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John Swinney hailed efforts of firefighters (Lesley Martin/PA)

Cairngorms wildfire a ‘very serious situation’, John Swinney says

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Met probes Reform UK donations by Richard Tice-controlled company

A teenager has been charged with piloting a small boat from France to the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A teenager has been charged with piloting a small boat from France to the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Teenager charged with piloting small boat from France to UK

Prime Minister Andy Burnham running near his house in Warrington (Ryan Jenkinson/PA)

Prime Minister Andy Burnham running near his house in Warrington (Ryan Jenkinson/PA)

Burnham ‘has courage to fix adult social care and will make start next week’

Wildfire in the Cairngorms (Rachel Keenan/PA)

Wildfire in the Cairngorms (Rachel Keenan/PA)

First Minister asks for military aid from UK Government as wildfire continues

Thousands have taken part in a London Trans+ Pride march in central London (Aaron Chown/PA)

Thousands have taken part in a London Trans+ Pride march in central London (Aaron Chown/PA)

150,000 march through London in world’s largest trans pride, organisers say

Firefighters spray water in a burning forest near Lacanau, southwestern France (Emma Da Silva/AP)

Firefighters spray water in a burning forest near Lacanau, southwestern France (Emma Da Silva/AP)

France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee

Demonstrators during an anti-immigration protest, organised by Unite the Clans Scotland, at Glasgow Green. Picture date: Saturday July 25, 2026.

Demonstrators during an anti-immigration protest, organised by Unite the Clans Scotland, at Glasgow Green. Picture date: Saturday July 25, 2026.

Fifteen arrested after violence breaks out at anti-migrant protest in Glasgow

A man in his 40s will appear in courts on Saturday (PA)

A man in his 40s will appear in courts on Saturday (PA)

Man charged in connection with bomb seized near border

Firefighters in the Lege-Cap-Ferret region (Emma Da Silva/AP)

Firefighters in the Lege-Cap-Ferret region (Emma Da Silva/AP)

Do not cancel travel plans over wildfires, urges French minister

Dublin footballer Pico Lopes is cheered as he arrives at Lourdes Celtic FC in Crumlin, where he began his footballing career, after playing for Cabo Verde at the World Cup. Picture date: Saturday July 25, 2026.

Dublin footballer Pico Lopes is cheered as he arrives at Lourdes Celtic FC in Crumlin, where he began his footballing career, after playing for Cabo Verde at the World Cup. Picture date: Saturday July 25, 2026.

‘He won the World Cup!’ Dubliner Pico Lopes welcomed home to local club

Firefighters put out a fire following a Russian air attack in Sumy (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)

Firefighters put out a fire following a Russian air attack in Sumy (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)

15 killed in latest attacks between Ukraine and Russia

People play cricket on a lone patch of green grass surrounded by parched land at Victoria Park in east London (Ben Whitley/PA)

People play cricket on a lone patch of green grass surrounded by parched land at Victoria Park in east London (Ben Whitley/PA)

UK set for fourth heatwave as wildfires hit parts of country

A small dinghy used by two men thought to be migrants is brought in to the Border Security Command compound (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A small dinghy used by two men thought to be migrants is brought in to the Border Security Command compound (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Migrants arrive after rowing tiny dinghy across the Channel

Smoke and flames rise as a wildfire advances near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, Ávila province, Spain (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Smoke and flames rise as a wildfire advances near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, Ávila province, Spain (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Quarter of a million people flee homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn

Rick Hylton, chief fire officer for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, reads a statement to the media at Great Baddow fire station (Chris Radburn/PA)

Rick Hylton, chief fire officer for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, reads a statement to the media at Great Baddow fire station (Chris Radburn/PA)

Three fire engines were destroyed in blaze and explosion in Essex – fire chief

Trim District Court in Co Meath (Damien Eagers/PA)

Trim District Court in Co Meath (Damien Eagers/PA)

DUP leader questions Irish court’s decision to grant bail in Carrickmacross case

Smoke near Nethy Bridge from the Cairngorms wildfire (Patricia Eccles)

Smoke near Nethy Bridge from the Cairngorms wildfire (Patricia Eccles)

