All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

Met Office weather maps show where rain will fall today with 40mm expected in parts of the UK while a yellow thunderstorm warning remains in place - though temperatures are expected to rise over the weekend

Residents in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, have been ordered to evacuated their homes by midday on Friday with only one highway open

Russia's Defence Ministry said the drone was shot down in the early hours of Friday falling on the grounds of the Expocentre near Moscow's commercial and office complex

Jude Harvey, 19, from Essex died after suffering a 'heart episode' on stepping into the sea in Ibiza during a holiday in July with his step-sister, an inquest heard on Wednesday

Joshua Hunt, 32, is accused of offences relating to someone wearing a black gimp suit in public, nicknamed the 'Somerset Gimp'. An interim order bans him from crawling, wriggling or writhing on the ground while in disguise

Forecasters expect summer to make a return later this week with highs of 31C in parts, thanks to a heat blast from Europe - though the Met Office has also put a weather warning in place

10-year-old Sara Sharif's body was found at her home in Horsell, near Woking, Surrey, on Thursday before police launched a murder investigation, revealing three people of interest may have left the UK

A BBC heatmap shows parts of the UK could reach more than 30C in the coming days as summer finally returns - with Britain rivalling temperatures in California, US

Requests for statistics from Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies resulted in personal data of crime victims being accidentally released, with 1,230 people affected

The body of Sara Sharif, 10, was found at a property in Horsell, Surrey, in the early hours of Thursday (August 10), with police confirming three people they wish to speak to have left the UK

The Russian rouble currency continues to plummet amid Western sanctions in response to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, with a chyron beamed above a skyscraper labelling him a 'd****head'

The UK is set to see a clear north-south divide in weather this weekend after a brief glimpse of summer earlier this week - though the weather could pick up later in the month

The 16-year-old autistic girl was taken back to her home in Leeds by West Yorkshire Police officers on Monday when she is alleged to have made homophobic remarks

Surrey Police have identified three people they wish to speak to in relation to the death of a 10-year-old girl in Woking, Surrey, on Thursday morning - though fear they have left the UK

Benadetha Rwehumbiza, 29, and her daughter Charlotte, three, were flying to Tanzania from Spain via Gatwick but were told to make their own way to Heathrow despite not having legal paperwork

Prince Harry is "best of friends" with cousins Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, despite tensions with the rest of the Royal Family, particularly Prince William and King Charles

Surrey Police have launched a murder investigation after a girl, 10, was found dead at an address in Hammond Road, Woking, in the early hours of Thursday following a concern for safety

Award-winning British surgeon and dad Kar Hao Teoh's hire car was targeted after he took a wrong turn into a street riot in Nyanga, near Cape Town International Airport, South Africa

The Crooked House in Himley, Staffordshire, was gutted over the weekend by the mystery blaze on Saturday, which police are treating as arson, before being demolished by diggers two days later

Harry and Meghan photographer Misan Harriman and ex-footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink are among those to criticise the use of a 'racist' sign in independent London shop Farrants

Brits venturing into Europe are being warned about Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) which is spread through ticks after a 27-year-old patient died from the disease

A rescue attempt was launched at St Ives harbour in Cornwall after a baby dolphin became trapped in shallow waters before the tide left it stranded. Onlookers, including children, watched on

A Fiat 500 car struck six people in Malvern, Worcestershire, on Tuesday afternoon leaving one person in a critical condition as West Mercia Police appeal for witnesses

Prince Harry's profile page on the Royal Family's official website contained errors for over three years following Megxit, with a major gaffe only corrected over the weekend

Detectives from Greater Manchester Police have no idea who a woman found dead on the M56 near Manchester Airport last month is after appeals failed to provide any information