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Three people have died and six others have been taken to hospital after a train derailed in Aberdeenshire.

Oldham is on the brink of local lockdown after it recorded the worst coronavirus infection rate in the country - with Greater Manchester seeing more than 1,100 reported coronavirus breaches in one weekend.

The UK has been tipped into the "largest recession on record", according to official figures charting the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the economy.

Tropical nights used to be a rare phenomenon, but they have blighted some Britons struggling to sleep in the heat repeatedly this summer.

Official figures have confirmed the extent of the UK's recession - the consequence of lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The family of a man kicked to death in a church gardens have paid tribute to an "extremely likeable lad" who had "a heart of gold".

The winner of this year's Fantasy Premier League competition - an online game entered by more than seven million players - has been disqualified over comments believed to be about Manchester City striker Raheem Sterling.

NatWest says it is to make around 550 people redundant and close a major London office.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at the "complete fiasco" of the 11th-hour changes to the way A-level and GCSE results in England will be assessed, saying it "smacks of incompetence".

Weather warnings are in place for large parts of the UK as the country braces for thunderstorms and heavy rain amid the soaring temperatures.