Day: May 22, 2025
Popular London wild swimming spot sees 1,188% increase in bacteria
Faecal contamination was also found at the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park
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Watch live: Justice secretary update on prisons review as chemical castration considered for sex offenders
Watch live as the justice secretary delivers an update on UK prisons reform, in what is the biggest shakeup of sentencing in more than 30 years, in Parliament on Thursday (22 May).
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Universal Credit payment boost to land in bank accounts this week
Payments that were due on Monday 26 May will now arrive this week on Friday 23 May
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Crete earthquake mapped: Where the magnitude 6.1 quake was most intense
The earthquake was felt across islands in the Aegean sea on Thursday morning
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Amateur archaeologists discover rare winged goddess sculpture near Sycamore Gap
Symbolic find believed to signify the end of an Ancient Roman war
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Nearly 2,000 Afghan children living in hotels, military bases and other temporary accommodation in UK
Afghan families are being temporarily housed in army bases and hotels around the UK
Read MoreFewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the UK in 2024
Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. — the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number of those moving abroad — in 2024
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Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim: Israeli staff shot dead in D.C. were couple set to be engaged
In tributes to the pair, Lischinsky was described as a ‘clever and inspiring person’ while Milgrim was said to have an ‘unwavering belief’ in peace and equality
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Three killed after torrential rain and flash flooding hits Australia
50,000 people have been asked to prepare to evacuate the area after four months of rainfall in just two days
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Process for allowing Afghan troops to UK ‘a disaster area’ that could be likened to ‘a crime scene’, court hears
MoD facing legal action over scheme to bring some former Afghan commandos to safety in the UK
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