The prolonged dry, sunny weather in March and April created ideal conditions for wildfires to spread.
Month: April 2025
Driving test backlog: ‘It’s easier to pass a test than book one’
Learner drivers have told the BBC of their desperation amid huge driving test backlogs.
Final Glastonbury tickets sell out in 20 minutes
US pop star Olivia Rodrigo, British band The 1975 and legend Neil Young will headline the festival.
Navy tracks Russian warships through UK waters
Plymouth-based frigate HMS St Albans monitored the Admiral Golovoko as it entered the Channel.
PM wishes Southport victims’ families luck ahead of London Marathon
David Stancombe and Sergio Aguiar are raising money for projects set up in their daughters’ memory.
Boy discovers Jurassic fossils in his own garden
The limestone rocks are full of ammonites, which experts believe are about 140 million years old.
Original Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie dies
The actor, who was seen as a national heartthrob thanks to his roguish role, dies ages 88.
‘Bottle kicking trampling left me unable to walk’
Alexie Winship, 23, says she was knocked out during the traditional Easter Monday event.
Eubank makes weight on fight day for Benn contest
Chris Eubank Jr successfully weighed inside the limit at a second weight-check for Saturday’s middleweight contest with Conor Benn at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Parents’ anger over ‘silent corridors’ in school
A petition protesting against a new policy at a Southend school attracts more than 500 signatures.