Skyrocketing prices for precious metals in catalytic converters have made them ideal targets for thieves

While predictions of 5 million people out of work have proved inaccurate, some of the most disadvantaged groups are not being helped

Plan seeks to ‘reinforce the position of the UK as a science superpower’, No 10 says

Restrictions have been lifted around weddings, wakes and care homes, although the rule-of-six and social distancing measures remain in place

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‘I would always err on the side of caution and I would look to 19 July,’ Kwasi Kwarteng says

Latest increase is largest recorded jump for this time of year since 2015

Justin Welby sells five copies of magazine outside church in Cambridge

Measure could reduce overcrowding risk at airport arrival halls, cross-party group says

Opposition says residents should be able to object to ‘oversized developments in quiet residential neighbourhoods’

Downing Street rejects reports suggesting changes to ‘triple lock’

Labour accuses government of ‘failure upon failure’

Naval architect Stephen Payne says proposed design will be a “very poor” flagship for the UK

The climate change activists say they had ‘no other choice’ but to disrupt the event

‘I don’t think we will ever recover from the loss of David, James and Joe in such a terrible way in these gardens,’ one tribute read

Exclusive: Experts predict results will be a ‘jolt’ to the prime minister

Letter-writing ‘offers a really profoundly deep and impactful form of friendship’, one pen pal says

Exclusive: Baby blocked from going to A&E and man who had heart attack are among individuals only allowed to leave quarantine after legal action

Party strategist had briefed newspaper claiming Muslims opposed efforts to combat antisemitism

Views of Stonehenge could be ruined by cloud and rain

Police said the second woman did not wish to pursue the allegations.

Activists say Shell’s sponsorship of an exhibition is ‘greenwashing’

The police believe that all parties involved in the incident know eachother

Johnson was given as ‘US-UK friendship bike’ by Joe Biden

Labour accuses Robert Buckland of U-turn after he says he will not use his political position to urge more prosecutions and convictions

‘You can’t ever say mission accomplished’ on coronavirus says Robert Buckland

But Liberal Democrat leader refuses to be drawn on idea of a progressive alliance with Labour

Exclusive: Notices ordering mainly Roma rough sleepers outside Tube stations to ‘leave the land immediately’ appear to be ‘both unlawful and discriminatory’, says Liberty

Staffordshire Police said the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Terrorists have spent pandemic ‘planning and recruiting’, mother warns

The family are grateful to be able to spend Father’s Day together

Towards Equality: A pioneering railway scheme in the UK is helping domestic violence victims escape their abusers by providing them free travel to reach refuge, which is a lifeline for many who wouldn’t have otherwise been able to flee

Keen horse rider found fatally injured in field

Mayor of Greater Manchester accuses Scottish government of hypocrisy

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Former U.K. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow says he has quit the governing Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party