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The UK could yet unveil all – or parts – of a long-delayed investment plan for defence by Friday, but a disagreement on funding is still unresolved, it is understood.

More than 1,000 devices have been lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2024, at a potential cost of more than £1.6m. 

Age campaigners are urging people to stop using phrases such as "over the hill" and "stuck in their ways", saying they help "entrench ageism" in society.

Temperatures could hit 30C again over the coming weekend, just two weeks after a record-breaking heatwave, the Met Office said.

A man who grabbed a young woman's hair on the train and said "can I kiss you" is the first to be sentenced under new sex-based harassment laws.

A man has been left with significant injuries to his eyes while his alleged attacker has been charged over the stabbing in Belfast.

A man who killed his partner by stabbing her 31 times before blowing up their home has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.

Two men have been jailed for violent disorder at a protest in Southampton following the death of Henry Nowak.