Residents staying put in village near Cairngorms wildfire criticise response

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport after the 2024 attack (Paul Currie/PA)

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport after the 2024 attack (Paul Currie/PA)

Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’ – lawyer

Emergency services at the scene (PA)

Emergency services at the scene (PA)

Firefighters to continue tackling industrial units blaze into weekend

The president donned a ‘Trump 2028’ hat as he joked about a third term (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The president donned a ‘Trump 2028’ hat as he joked about a third term (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Trump says media ‘will be broke’ when he is gone, amid dinner jokes and jibes

The Cairngorms wildfire has been burning for more than a week (RSPB Scotland/PA)

The Cairngorms wildfire has been burning for more than a week (RSPB Scotland/PA)

Scottish Government holds response meeting after Cairngorms wildfire evacuation

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the new No 10 North

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the new No 10 North

‘Breathing room’ promises have squeezed fiscal headroom, says think tank

Simon O’Donovan (right) appeared before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with possession of an explosive substance after a bomb was intercepted near the Irish border (PA)

Simon O’Donovan (right) appeared before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with possession of an explosive substance after a bomb was intercepted near the Irish border (PA)

Man charged with possession of explosive after car intercepted near Irish border

Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin (Fabian Sommer/dpa/dpa via AP)

Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin (Fabian Sommer/dpa/dpa via AP)

Police call off pride parade in Berlin and say several people have been injured

(second row from back, left to right) Amelie, Kate and Gerry McCann in the stands cheering on Sean McCann at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow (Jane Barlow/PA)

(second row from back, left to right) Amelie, Kate and Gerry McCann in the stands cheering on Sean McCann at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow (Jane Barlow/PA)

Madeleine McCann’s brother cheered on by parents at Commonwealth Games

Rubble set on fire as health and frontline workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia, Congo (Constant Same Bagalwa/AP)

Rubble set on fire as health and frontline workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia, Congo (Constant Same Bagalwa/AP)

More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000

People take part in the London Trans+ Pride march in central London (Aaron Chown/PA)

People take part in the London Trans+ Pride march in central London (Aaron Chown/PA)

Mother of trans woman who took own life addresses PM: ‘Act or more will die’

A collection of letters written by Morrissey are to go to auction (Ben Birchall/PA)

A collection of letters written by Morrissey are to go to auction (Ben Birchall/PA)

Letters written by young pre-Smiths Morrissey expected to sell for £22,000

Fiirefighters spray water in a burning forest in the Lège-Cap-Ferret region (Caroline Blumberg/AP)

Fiirefighters spray water in a burning forest in the Lège-Cap-Ferret region (Caroline Blumberg/AP)

Wildfire forces evacuations of suburbs in French city of Bordeaux

Smoke rises from the wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park (Michal Wachucik/PA)

Smoke rises from the wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park (Michal Wachucik/PA)

Residents return home as Cairngorms fire no longer ‘immediate threat’

Police are on the scene after a car drove into people at the Berlin pride parade (Fabian Sommer/dpa/dpa via AP)

Police are on the scene after a car drove into people at the Berlin pride parade (Fabian Sommer/dpa/dpa via AP)

One dead and several injured at Berlin pride parade after car drives into crowd

Georgia Toffolo has revealed she escaped the French wildfires (Aaron Chown/PA)

Georgia Toffolo has revealed she escaped the French wildfires (Aaron Chown/PA)

Reality TV star Georgia Toffolo reveals she escaped French wildfires

Emergency services at the scene of an industrial unit fire (PA)

Emergency services at the scene of an industrial unit fire (PA)

Residents evacuated as fertiliser explodes during industrial units blaze

Fiirefighters spray water in a burning forest in the Lège-Cap-Ferret region of western France (Caroline Blumberg/AP)

Fiirefighters spray water in a burning forest in the Lège-Cap-Ferret region of western France (Caroline Blumberg/AP)

200,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain as some leave by boat

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting (PA)

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting (PA)

Wes Streeting in talks with US to plan international defence conference

Isobella Perrie Sullivan gets in a Garda car after she appeared before a special sitting of Trim District Court in Co Meath on Friday evening (Damien Eagers/PA)

