Three people have been charged after four ambulances run by the Jewish volunteer service Hatzola were deliberately burned in a synagogue car park in Golders Green in the early hours of 23 March.Two men, aged 20 and 19, and a 17-year-old with dual British-Pakistani nationality face counts of arson and of acting in a way that could have endangered life.All three were arrested on Wednesday at...

A serious collision on the M23 has forced the northbound carriageway to close this morning, causing long tailbacks near Gatwick Airport.The crash occurred shortly after 5.30am on Thursday, April 2, between junction 10 for Crawley and junction 9 for Gatwick.Multiple vehicles are believed to be involved. Emergency crews are at the scene working to make the area safe, while traffic officers and...

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission blasted off successfully, but the crew encountered an early systems glitch when a toilet controller and a water tank valve failed shortly after liftoff.Mission leaders described the issue as not unexpected and said the team is only at the start of the flight, with crew members safe and in good spirits.A separate, short-lived communications interruption occurred during a...

Britain faces a changeable weekend as the clocks spring forward, with winds, rain and pockets of freezing temperatures arriving as Daylight Saving Time begins.Saturday will feel mostly settled for many people, with spells of sunshine broken by showers.The wettest activity is expected in the far north‑west, while daytime highs could reach about 13C in some areas. After dark on Saturday, rural...

Two men have been detained after four ambulances belonging to the Jewish charity Hatzola were torched in north London.The vehicles were set alight in Golders Green during the early hours of Monday, prompting a probe led by the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism unit.Officers arrested a 47-year-old in north-west London and a 45-year-old in central London on Wednesday morning. Searches are...

Two years after Dutch schools removed smartphones from the school day, teachers and education officials are reporting calmer corridors and sharper attention in class.Devices including phones, smartwatches and tablets are now kept out of classrooms, hallways and cafeterias across the country as part of a nationwide agreement reached with schools, parents and teachers rather than through new...

Five women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein met on camera for the first time in a BBC Newsnight session to share how the crimes still shape their lives.One of them, Joanna Harrison, said she had kept silent for years but was forced into the open when US government files were published with insufficient redactions.That disclosure stripped her of anonymity and pushed her to speak. The...

A son of one of the victims of the Nottingham attacks told a public inquiry he discovered his father had been killed after receiving an Instagram message from a family friend.Valdo Calocane murdered three people in the early hours of 13 June 2023, killing 19-year-olds Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar before travelling across the city and stabbing 65-year-old school caretaker Ian...

An explosion in the town of Bucha, just outside Kyiv, injured two police officers after a second device detonated when officers arrived at the scene.The blast happened in the early hours of Monday on a residential street.Emergency teams rushed in after a loud initial explosion and were hit by a follow-up blast that wounded the two officers in their limbs; their injuries are not believed to be...

Many families who once treated days out as a routine are tightening their belts as everyday leisure costs climb.Parents across the UK say meals, attractions and activities have become harder to justify on a middle-income budget, even when both adults are in work.Bianca and Paul Osborne, who live in Stockport and earn close to the national average household income, found a typical family outing...