarctica's oldest ice has arrived in the UK for analysis which scientists hope will reveal more about Earth's climate shifts.
The chief executive of tech firm Astronomer has resigned after a video appearing to show two of its senior members of staff embracing at a Coldplay concert went viral.
Eight babies have been born in the UK with DNA from three people following a procedure to eliminate an incurable inherited disease.
Whether or not the UK will have a Royal Family in the future is something that often comes up in debate.
A scan which forms part of a routine eye test could help predict a person's risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years, a study has suggested.
The East and West Midlands are officially in drought after the driest start to a year since 1976.
A jury will decide whether Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a young woman who was hit by an electric car on autopilot.
Steve's morning starts lying still in the clanging magnet of an MRI machine as his body is slowly scanned from neck to knee in intimate detail.
An X account for the Sesame Street character Elmo has been targeted by an unknown hacker who posted antisemitic and racist messages.
