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At least nine people have died after getting into difficulty in open water during the record-breaking UK heatwave this week. 

Crystal Palace have won won the UEFA Conference League to claim a first European trophy in the club's history.

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been accused by two women of sexually abusing them when they were children, his trial has heard.

The woman who was shot dead outside a city centre bar in Sheffield in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday has been named as Shanice Brookes.

Students received "misleading" advice from the government about loans to pay for their university education, the chair of a top parliamentary committee has told Sky News.

Resident doctors will strike for four days in June, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced.

A construction worker accused of acting as the co-ordinator of an arson plot targeting the prime minister has told a court that he was drinking at a pub during the attacks.

As many people across the UK seek relief from record-breaking temperatures by plunging into open water, the RNLI has issued warnings after multiple deaths in water-related incidents.

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to a new record low - and four in 10 births involve at least one parent born outside the UK, new figures suggest.

A woman has admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control XL bully dog when it killed a teenager.