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    This week’s heatwave will see temperatures soar to 35C – but Britain may struggle to cope, with health problems and travel disruption anticipated. Vulnerable groups have been advised to try and stay cool amid fears that lives could be at risk, while trains will run slower to guard against tracks buckling in the broiling temperatures. With Wednesday forecast to be the hottest day of the year so far, the elderly, young children and people with breathing difficulties have been told to keep out of the sun and stay hydrated by Public Health England. Dr Angie Bone, from PHE, said there could be more deaths than usual. She said it seemed "likely" that the Met Office would issue a level 3 heatwave alert - which requires community support for at-risk groups, media alerts about...

    The average house buyer is putting down a record deposit of more than £72,000, according to an index. It is the highest level since the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), a broker, began collating the figures in March 2009. The previous peak was £71,474 in June last year. Last month, the figure rose to £72,302. Rising house prices mean that not only do buyers need to find bigger deposits, but the increased equity also helps those already on the property ladder to put down larger amounts on their next home. The average deposit as a proportion of a loan rose from 28pc to 30pc. Earlier this week figures from Halifax showed house prices in the UK had risen by more than £100 a day in April, taking the average value across Britain to £196,412. MAB's index – compiled using ...

    David Cameron has vowed that "terrorists will not succeed" as he spoke after the "savage" attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France. The Prime Minister said the British public needs to be prepared for the fact that "many of those killed" in the Tunisian shooting were British. "These savage terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France are a brutal and tragic reminder of the threat faced around the world from these evil terrorists," Mr Cameron said. He spoke after a chairing the Government's Cobra meeting in response of the Tunisian attack, where at least eight Britons were killed. The number of British victims is expected to rise as officials have warned that a majority of 38 victims were from the UK. Mr Cameron said he could only imagine the "pain, and anguish and ago...