A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by armed police outside a rural village pub in Kent. The shooting took place at around 9pm on Monday at The Park Gate Inn, in Hollingbourne, Kent.

England has had the hottest spring and the driest for more than a century, with northern areas drought-stricken.

French president Emmanuel Macron said talks with the UK would also cover defence, security and nuclear energy.

The FCA said Monzo’s financial fraud systems and controls ‘failed to keep pace’ with its rapid growth in customers numbers in recent years.

The Environment Agency will receive a cash injection of more than £189 million this financial year of 2025/26.

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said the EU and the US must work “intensively” to get a deal on tariffs in place before the deadline for increased rates, but added he has concerns for the pharma ...