Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest; she will start her service today after meeting Queen Elisabeth II at Balmoral in Scotland, an unprecedented break with royal tradition

The country's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finished operations after running since 1967; it is thus one week since the UK has stopped producing any electricity from burning coal, ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel

The report on the National Health Service commissioned by the Labour government in early July shows that public health is worse off than in comparable countries in terms of economy and population, amidst long waiting lists and inadequate investment

Ormiston academies trust, a 35.000-pupil academy chain that runs 44 state schools, will be the first in England to ditch phones, with eight secondary schools adopting new policies this term and others to follow

The Blood Donor Service of England has warned that blood stocks continue to be in short supply and has issued a new appeal to donors, as the number of people booking appointments to donate in the coming months is also decreasing