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Andy Burnham has been urged to reset his government's relationship with rural Britain as campaigners say Labour has imposed 27 policies harmful to their community. A new campaign, set to be launched this month, will see a 'Campaign for the Countryside' aimed at protecting Britain's green and pleasant land and the millions of people who call it home.

Chelsea have announced the signing of 18-year-old wonderkid Denner Evangelista. The plan for Denner to join Chelsea has been a long time in the making. As early as March 2025, Chelsea reached an agreement to sign the youngster from Brazilian giants Corinthians once he had turned 18. The teenager is said to have joined Chelsea for an €10million, plus an extra €4m in performance-related add-ons. Brazilian media reported there is also a 15 per cent sell-on clause included in the transfer.

Chancellor John Healey has stopped caring about defence spending despite quitting from Sir Keir Starmer's front bench over it, a Reform UK official has claimed. Taking aim at Mr Healey the now former Reform UK Head of Policy, James Orr, referred to polling which suggested the issue was ranked fourth most important with the British public.

Fri, September 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC The UK’s construction sector weakened further last month amid a deeper downturn in housebuilding, according to new figures. The S&P Global UK construction PMI showed a reading of 44.3 in August, dipping from 44.7 in July. Any reading above the 50.0 threshold indicates that activity in the industry is increasing while anything below means it is contracting.

Updated Fri, September 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC Are all these bins facing in the right direction? Most councils advise people to point them in one direction -Credit:Getty Images Councils have warned that if people don’t put their bin handles in the right direction, they can’t complain if they’re not collected. While it is quite possible that the wheelie bins will be taken away if they’re not ‘correct’, some local authorities have said it could be a reason they have not been emptied.

For millions of families across Europe, the monthly budget is tight. Essential goods like food, housing, energy, and transport consume roughly 46% of every euro spent by EU households, forming the non-negotiable baseline required to cover daily survival, commuting, and utilities. With eurozone inflation sitting at a three-year high of 3.3% and energy costs jumping 14.3%, fresh Eurostat numbers show a strange counter-trend.

The leaves are turning, and a fresh crop of jeans has landed in a shop near you. While the season’s shifting, some questions remain perennial: what styles are going to be “in” this autumn/winter, and how do we go about finding some that actually fit? Finding the right answers feels more worthwhile than ever. You only have to look at last season’s highest-profile shows to see that jeans have officially graduated from informal weekend wear to catwalk-ready.

In late August, around 20 people were put on a flight in the US, shackled at the wrists, waist and ankles, and sent to Liberia as part of one of the largest third-country deportation arrangements of Donald Trump’s second term. Although more than 23,000 people have been sent to 26 countries other than their own since last year, that day saw something that had not happened before: six people refused to get off the plane – and were instead taken to another country.

Updated Fri, September 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM UTC Hollyhocks did well in the heat.Photograph: Alex Manders/Getty Images The only spot-watering my garden has seen in recent months was done by the builder in a quiet moment. I hadn’t asked him to, but I think he saw the state of things and took pity on an acer I’d given up on.

Fri, September 4, 2026 at 9:58 AM UTC Lee and Katie were said to have married in January -Credit:wesleeeandrews/Instagram Katie Price's marriage to Lee Andrews appears to be over just eight months after the pair tied the knot, with the glamour model ending things by text.But it's not claimed that all may not have been as it seemed in the first place. The mum-of-five, 48, and the businessman, 43, were said to have married just weeks after meeting in Dubai.