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The UK has entered its third heatwave so far this year, with temperatures predicted to climb as high as 35C in some parts of the country later this week.

The prisons watchdog has said it will keep a close eye on criminals released early from jail under a government scheme, amid concerns that rapists could be among them.

Four councillors who voted to allow a rapist taxi driver to keep his operator's licence have resigned from a Scottish council's committee.

British wildcard Arthur Fery has staged a second consecutive fightback to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

A man has admitted trying to murder his estranged wife in a knife attack as she made her way to a doctor's appointment with their daughter in a buggy.

Women with suspected endometriosis will be able to get a much quicker diagnosis with new tests at their GP surgery - rather than take the "best part of a decade" for the condition to be detected.

Women who have been failed by maternity services have called on the government to act now to tackle the crisis as "women and babies are dying".

The coach of former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack called her a liar in an account to the Football Association (FA) after her death, an inquest has heard.

Actor Micheal Ward has denied raping a woman in a car after meeting her at a nightclub, telling a court they had consensual sex.

Two drill rappers have been found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old man, in an escalation of a gang dispute that began on social media.