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  • A defibrillator mounted inside a phone box.

    Lack of defibrillators could put 16m at risk of death by cardiac arrest in England and Wales

    Exclusive: Research shows millions live more than a 1km round trip from 24/7 accessible device
  • A young puffin peers out from a dark crevice surrounded by rocks

    ‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades

  • A patient with Ebola receives medical care at the Rwampara Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC

  • Andy Burnham walks through a doorway in a dark suit and glasses, holding a red folder

    Andy Burnham urges cabinet to examine ‘all possible ways’ to tackle cost of living crisis

  • Sarwar called for Starmer to step down as prime minister in February.

    Anas Sarwar reportedly set to quit as Scottish Labour leader to be minister in Andy Burnham’s government – as it happened

  • Paul Condon in an overcoat and scarf outside the high court in London

    Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist

  • John Healey in a dark suit and red tie walks along a path carrying a red folder

    Fiscal hawk or big spender – what kind of chancellor will John Healey be?

  • What an Airbus plane with folding wings might look like

    Airbus to test folding wings for next generation of bestselling planes

  • Prime minister Andy Burnham sits at a cabinet meeting table with colleagues, taking notes.

    Starmer allies see ‘hint of retribution’ in Burnham reshuffle

  • Louise Haigh in a light grey blazer and white top looks to the side outdoors

    Andy Burnham shakes up Whitehall with new government department

    Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet, led by Louise Haigh, will oversee both No 10 in London and Manchester
  • City workers during a lunch breach

    UK borrows less than expected as Healey vows to ‘buffer against uncertainty’

  • Burnham, wearing a suit, spreads his hands while speaking

    ‘A big job ahead of him’: world leaders congratulate Andy Burnham as he becomes Britain’s PM

  • John Healey walks in Downing Street after being appointed chancellorAndy Burnham Appoints His First Cabinet In London, United Kingdom - 20 Jul 2026

    Defence shares rise after Andy Burnham appoints John Healey as chancellor

  • A supermarket advertising staff wanted in London

    UK employers cut job vacancies as Burnham aims to lift living standards

Analysis & explainers

  • Electricity pylons loom over a road of residential houses with lights on in a suburban area with cars parked in the street. It is twilight and the street lights are on.

    What will Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills mean for you?

  • A young woman in a hooded jacket and backpack faces the Bundestag building with its glass dome

    What the EU wants from Andy Burnham

  • A person waters potted sunflowers and other plants in a garden using a green watering can

    How can I water my garden in a hosepipe ban and will there be drought this summer?

  • Mahmood, Healey, Haigh and Miliband walking outdoors in business attire

    Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out?

  • Burnham begins: what awaits the new British PM? – Full Story podcast

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  • Burnham begins: what awaits the new PM? - podcast

    Podcast29:32

  • Can Andy Burnham’s cabinet fix Britain? – podcast

    Podcast18:15

  • The battle to reclaim Epping – podcast

    Podcast28:03

News reads

  • Naomi Fulop in front of a wall covered in red hearts

    ‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPE

  • Three men and a woman bend down to deal with weeds in a wood on a sunny day

    ‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside

  • People sitting and standing inside a crowded tube carriage.

    ‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle

  • Composite image of Tyrion Davis, silhouettes of two women, the US flag, an aircraft on a runway and an overhead view of an airbase

    ‘They said: wear angelic white’: British women who accused US airman of rape tell of American military trial

Health & science news

  • Stars glow in the night-time sky above the dark lake, with rocky slopes and trees silhouetted in the background.

    Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say

  • Floating ice chunks on dark water stretch across the Arctic Sea under an overcast sky

    Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record

  • Jules Von Hep and Mark Beverlo in a kitchen.

    ‘We need to talk about how difficult it is’: why one couple are pinning surrogacy hopes on Mexico

  • A medical worker in scrubs walks along the corridor of a hospital

    Rising numbers of younger midwives quitting NHS in England, data shows

  • Sun setting behind the silhouette of electricity pylons

    ‘Risking blackouts’? How Great Britain’s grid operator was dragged into a political row

  • Oil tankers and cargo vessels anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman

    Oil price rises above $90 as US and Iran exchange fire and Houthis threaten naval blockade in Saudi Arabia - as it happened

  • A worker stands next to a Thames Water van in central London

    Thames Water investors offer ‘golden share’ in bid to head off nationalisation

  • Vans owned by Mitie at London Gatwick airport

    Mitie agrees £3.1bn takeover by OCS in blow to London stock market

  • Aerial view of holiday chalets and houses near dramatic coastal erosion, with exposed rock face and beach below

    Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn

  • National Express buses at Birmingham Central bus garage in Digbeth

    ‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions

  • A stacker-reclaimer at the Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, Australia

    Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

  • Firefighters run towards a fire truck as they prepare to tackle a wildfire in the background further down a dirt road

    ‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

  • A museum volunteer dishes out portions of gruel to a group of children around a large wooden table

    Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse

  • Edward Stourton

    BBC broadcaster Edward Stourton dies aged 68

  • Romesh Ranganathan in the Queen Vic with punters including David Jason, Adam Woodyatt and Sue Perkins

    ‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea

  • Lauren Laverne

    Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis

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