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Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:55:18 GMTKabul airport ‘secure’ for evacuation of Britons trapped in Afghanistan, says UK government
Troops attempting to get up to 1,500 British nationals and local allies out a day
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:51:12 GMTDominic Raab accused of ‘going AWOL’ on holiday as Afghanistan falls to Taliban
Foreign secretary criticised for vacation during ‘biggest single policy disaster since Suez’
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:48:25 GMTAlmost 500,000 EU citizens left ‘in limbo’ awaiting decision over right to stay in UK
People awaiting decisions having problems applying for jobs and moving house, say campaigners
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:58:01 GMTMorrisons employee leads nationwide protests claiming supermarket sells ‘Frankenchickens’
Demonstrations come after undercover investigation claimed to show fast-growing birds suffering at four intensive farms belonging to supplier
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 23:26:39 GMT3.1 million children in England going to school with polluted air, new analysis shows
More than one million of these are in London, research from City Hall finds
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 23:00:00 GMTWomen have served in the armed forces for decades, so why is it still a man’s world?
They make up about 11 per cent of the regular armed forces, but women still face difficulties in the military, writes Jennifer Mathers
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:09:15 GMTPolice forces told to review gun licence processes in wake of Plymouth shootings
New guidance to be issued amid questions over how gunman Jake Davidson legally owned shotgun
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:27:35 GMT'We will never be the same': Prayers and tributes as Plymouth mourns shooting victims
Families of Stephen Washington, Lee Martyn and three-year-old Sophie Martyn pay tribute as remembrance service held
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:17:00 GMTAlmost 800,000 fewer homes zero-carbon due to Tory planning deregulation
Revelation comes amid questions over Tory links to property developer donors
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:08:01 GMTGeronimo’s owner says she has ‘new hope’ alpaca will be saved from execution
Court injunction grants alpaca 72-hour reprieve from government death sentence
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:39:28 GMTAfghanistan: Boris Johnson urges Western nations not to ‘prematurely recognise’ Taliban regime
Prime minister denies being caught napping, claiming ‘we’ve known for a long time that this was the way things were going’
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:19:44 GMTGun owners should face checks for online hate posts, says ex-police chief after Plymouth shootings
‘We need to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of dangerous people,’ Lord Stevens says
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:41:53 GMTHero cat’s miaows leads rescuers to 83-year-old owner stuck down ravine
Police say cat ‘saved the day’
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:26:17 GMTTrudeau triggers Canadian election, voting day Sept. 20
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has triggered an election amid a new wave of COVID as he seeks to capitalize on Canada being one of the most fully vaccinated countries in the world
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:02:23 GMTAfghanistan: Parliament recalled amid Tory criticism of government silence
‘We haven’t heard from the foreign secretary in about a week despite this being the biggest single policy disaster since Suez’, says senior Tory
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 14:35:49 GMTAnger as Afghan students promised scholarships at UK universities have places withdrawn
Decision branded ‘morally wrong’, with warning that students will be Taliban targets
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 14:30:52 GMTSturgeon says Scotland ready to do what it can to help Afghan refugees
‘I hope UK government offers as much refuge for vulnerable Afghans as possible,’ Scottish first minister says
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 14:16:30 GMTBritish transgender couple say a nurse did not let them see their newborn baby
In the UK, a surrogate is the legal parent unless a parental order is signed
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:17:22 GMT‘I’m dying, I need help’: Inside the battle to turn around England’s drugs death capital
Blackpool has topped the country’s drug fatality rates for more than a decade. Now a dozen recovering addicts are part of a pilot programme to tackle a crisis that’s out of control, writes Colin Drury
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:08:16 GMTCamden shooting: Four treated for gunshot injuries after incident near Regent’s Park
Three women and man in hospital after apparent shooting incident, say police
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:56:41 GMTGovernment’s ‘virginity test’ ban is ‘false victory’ as it does not prohibit hymen surgery, campaigners warn
Exclusive: New data shows 75 per cent rise in women and girls reporting virginity testing and hymen surgery to national helpline
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:25:21 GMTTerror attack ‘on scale of 9/11’ likely if Taliban cement control over Afghanistan, senior Conservative claims
‘I would not be surprised if we see another attack on the scale of 9/11....as a poke in the face to the Western Alliance to show how fruitless our efforts have been’