A small aircraft has crashed near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to local officials. It came down in the Potomac River, officials said, and search and rescue boats have been deployed to the area. Takeoffs and landings have been halted at the airport as emergency personnel respond to the incident, the airport wrote…

Colletta Smith and Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondents Getty Images Households in England and Wales will pay £123 more on average on their annual water bills from April, final figures show. The rise – higher than stated last month – will see the average annual bill rise to £603, but there are significant variations…

Watch: Trump directs construction of Guantanamo Bay detention centre for 30,000 migrants US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay which he said would hold as many as 30,000 people. He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which would be separate from its…

Higher borrowing costs for the government may mean tax rises or spending cuts if it wants to stick to its own self-imposed rules, a leading economic think tank has warned. According to a report from the Resolution Foundation, the government is spending £7bn a year more paying interest on its debt than it was at…

The English Premier League was the league phase’s strongest division. Three of the Premier League’s four teams – Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa – finished in the top eight and went straight into the last 16. The other, Manchester City, sneaked into the play-off round with a final-day win over Club Brugge. Spain’s La Liga…

Getty Images Meta has defended its $65bn (£52bn) investment in artificial intelligence (AI) days after US tech stocks wobbled in the wake of Chinese AI app DeepSeek’s sudden rise. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said to investors on Wednesday there was a lot to learn from DeepSeek, but that it was too soon to have “a…

Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News PA A new method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90% accurate at predicting which higher-risk people will develop the disease, according to research. About 500,000 people in the UK live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. Currently, they are offered regular checks for…

Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that “economic growth is the number one mission of this government” as she unveiled a series of proposals to boost the UK’s economy. But how quickly could the government get growth from the plans she announced? Critics have argued some of the projects – such as expanding…

Alix Hattenstone & Kristian Johnson BBC News Handout Sarah says her family holiday in Turkey was an educational experience “My son doesn’t do well in large crowds,” says Sarah, who paid a £320 fine for taking her two children on holiday with her partner during school term time. Sarah’s 10-year-old son, Tyler, has autism and…

BBC News Mercy Muroki feels police probably would have taken it more seriously if it was Islamic terrorism. Three women stalked by the same man say police ignored red flags that resulted in repeat offending. Far-right supporter Callum Parslow, who had already served time for stalking, was jailed earlier this month for attempted murder. Mercy…