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There is "no end in sight to the rain", forecasters have warned, despite downpours having lashed Britain every day in 2026.A yellow rain warning is in force for the West Midlands, and parts of the south of England and Wales, running until 9pm on Friday. Homes and businesses could flood, power supplies could be affected, and some surface water flooding is likely because of the widely saturated ground, the Met Office said.South West England and South Wales have faced 50%…

One of the FBI's "most wanted terrorists", who remained a fugitive for more than 20 years, can be extradited to the US to face trial after he was arrested in Wales, a judge has ruled.Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, allegedly carried out two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003, which were claimed by an animal rights group.He was arrested in November 2024 at a property in a rural area next to woodland in Conwy in North Wales, where…

The only surviving victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright has told how if police had taken her story seriously, the other women he went on to murder may still be alive today.The serial killer attempted to kidnap Emily Doherty in the Suffolk town of Felixstowe in 1999.Wright went on to murder five women in the Ipswich area in 2006 and on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall, also in 1999, as well as trying to abduct Emily. Image:…

There is "no end in sight to the rain", forecasters have warned, despite downpours having lashed Britain every day in 2026.A yellow rain warning is in force for the West Midlands, and parts of the south of England and Wales, running until 9pm on Friday. Homes and businesses could flood, power supplies could be affected, and some surface water flooding is likely because of the widely saturated ground, the Met Office said.South West England and South Wales have faced 50%…

Sir Keir Starmer has been made to look "weak, naive and gullible" by blaming Peter Mandelson's "lies" for the crisis engulfing his premiership - and it could bring him down, a senior Labour figure has said.The party's former deputy leader Baroness Harman told Sky's Electoral Dysfunction podcast the saga had become "so serious" for the prime minister, who will be toppled "unless he takes action". Sir Keir is under mounting pressure to shake up his Number 10 operation in light…

Restoring the crumbling Houses of Parliament could cost more than £39bn and take between 38 and 61 years to complete, parliamentarians have been told.It's one of two proposals being considered by MPs and peers, and would see work on the building, which mostly dates from the Victorian era, completed in stages. Under the second option presented by the restoration and renewal client board, both houses would leave the Palace of Westminster for between 19 and 24 years while works take…

Northern towns could be in line for a funding boost after complaints from MPs that a new system for allocating cash to councils favours London.Ministers have been holding talks with northwest MPs about making tweaks to the fair funding formula - which some MPs claim left them "absolutely shafted". Politics Live: Trump says Starmer's Chagos Islands deal is the 'best he could make'The formula is aimed at giving areas with the highest need the most money from central government.Northern towns…

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, is not given to emotional outbursts or shooting from the hip.Being measured in your public comments is part of the job description for running a central bank, and Mr Bailey has stuck to it since succeeding Mark Carney in 2020. (To understand the constraints of the job, consider the transformation in the Canadian's public persona since he swapped Threadneedle Street for his country's premiership).Epstein files latest - Andrew's photo claims undermined You…