City and non-metropolitan district in Cambridgeshire, England
A three-year-old boy has ended up in a crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire. Police say a 30-year-old Norfolk man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The boy has been taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in critical but stable condition. Investigations are ongoing as officers question witnesses at the scene.
The UK has experienced its warmest April day on record, reaching 26.6°C in London, driven by southerly winds from Europe. This brief heatwave has shifted to cooler, unsettled weather with rain, gales, and snow in some areas. Temperatures are expected to stay near seasonal norms next week, with ongoing variability.
The conflict in Iran has pushed up energy prices and fuel costs, with gas and oil contributing to higher household bills. The price cap review set for 1 July to 30 September 2026 is expected to show a rise, while a think tank identifies towns most vulnerable to energy-spending shocks.
The Item Club has warned that the UK faces a year of job losses driven by higher energy costs and supply disruptions linked to the Iran war, with South Wales and the Humber hardest hit. London, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow are also expected to shed thousands of posts as discretionary spending contracts.
A wave of local and state actions is shaping the data-center boom. New rules aim to curb power use, water consumption and cost pressures, while critics warn of overreach and uneven economic impacts.
GSK has struck a multi-billion deal to acquire Nuvalent, adding three late-stage cancer drugs to its portfolio, including two lung-cancer therapies under FDA review. The acquisition aims to boost sales growth, expand the lung-cancer platform, and position GSK for a potential rise in annual revenue by 2031.
SOLAR-1 has passed eight months of testing and now transmits coronal mass ejection images to NOAA within 30 minutes, improving early warnings for solar storms that could disrupt signals and infrastructure.
Scientists have analysed teeth from hunter-gatherers around Lake Baikal and found plague DNA in 18 individuals, showing two distinct outbreaks about 5,500 years ago and earlier emergence of Yersinia pestis at least 5,700 years ago. The findings challenge the idea that plague began with farming.