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.

After spending a lot more time with the celebrity TV chef in recent months amid his fallout from his own family, Adam Ramsay-Peaty has picked up Gordon's recognisable mannerisms.

Chef Jamie Oliver's plush lawns are rather lusher than most, and the secret it easy to spot - a large personal lake just a stone's throw from the back of his Essex mansion.

Workers at Parliament Hill Fields Lido in leafy Hampstead Heath have told how break-ins, brawls and boozing have forced the spot into closure twice this summer.

Labour is now backed by 24 per cent of Britons, with Reform dropping to 22 per cent support - their lowest score since March last year.

Vanessa Feltz wrote that 'it's a big fat bore being «mummy» to a hulking great adult'. Apparently referring to her ex-fiance Ben Ofoedu, she claimed he 'cheated so ferociously I had to throw him out'.

A deeply unsatisfactory pattern is emerging in the way the new Prime Minister approaches a crisis.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly broke up with Riley Roberts, her longtime fiancée, two years ago and called off their engagement.

A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia today for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict

The National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) union said nine in ten of the thousands of workers it represents voted in favour.

Middle class areas will have to take in more migrants, Andy Burnham said on Tuesday. The Prime Minister said he would make sure arrivals were not only placed in the 'poorest communities'.

Kath Main, 46, from Pontypridd, South Wales, says her winning numbers were binned after they failed to register on the machine at Londis in Abercynon.

The Reform UK leader admitted the comments by Mr Yusuf, his party's home affairs spokesman, were 'over the top' and 'too strong'.

Several high street stores sold out while online customers were told they may not receive the glasses until the end of the week.