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• Crews continue to tackle New Forest fire that spread from van on A31 - BBC10 August 2026, 12:11 pm
  Crews continue to tackle New Forest fire that spread from van on A31  BBCSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• Octopus Energy: use less electricity during solar eclipse - The Guardian10 August 2026, 12:06 pm
  Octopus Energy: use less electricity during solar eclipse  The GuardianDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, warns Britain’s biggest energy supplier  The IndependentOctopus Energy: Don’t use electricity during solar eclipse  The TelegraphEnergy giant giving away FREE electricity and £12k cash during solar eclipse  The SunSolar eclipse threatens to tighten Europe’s electricity squeeze  Financial Times
  
• Radio Caroline breached Ofcom rules after mistakenly announcing King Charles's death - BBC10 August 2026, 11:57 am
  Radio Caroline breached Ofcom rules after mistakenly announcing King Charles's death  BBCRadio station falsely announced King’s death as host ran away in panic  The IndependentRadio station that announced King had died breached Ofcom rules  ITVXRadio host 'panicked and fled' after wrongly announcing King's death, report finds  Yahoo News UKRadio station staff member played King's death announcement 'out of curiosity'  East Anglian Daily Times
  
• Chessington World of Adventures closes due to 'water outage' - Sky News10 August 2026, 11:51 am
  Chessington World of Adventures closes due to 'water outage'  Sky NewsChessington World of Adventures closed because of water outage  BBCChessington theme park forced to shut after water shortage  The TelegraphOne of UK's favourite theme parks forced to close as revellers told 'don't come'  Daily StarCustomer outrage as Chessington World of Adventures shuts due to water outage  The Independent
  
• Farage: Burnham lacks imagination to tackle prisons crisis - The Telegraph10 August 2026, 11:36 am
  Farage: Burnham lacks imagination to tackle prisons crisis  The TelegraphSend foreign prisoners abroad to end early releases, says Reform UK  BBCFarage welcomes revived police probe into alleged arson attack at his home after Widdecombe murder – UK politics live  The GuardianReform vows to deport all foreign prisoners from British jails  Financial TimesReform says it will send foreign criminals to El Salvador  The Times
  
• Transfer news LIVE: Cristian Romero targets Arsenal switch - The Independent10 August 2026, 11:27 am
  Transfer news LIVE: Cristian Romero targets Arsenal switch  The IndependentTransfer news LIVE: Arsenal hijack, Romero talks, Liverpool done deal  London Evening StandardBradley Barcola transfer news: Liverpool deal for PSG winger difficult to complete after talks  Sky SportsLiverpool news: Andoni Iraola transfer position emerges as Reds handed Bradley Barcola update  Daily StarMikel Arteta told Arsenal winger is better option than £145m transfer target  metro.co.uk
  
• Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday cancels live event after plagiarism row - BBC10 August 2026, 11:14 am
  Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday cancels live event after plagiarism row  BBCThe Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm | Editorial  The GuardianCambridge student newspaper silent on Jason Arday row  The TimesJason Arday: Professor in plagiarism row cancels book tour events  Sky NewsWe are all Jason Arday now  The Telegraph
  
• Record 230 people cross Channel to UK as smugglers turn to ‘mega-dinghies’ - The Guardian10 August 2026, 11:12 am
  Record 230 people cross Channel to UK as smugglers turn to ‘mega-dinghies’  The GuardianSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• UK weather: Amber heat health alerts issued for nearly all of England - Sky News10 August 2026, 11:07 am
  UK weather: Amber heat health alerts issued for nearly all of England  Sky NewsThe fifth heatwave of the summer will hit London this week – here’s when 36C will hit (and when it will next rain)  Time Out WorldwideMet Office considers rare extreme heat warning as it forecasts 36C highs  ITVXAmber heat-health alerts issued for most of England as temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week – latest updates  The GuardianCar washes and swimming pools could shut due to drought - as temperatures set to pass 36C in fifth heatwave  lbc.co.uk
  
• Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime - The Guardian10 August 2026, 11:01 am
  Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime  The Guardian
  
• Uefa, Concacaf and AFC push for Infantino to quit and discuss rival competitions - The Guardian10 August 2026, 10:03 am
  Uefa, Concacaf and AFC push for Infantino to quit and discuss rival competitions  The GuardianGianni Infantino: Fifa accused of breaking trust 'through deception'  BBCOpen letter to the football family  UEFA.comGianni Infantino era 'is over', says LaLiga boss as pressure mounts on Fifa head | ITV News  ITVXGianni Infantino: UEFA signs joint letter slamming 'deception' at top of FIFA as World Cup stake sale fallout continues  Sky Sports
  
• Olympic gold medallist Tabby Stoecker is the thirteenth celebrity announced for Strictly Come Dancing 2026 - BBC10 August 2026, 10:02 am
  Olympic gold medallist Tabby Stoecker is the thirteenth celebrity announced for Strictly Come Dancing 2026  BBCMeet the celebrity cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2026  The IndependentIt's All Change At Strictly Come Dancing This Year – Here's Everything We Know So Far  HuffPost UKStrictly Come Dancing confirms Olympic gold medallist as THIRTEENTH celebrity for 2026 edition  Digital SpySTRICTLY COME DANCING LINE-UP 'REVEALED' IN FULL AHEAD OF NEW SERIES ON BBC ONE  TV Zone UK
  
• Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle - The Guardian10 August 2026, 10:01 am
  Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle  The GuardianHarvey Nichols will ‘cease trading’ without sale or new cash  DrapersBillionaire Ashley leads race to clinch takeover of Harvey Nichols  Sky NewsHarvey Nichols will collapse without rescue deal, directors warn  City AMHarvey Nichols risks collapse without rescue deal  The Telegraph
  
• Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12? - Al Jazeera10 August 2026, 9:51 am
  Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12?  Al JazeeraWhen and where to see the solar eclipse in London  BBC‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse data  The GuardianDon’t use your old eclipse glasses from 1999, experts warn  The TelegraphWhy is looking directly at a solar eclipse dangerous? | ITV News  ITVX
  
• Revolut wins French banking licence - Financial Times10 August 2026, 9:43 am
  Revolut wins French banking licence  Financial TimesUK's Revolut gets French bank licence in European expansion drive  ReutersRevolut lands fresh banking licence after wrestling with Europe friction  City AMRevolut Secures French Banking License to Expand European Operations  WSJRevolut follows Paris HQ with French banking license  FX News Group