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Articles from August 2025
Thousands face travel chaos after emergency landing shuts runway at Birmingham airport
Passengers faced hours of delays even after the runway reopened
Coroner issues warning over unregulated e-bike batteries after man’s death in house fire
A charity has warned that ‘substandard batteries pose a life-threatening risk to the public’
Patients whose lives were ruined after being ‘needlessly given cancer drug for years’ sue NHS trust
Overprescribing of temozolomide left some people with secondary cancer and other severe side-effects, say lawyers
Inmate who staged rooftop prison protest cleared after using ‘cruel’ indefinite jail term as defence
Joe Outlaw is acquitted of 12 counts of criminal damage to HMP Frankland, but convicted of two counts, after telling jurors he is being ‘starved’ in segregation
Tax gambling industry more to lift 500,000 children out of poverty, government urged
The gambling industry should pay a ‘fairer share,’ former PM Gordon Brown said
Starmer opens door to income tax rise in autumn Budget as pressure to fill £50bn hole mounts
Labour prime minister pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’
‘Mind the grab’: Oxford Street shop paints phone theft warnings onto street
Last year, a phone was stolen every 15 minutes – or 94 a day
Starmer defends plans to recognise Palestine as a state but hits out at Hamas
Starmer’s approach has been criticised by Israel and a protest over his stance is due to take place in London this weekend
Confusion over whether migrants can use human rights ‘loophole’ to avoid return to France
The treaty contains a clause that says in order for people to be returned to France, the UK must confirm they do not have an ‘outstanding human rights claim’