After millions marvelled at a once-in-a-generation solar eclipse last night, the morning after brought a less impressive sight: thousands of Lime bikes abandoned on the streets.

Katharine Birbalsingh runs Michaela Community School in Brent, London , which prides itself on focusing on academic subjects and a no-nonsense approach to discipline.

Phillip Ormerod, a great-grandfather, was taken to hospital after suffering critical injuries when he hit the floor in Cwmbran, South Wales, on August 1.

A fake Romanian escort and her partner have been sentenced to 17 years behind bars for killing two men after drugging them unconscious to steal from them.

Outside of the Covid years of 2020-2022, when grades were vastly inflated due to teacher assessment, today's grades are the highest proportion on record.

Authorities in Ceuta will round up migrants and hold them in warehouses before sending them back to Morocco.

The event was run by the Worcester Reenactors at St John's House in Warwick last weekend, attracting a large crowd on a green next to residential properties.

The Health Secretary despaired at Sir Keir's two years in charge - before he was ousted as Prime Minister by Andy Burnham.

The grounds at Mawgan Porth Golf Club in Cornwall were engulfed in flames on Tuesday afternoon as ten fire engines were called to the scene.

Locals living in Piddington are infuriated by proposals to house 1,250 males at a migrant camp near the tiny Oxfordshire village at Bicester barracks.

The gloves are designed to cause pain and impair a person's ability to respond within seconds.

Britons desperate to catch a glimpse of the spectacular solar eclipse were forced to get creative after struggling to get their hands on proper glasses.

As twilight settled over the tarmac in Ankara, President Trump was smuggled off Air Force One and into a catering truck in a covert operation to dodge a possible assassination threat.

With temperatures forecast to hit 38C today, campaigners say the Government has ignored warnings that its policies have turned swathes of countryside into tinderboxes.

Detective Constable Rachel Fletcher, 49, today denied ever having used the derogatory phrase but did say she had issues with the way she feels trans rights have been put ahead of women's rights.

As Britain sweltered in the fifth heatwave of the year, an eerie yet welcome chill descended as the Moon blocked out the unrelenting 30C sunshine.

From pets wearing glasses to children using homemade viewing devices to glimpse the spectacular illusion in the skies on Wednesday, our readers embraced eclipse fever in full force.

Nothing moves in the Ukrainian city once known as the Soviet Union's 'capital of glass'.

Amid a rise in 'mega-dinghies' being launched, which experts say should be easier to intercept, the French authorities stopped just over half (56%) of attempted boat crossings in the year to August 2.

Simon Levy brutally murdered two women, 53-year-old Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins, and raped and near-fatally suffocated a third woman.

RECAP: Eclipse mania has gripped Britain, with beaches, parks and beauty spots packed with sky-watchers as millions turned out to witness the most spectacular solar eclipse.

LIVE UPDATES: Eclipse mania has gripped Britain, with beaches, parks and beauty spots packed with sky-watchers hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial spectacle.

In an emotional interview, Debbie Adlam said she is 'absolutely drained' by the conflicting messages from Downing Street about whether Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers can be kept behind bars.

Claire Waxman, the victims' commissioner for England and Wales, accused the Prime Minister of creating 'chaos and uncertainty' in the justice system by 'flip-flopping'.

LIVE UPDATES: Eclipse mania has gripped the nation, with Britons packing out beaches and parks to view the once-in-a-generation event.

HGV driver Charlotte Brooks was sent a voice note by Kerry Dawson saying just because she has breasts 'she thinks she can flash them at anybody and anyone will do anything for her'.

Officers investigating the stabbing descended on the reality TV star's flat on Monday night and arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.

Richard Holt, 33, said he decorated the 250-year-old Melin Llynon windmill in Anglesey to celebrate this year's Urdd Eisteddfod music, dance and literature festival.

Idnan Choudhry, 31, could be ordered to bulldoze his five-bedroom home in Walsall, West Midlands, following a four-year planning row with his local council.

Aerial photographs of the Property Ladder star Sarah Beeny's £3million mansion in Somerset show only very small patches of green across the grounds of her 220-acre farm.

LIVE UPDATES: Eclipse mania has gripped the nation, as Britons form huge queues in a last-minute scramble for glasses to watch the best solar eclipse in a generation.

Laura felt she was trying to protect other women by reporting the man described by police as a 'predatory monster' when she reported him in 2018.

Chris McGlade, chair of Merseyside Police Federation, spoke out after Candace Desilva, 37, fled with PC Simon Ward still clinging to the side of her Range Rover in Liverpool in 2024.

Anna Turley said there needed to be a 'fair and equitable system' for distributing asylum seekers across the country.

Tonight, millions of Britons will witness the best solar eclipse in a generation - and you will not want to miss out.