Teachers' unions will have to ensure that schools in England remain open on strike days, according to government plans; the Department for Education launched a consultation on how best to implement minimum service level requirements in schools

Weird weather across the UK has been blamed on an anticyclonic gloom: fog, low clouds and spots of drizzle caused Odiham, a small town in Hampshire where some 4.400 people live, to record just 12 minutes of sunshine in the past 11 days

The new budget bill, the first of the new Labour government, includes a large tax increase, totalling £40 billion revenues, with the specific aim of funding more investment

There will not be an apology over Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa 25-26 October, and a Downing Street spokesperson already ruled out financial reparations

At least 40 more women have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, former owner of Harrods department store and father of Dodi, who died in a car accident with Princess Diana Spencer in 1997, of rape and sexual abuse