A man has died after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a bungalow in Buckinghamshire, police say.

Israeli settlers have been condemned by the US ambassador after the home of an American Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank was besieged.

Bluetongue has been detected on a second farm in Scotland and three other suspected cases are being investigated after the nation's first-ever case was recorded at the weekend.

A father has returned to court over the alleged murder of his nine-year-old daughter in Angus.

The civilian workforce tasked with equipping the UK's armed forces to be ready for war has been told it must wait until next year for an already limited and disputed pay rise, Sky News understands.

The rate of UK growth has slowed but the economy remained resilient despite the Iran war, according to the latest data.