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Dozens of people have been evacuated after a burst water main (right) sent raging flood waters towards a number of upmarket homes including that of Boris Johnson. It is unclear whether the foreign secretary was in his four-storey, £2.3million north London property when the flooding hit. The water is at a depth of two metres in the basements of properties on Charlton Place in Islington (left), and about 100 people have been evacuated, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. Pictures posted on social media show water gushing through the streets and up through the road.

Dame Louise Casey says Ghettos have formed in areas like Bradford (pictured top left) because the pace and scale of immigration has been 'too much' and some towns and cities have been transformed 'out of all recognition'. Muslims in some parts of the country are so cut off from the rest of society that they believe the majority of Britons share their faith, according to her shock new report. And there is not just segregation in Muslim communities, Dame Louise said that there are hundreds of electoral wards where there are 40 per cent non-white British residents or more, including the Jewish dominated area of Kersal in Salford (bottom right). In one borough of Sheffield there is a 6,000-strong Roma or eastern European community living together (bottom left). And the Polish community in Britain has grown by 500,000 in a decade, with many heading to areas like Boston, Lincolnshire (top right).

This one-bedroom flat in Blantyre, Glasgow will be auctioned with a guide price of just £15,000 - less than the average cost of a car. But those interested in the ground floor flat will need to be ready for more than just a little DIY as the bathroom (top right), kitchen (bottom left), and living room (top left) all need refurbished. However the flat (inset, from the outside) also has access to a shared garden and has gas central heating throughout.

 Europe was rocked again last night after the latest populist surge against Brussels. The Italian prime minister was swept from power after calling a referendum on constitutional reforms, which became a vote on confidence in his government. Matteo Renzi, pictured left and centre, resigned shortly after exit polls indicated a clear defeat, saying: 'I accept all responsibility for this loss. I'll say it out loud.' The result is a further landmark victory for populist movements, following Britain's vote for Brexit and Donald Trump's election win in the US. Mr Renzi's opponent Beppe Grillo had urged voters (bottom right) to 'go with your gut not your brain' and had called for Italy to ditch the euro. The prospects of an Italian vote on leaving the single currency - and by extension the EU itself - now draw closer. Markets were braced for a turbulent day today, with the country already facing a major banking crisis.

Artist Anthea Hamilton, Michael Dean, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde are in the running to be named the 32nd winner of the Turner Prize, joining the ranks of Jeremy Deller, Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry. The winner of the £25,000 prize will be announced at Ferens Art Gallery, in Hull,  tonight. Hamilton's works include a 16ft high sculpture of a backside (left) and a 'brick suit (top right). Dean's pieces include a sculpture of £20,435.99 in pennies, representing 'one penny below the UK poverty line for a family of four'.

Officials in charge of billions of pounds of Whitehall business grants have overseen hundreds of payments to their colleagues' firms, the Daily Mail reveals today. They were put in charge of £7.3billion of taxpayers' money to boost growth and help small businesses, under the Government's flagship Growth Deal scheme. But on at least 276 occasions, the cash has been used to make payments to the officials themselves, their own companies, or projects they stand to benefit from. In some of the most extraordinary cases, a board boss saw his own call centre handed a £1million taxpayer-funded grant (top left) and a multi-millionaire banker oversaw payments of nearly £13,000 to his family's Norman castle for board events (bottom left). Elsewhere, a 60,000 grant intended for local companies was given to a Saudi chemical giant after its UK boss joined an LEP board. Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver (right) - who has accrued a personal fortune of £240million - saw one of his restaurants handed £155,000 of LEP funding.

Over the last four years, some 20,000 residents of Aleppo, Syria, have lost their lives as government forces continue their siege on the rebel-held city. Two cemeteries have already been filled and medical officials have secured a site for a third. But in the meantime desperate residents have resorted to burying victims in back gardens. Those less fortunate are simply left in the streets.