Matt Watts

News Editor

UK

Homes set on fire as disorder erupts in Belfast after knife attack

Fires started in several locations as crowds gathered after calls for protests in Belfast following a shocking knife attack

9 Jun 2026
London

Grenfell memorial funding approved as peers call for justice

The memorial is to be built on the current site of the tower in north Kensington

15 Apr 2026
Crime

Two arrests as London synagogue targeted in petrol bomb attack

Met detectives are treating the attack on Finchley Reform Synagogue as an antisemitic hate crime

15 Apr 2026
UK

BBC to slash up to 2,000 jobs in bid to make £500m savings

The biggest round of BBC job cuts in almost 15 years are being set in motion as former Google boss Matt Brittin prepares to take over as director-general

15 Apr 2026
Crime

Young woman killed in hit and run in south London

Female pedestrian knocked down and killed by car that failed to stop at scene

15 Apr 2026
London

Migrant 'armed with knives sought revenge at London’s Israeli embassy'

Abdullah Albadri, 34, is accused of planning a terror attack in Kensington

15 Apr 2026
Crime

Police officers charged after death of mother and unborn baby in crash

Two officers charged following the death of a heavily pregnant woman and her baby in a collision with an unmarked police car in southeast London

15 Apr 2026
London

Moment killer laughs on night bus after stabbing student to death

Dino Donaldson knifed Anojan Gnaneswaran to death after chasing him on to railway tracks in Twickenham

14 Apr 2026
Politics

UK growth forecast cut as economy faces biggest Iran war hit of G7

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the war ‘will come at a cost to the UK’ following the IMF’s gloomy outlook

14 Apr 2026
Crime

Teen, 16, charged with murder of schoolboy, 14, shot dead in Woolwich

The 16-year-old, of Romford, will appear at Thames Magistrates Court on Saturday accused of killing Eghosa Ogbebor

10 Apr 2026
Politics

Starmer blames actions of Trump and Putin for cost of living crisis

Comments seen as rare public criticism of US President by the Prime Minister amid their strained relationship over the Iran war

10 Apr 2026
Politics

Trump 'blindsided' by Melania's shock Epstein statement

Melania Trump denied any connections to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in a surprise public statement at the White House

10 Apr 2026
UK

Bafta-winning BBC wildlife cameraman dies on Nepal trek

Tributes paid to principal cameraman on BBC series including Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet following his death

9 Apr 2026
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World

Trump blasts Nato 'for not being there when we need them' in Iran war

US president, who has previously raised the possibility of the US quitting Nato, renews attack on alliance

9 Apr 2026
Politics

Trump's ceasefire hangs by a thread as Iran blocks ships from strait

A threat by the IRGC to destroy ships attempting to pass through the strait comes after explosions in Tehran and across the Middle East

8 Apr 2026
London

Tate Modern evacuated and Millennium Bridge closed in police incident

Emergency services scrambled to central London attraction

8 Apr 2026
Politics

Kanye West storm: Wireless Festival axed as rapper denied entry to UK

The singer was refused permission to travel to Britain on the grounds that his ‘presence would not be conducive to the public good’

7 Apr 2026
Gunmen Attack Building That Housed Israeli Consulate In Istanbul
World

Gunman dead after 'terrorist' attack by Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Two police officers wounded in attack with one suspect said to have links to ‘terrorist organisation that exploits religion’

7 Apr 2026
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World

Artemis II returning home after reaching record distance from Earth

The four astronauts on the first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years reached 252,756 miles from Earth during a lunar flyby

7 Apr 2026
UK

Meghan shares rare videos of Archie and Lilibet celebrating Easter

In one clip, Lilibet walks through a garden wearing bunny ears and carrying a rabbit cuddly toy, while in another, Archie decorates Easter eggs

6 Apr 2026
Crime

Murder probe as man dies in second fatal London shooting in a week

Second fatal shooting in London in less than a week as man dies near Woolwich Ferry

2 Apr 2026