Isobella Perrie Sullivan gets in a Garda car after she appeared before a special sitting of Trim District Court in Co Meath on Friday evening (Damien Eagers/PA)

Law student granted bail after appearing before court on explosives charge

A police boat carrying armed officers crashed into Westminster Bridge (David Lynch/PA)

A police boat carrying armed officers crashed into Westminster Bridge (David Lynch/PA)

Five officers hurt in police boat crash were responding to ‘person in water’

The Cairngorms wildfire has been burning for more than a week (RSPB Scotland/PA)

The Cairngorms wildfire has been burning for more than a week (RSPB Scotland/PA)

Police Scotland declares major incident amid Cairngorms wildfire

Sarah Ferguson’s charity has been shut down (PA)

Sarah Ferguson’s charity has been shut down (PA)

Sarah Ferguson’s charity wound up after scrutiny of her Epstein links

Record temperatures have fanned the flames (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Record temperatures have fanned the flames (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Tens of thousands of people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain

Emergency services at an incident at Westminster Bridge in London (David Lynch/PA)

Emergency services at an incident at Westminster Bridge in London (David Lynch/PA)

Police vessel carrying armed officers crashes on Thames injuring five

Flowers left next to a memorial stone in Reading dedicated to the memory of Pc Andrew Harper of Thames Valley Police who was just 28-years-old when he was killed in 2019 while responding to an incident (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Flowers left next to a memorial stone in Reading dedicated to the memory of Pc Andrew Harper of Thames Valley Police who was just 28-years-old when he was killed in 2019 while responding to an incident (Andrew Matthews/PA)

PM’s prisons early release review to be conducted over ‘coming days and weeks’

Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting US forces in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil (Stella Martany/AP)

Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting US forces in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil (Stella Martany/AP)

Drones target Iraqi city where US forces are based as US-Iran fighting escalates

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher (left) shakes hands with Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly, at the Garda College graduation ceremony in Templemore, Co Tipperary, after it was confirmed an ‘extremely significant’ bomb has

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher (left) shakes hands with Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly, at the Garda College graduation ceremony in Templemore, Co Tipperary, after it was confirmed an ‘extremely significant’ bomb has

Garda intercept ‘extremely significant’ bomb in transit near Irish border

Sony PlayStations are experiencing issues (Clare Jackson/Alamy/PA)

Sony PlayStations are experiencing issues (Clare Jackson/Alamy/PA)

Thousands of PlayStation users unable to access games as outages confirmed

Tony Bartlett was convicted at Bristol Crown Court of murdering his four-week-old baby son by shaking him (Avon and Somerset Police/PA)

Tony Bartlett was convicted at Bristol Crown Court of murdering his four-week-old baby son by shaking him (Avon and Somerset Police/PA)

Father jailed for life after murdering newborn baby by shaking him

The ‘mega dinghy’ being towed into Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA)

The ‘mega dinghy’ being towed into Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA)

‘Mega dinghy’ carrying record 165 migrants at once crossed Channel to UK

Maidenhead and Bray CC Sunday 1st 11 play The Kalalbanders at Maidenhead and Bray Cricket Club (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Maidenhead and Bray CC Sunday 1st 11 play The Kalalbanders at Maidenhead and Bray Cricket Club (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Heat health alerts for parts of England over busy getaway weekend

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport for Bebe, Elsie Dot and Alice, the girls that died (Paul Currie/PA)

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport for Bebe, Elsie Dot and Alice, the girls that died (Paul Currie/PA)

Southport killer ‘manipulating the system’ – lawyer for bereaved families

The wildfire broke out last week (RSPB Scotland)

The wildfire broke out last week (RSPB Scotland)

Smoke from Cairngorms wildfire drifts as far as Aberdeen

Tej Lalvani and his wife Tara Ruby attending the TV Choice Awards (Matt Crossick/PA)

Tej Lalvani and his wife Tara Ruby attending the TV Choice Awards (Matt Crossick/PA)

Dragon’s Den star’s vitamins business bought by US firm Bain

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Singer Chris Brown admits affray over ‘vicious and unprovoked’ bottle attack

Dilgash Adil has been jailed (Handout/PA)

Dilgash Adil has been jailed (Handout/PA)

Syrians jailed for raping drunk teenager at HMO