Scottish Fiscal Commission says emergency cuts are a result of under-budgeting for public sector pay awards

watch live as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday 27 August.

 

A police officer in Texas wrangled a hissing alligator with his bare hands, body-worn video from 23 August shows. Fulshear Police released footage of Lieutenant Bill Henry approaching the reptile on the doorstep of a house. He walked towards the snap ...

A fire engulfed a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, in the early hours of Monday, 26 August. Forty fire engines and more than 200 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze at a mixed-used residential and commercial buil ...

Kingsley Agoba is the owner of a waste removal business

Pittsburgh is the city with the most childless cat ladies, while Washington D.C., New York City, Baltimore and Chicago round out The Independent’s top five list

watch live as Israeli government spokesman David Mencer gives an update on Sunday (25 August) as Middle East conflict escalates.

From sharing his pupils’ jokes on social media to watching friendships grow, the author of a new book reveals what he learned from the magical and messy world of Year 1

 

watch live as a special church service is held in Solingen on Sunday (25 August) after three people were killed in a German festival stabbing.

watch a live view of Beirut on Sunday (25 August) after Hezbollah retaliated with a rocket barrage following Israeli strikes.

Leeds Festival fans have battled Storm Lillian to ensure they got to watch Blink 182 perform live on stage. Many festival-goers feared they might not get to see the legendary rock band perform on Saturday (24 August) after heavy storms hit the site o ...

watch live as German police hold a press conference on Saturday (24 August) after three people were killed and several others injured in a stabbing at the Soligen festival stabbing.

watch live as a manhunt is underway in Germany today (24 August) after a knife attack has left three people dead and eight injured.

A video shows the stunning makeover in the cramped Clapham bedroom

António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledonia among issues to watch

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Psychologists have weighed in on Trump’s apparent behavior since the shooting, with one theorizing it’s not PTSD – it’s ‘narcissism’