Four NHS hospital trusts have declared critical incidents due to "significant and sustained pressures" on its services after a "surge" in complex A&E admissions.
Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest - and most senior - Tory to defect to Reform UK.
The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed.
Tens of thousands of people across South East England are without water, as Kent County Council (KCC) declared a major incident.
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