A yellow thunderstorm warning will come into force this morning – with heavy rain, lighting and hail set to hit parts of southern England. The alert, covering areas including Bristol, Oxford, Southampton, London, Kent and Ipswich, will be in effect from 10am to 9pm. Forecasters have said downpours could dump up to 60mm of rainfall…

Infections from a strain of E.coli that causes stomach issues rose by more than 25% last year – with toddlers most commonly affected, figures show. The UK Health Security Agency has said the rise was partly down to a single outbreak linked to contaminated salad leaves, but also warned cases have been gradually increasing since…

The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died from complications of measles has urged parents to have their children vaccinated amid a surge of cases. Renae Archer was too young to have the MMR vaccine when she caught the infection at just five months old. A decade later, she was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis,…

Protests at a hotel in Essex housing asylum seekers “is a crisis that risks boiling over”, the local MP has said as pressure builds on the home secretary to close it down. Neil Hudson, the Conservative MP for Epping Forest, has signed a letter along with other local politicians urging Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to…

A man has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester Airport last year. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz punched PC Lydia Ward in the face, knocking her down and breaking her nose. The 20-year-old was also convicted of assaulting PC Ellie Cook and the earlier assault of a member of the public at…

Resident doctors have “squandered the considerable goodwill” they had with the government by going on strike, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told them. The medics – formerly known as junior doctors – finished a five-day strike over pay on Wednesday morning. The group were awarded a close to 30% raise last year but say they…

Olympic gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier has died in a mountaineering accident in northern Pakistan. Dahlmeier had been stranded on the Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range since Monday. Military helicopters had been unable to set off due to low visibility and rainfall, said Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the regional Gilgit-Baltistan government. The 31-year-old…

National Lottery sales and payouts will pause for around 36 hours this weekend for an “unprecedented” technology upgrade. All draw game sales and prize claims will be paused in shops across the UK from 11pm on Saturday after the Lotto and Thunderball draws until “late Monday morning”, operator Allwyn said. The National Lottery website and app will…

Two British boys, aged 11 and 13, have drowned in eastern Spain. The Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection said in a statement that the two boys died on Tuesday evening after getting into difficulty off Llarga beach in Salou, Tarragones, Catalonia. Their father had entered the water with them and was rescued, it added.…

The parents of a 12-year-old boy who died from due to a “brain-eating amoeba” say they are “terrified it will happen to someone else”. Jaysen Carr died two weeks after swimming in one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, when the single-celled organism naegleria fowleri entered his body through his nose. His parents say they…