France has ‘much higher level’ of Beta variant that UK, says transport minister

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of an eight-month old boy and the attempted murder of a young child in Belfast.

‘Whilst the easing of pandemic restrictions is good news for many businesses, many staff will be keen to use up the leave they have saved up to take advantage of the summer season’

Officer in question has been advised to ‘reflect and learn’ on 2020 incident

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Transport secretary says he expects UK firms will require employees to be double-jabbed

99% of pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid unvaccinated, report finds

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Chancellor’s tax break helped push prices up beyond any tax savings for buyers

Labour wants government to end ‘chaos’ and bring date forward

Changes to app amount to ‘new ID card snuck onto our phones’, say Lib Dems

Home Affairs Committee report warns racial disparities in policing remain ‘persistent and deep-rooted’

Suffolk Police arrest man on suspicion of murder linked to 1999 case

Gulbenkian used the ill-gotten money to fund her lavish” lifestyle, the court heard

‘No specific risk’ to public from suspected former foreign fighter, defence barrister says

New estimate suggests 60,000 deaths have been prevented by vaccination campaign

One boy, 16, says he is undeterred by the ads and will try to come to the UK ‘until I die’

Victim named as Liam O’Keefe, whose young sister remains in hospital

Researchers ‘quite surprised the UK came out strongly’

‘The momentum forward is positive,’ says foreign secretary

Charities said the lacklusture result of the summit reflected the UK’s ‘diminishing leadership on the world stage’

Charities say government’s response has been slow and inadequate

Civil servants were ‘uncomfortable’ about polling on Labour leader and other opposition figures

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Former aide Dominic Cummings releases messages with prime minister

Top legal bodies deplore prime minister’s ‘political posturing’

Asim Riaz was ‘the brother that every sister would wish to have’

The National Holocaust memorial centre is scheduled to open in 2024

Charity receives over £200,000 in a day amid surge in support

Girl’s heartbreaking diary entry: ‘Told my mum about ... the abuse. She called me a liar’

A roofer discovered the decomposing body of a 47-year-old man in a North Staffordshire flat, three months after neighbours first complained about the smell.

John Dannaher made dozens of 999 calls despite his GP confirming he had no serious medical problems

Charity speaks out after accusations it is serving as ‘taxi service for illegal immigration’

The three recognised Covid symptoms by the NHS are a new, persistent cough, a high temperature and a loss of taste or smell

Medics say now is a chance to close gap in demand for donors and ‘help our friends, neighbours and communities battling this disease’

UN delegates voted to approve three-year-long bid after hearing how area “roofed the 19th century world”

According to rescuers, neither woman had life-threatening injuries

‘Anyone who has booked a visit this week can go up the Mound as planned and then still take advantage of the free return ticket’

‘It is hard to fathom why the government wants to scrap most of them,’ Sixth Form Colleges’ Association official says

‘I think it is highly unlikely,’ says foreign secretary on fraud possibility

Ermir Loka jumped a red light on his bicycle and collided with Peter McCombie

Derby County manager ‘wants to move forward’ after blackmail allegation dropped

Watchdog says some deaths were avoidable amid ‘over-reliance on police‘ to respond to mental health crises

University and College Union accuses PM of ‘trying to pin blame on students for not yet taking up a vaccine they haven’t been prioritised to receive’

Andrew Devine ‘defied expectations that he would not survive for six months after the tragedy’

UK has ‘thrown more vaccines in the bin than it has donated or exported’, say campaigners

England is to allow fully-vaccinated people visiting from US and EU to avoid quarantine