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Eight men have been charged with rape and child sexual abuse offences as part of an alleged grooming gang operating in South Wales, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Two asylum seekers have been given lengthy prison sentences for repeatedly raping a woman on Brighton beach, while a third who filmed the attack has also been jailed.

As many as 13,000 toilets and thousands of changing-rooms across the UK will need to be changed when new guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force next month. 

A man is to stand trial next year accused of murdering a woman weeks after he allegedly attempted to kill her.

The current run of very high UK temperatures is set to end in the coming days - but may return in the weeks ahead, forecasters have said.

The UK government is working on a ban on imports and exports to illegal Israeli settlements, the trade minister confirmed on Wednesday morning.

Two more British nationals are confirmed dead after wildfires in southern Spain.

A British illegal immigrant who was allegedly part of an international criminal organisation has been shot and killed in the United States.

Thames Water has warned funding is due to dry up by November and further money will be dependent on the views of incoming PM Andy Burnham, as its major lenders seek to shore up its financial future.

Spain and Gibraltar are celebrating the removal of a border checkpoint following a historic treaty between the EU and the UK.