Police will confirm who is being charged over the Grenfell Tower fire by the 10th anniversary of the disaster, it was revealed today.

What came first: the chicken or the egg? Controversial de-extinction firm Colossal Biosciences claims to have answered that question by hatching its first chicks from an entirely artificial egg.

The UK could be set for the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures expected to reach 28C (82.4F) in parts of the country on Friday.

Air conditioning will soon be "unavoidable" to protect many Britons from unbearable summer heat, a top climate adviser to the government has said.

John Swinney has been re-elected as Scotland's first minister, vowing to "work every day to repay the trust" the nation's people have placed in him.