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More than 2,700 people may have died in exceptional May and June heatwaves in England and Wales

Most deaths will have occurred in the June heatwave, experts say, when a rare red heat alert was issued.

UK seeking extradition of man suspected of killing wife and two daughters

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma is in court after being arrested in Johannesburg.

UK begins trials of Ebola vaccine developed in just eight weeks

The UK medicines regulator has given approval for an experimental vaccine to be tested on healthy adults.

Home secretary to set out plan to deport grooming gang leader

Calls have grown to deport Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed after his release from prison.

Police say no suggestion of political motive in Widdecombe killing after new arrest

Police say they are not looking for anyone else after a 28-year-old man was arrested in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

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