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Tories ‘have put the smoke alarm on snooze’ as Britain faces wildfire risk

Labour claims the Government has been ‘asleep at the wheel’ in response to the extreme weather.

Leadership candidates raise thousands but frontrunners’ backers remain a mystery

Death toll from weekend Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 48

Accumulation of ‘toxins’ in brain is why thinking hard is tiring, study suggests

Johnson urges power companies to act ‘in the national interest’

Heathrow says airport travel chaos is easing

Latvian Parliament calls Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

Hospital admissions continue to fall as Covid-19 wave recedes

Extradition hearing for alleged US fugitive delayed again

Supreme Court refuses to hear Jeremy Corbyn appeal in libel case

Armed man demanding savings holds Beirut bank staff hostage

Two dead and girl seriously injured after car hits pedestrians

Ministers to hold crunch talks with energy bosses over winter price hikes

Which energy suppliers met with ministers and how much profit do they make?

Dame Olivia Newton-John to receive state memorial service in Australia

Scholz confident Germany can weather energy crisis this winter

Two in hospital after firearms incidents leave one dead

Sir Frederick Barclay told ‘debt will not go away’ as contempt hearing adjourned

Mask mandate returns in New Delhi as Covid cases rise

July was one of the worst months for A&Es in England, data shows

Football fans name beaver kits after Lionesses

Pistol found at scene after man shot by police

Alleged member of The Beatles terror cell appears before UK court

Temperatures forecast to soar up to 30C in some parts of Ireland

Suspected modern slavery victims in UK ‘at highest quarterly level on record’

Satellite data finds landfills are methane ‘super emitters’

‘It’s shocked the place to the core’ – Highlands community reacts after attacks

Wizz Air cancels winter flights from Cardiff Airport due to ‘economic pressures’

Renewed bills warning as price cap could hit £5,000 in direst forecast to date

Firefighters battle major wildfire in France

Fourth alleged ‘Beatles’ terror cell member to appear in court

Students’ hot air balloon artwork to take to skies over Thamesmead

Photographs of basketball star Kobe Bryant’s body were ‘shared for a laugh’

The Queen’s signature features for the first time on Royal Mint coins

Stanley Tucci and Stephen King confirmed for Cheltenham Literature Festival

Kim Jong Un ‘suffered fever’ during North Korea’s Covid wave, says his sister

Sir Frederick Barclay faces court over cash tussle with ex-wife

Ryanair boss: 10 euro fares to disappear due to rising fuel prices

Satellite images show Crimea airbase damaged after apparent Ukrainian attack

What the papers say – August 11

Disney surpasses streaming rival Netflix on total subscribers for first time

Women who do not eat meat ‘more likely to break hips’ – study

Mother of abused child Tony Hudgell could be kept in prison longer

Newborn giraffe arrives with a bump at zoo

No link between sudden death of teenager and MR vaccine, coroner finds

Former Corbyn aide loses appeal over Rachel Riley Twitter row

What is your water company doing to cope with the dry weather?

Former Corbyn aide loses appeal over Rachel Riley Twitter row

McDonald’s to reopen some restaurants in Ukraine

New art trail exploring impact of the slave trade previews at Westminster Abbey

Energy bill price cap rise should not go ahead, says Nicola Sturgeon

Man in one of England’s driest towns says it has ‘its own micro climate’

One in four waiting over 28 days for rescheduled operations as backlog grows

Giggs made ex feel it was her fault he threw her naked from room, jury told