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Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:45:05 GMT
Local councils call on Home Office to welcome more Afghan refugees
Dozens of local authorities pledge to offer sanctuary to people fleeing Taliban

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:29:59 GMT
Afghanistan: Taliban ‘always part of solution,’ says defence minister as he compares group to IRA
Defence minister says Taliban ‘part of the peace’ – despite reports of door-to-door manhunt

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 07:36:18 GMT
Brexit staffing problems risk Christmas turkey shortage, poultry farmers warn
One in six jobs in poultry industry unfilled due to EU workers leaving UK, employers say

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 07:03:01 GMT
Foreign Office admits no-one made Dominic Raab’s phone call for Afghan interpreters
‘It was not possible to arrange a call before the Afghan government collapsed,’ says government

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:28:07 GMT
Record 20 places hoping to be named UK’s city of culture
Cornwall, Country Durham and Newport among others vying for accolade

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:26:12 GMT
Greens warned against becoming ‘SNP lackeys’ ahead of power-sharing deal in Scotland
Party should not ‘nod along’ with Nicola Sturgeon’s plans, says Labour

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:24:55 GMT
Afghanistan: British businessman rescued from Kabul by German military
Man, who declined to be named for security reasons, was stranded at airport for two days without food or water

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:52:36 GMT
Gurkhas end hunger strike after government agrees to pension payment talks
‘We look forward to meeting Nepali ambassador to move forward together,’ says MoD

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:39:33 GMT
Afghanistan: Ex-national security adviser slams Dominic Raab’s failure to make call while on holiday
‘If they were recommending this call strongly, then I think he should have made it,” Kim Darroch says

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:28:53 GMT
Sajid Javid ‘confident’ Covid vaccine booster scheme will start in September
‘We are going to have a booster scheme,’ health secretary insists after fresh doubts raised

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:52:43 GMT
Nearly half of adults believe inadequacies due to not paying attention in science class, study finds
A study has found that knowledge of science goes a long way in helping to reduce energy consumption

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:28:56 GMT
‘Human shield’ plan to save alpaca Geronimo from death sentence
‘Defra are trying to kill their way out of trouble – it’s an utter disgrace,’ says vet

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:28:50 GMT
Boy who died falling from hotel window in Sheffield was Afghan refugee, police confirm
Police say family is being supported by specially trained officers ahead of formal identification

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:11:07 GMT
Dominic Raab insists he won’t quit over failure to make Afghanistan call while on holiday
Smiling foreign secretary is asked if he will resign as he walks into No 10, but replies ‘no’

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:44:49 GMT
Jared O’Mara: Former Labour MP charged with seven counts of fraud
Former Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O’Mara has been charged with seven counts of fraud by false representation, CPS say

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:34:20 GMT
Michael Barrymore: Man arrested over murder at entertainer’s home released without charge
Police say they had ‘no realistic chance’ of prosecuting man accused of murdering Stuart Lubbock

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:33:59 GMT
Nando’s closures ‘tip of iceberg’ as more restaurants hit by post-Brexit food supply crisis
Labour shortages since UK’s exit from EU to blame, say sector chiefs

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:11:47 GMT
Boris Johnson urged to expand UK’s ‘total farce’ scheme for Afghan refugees
Britain must accept ‘tens of thousands’ of Afghans in months ahead, say MPs and charities

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:44:55 GMT
Cracked gas pipe blamed for house explosion that killed Bury woman
Inquest hears likely cause of explosion that killed 61-year-old Hazel Wilcox

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:03:46 GMT
‘Overhaul Britain’s racist hostile environment,’ campaigners warn following Afghanistan crisis
Open letter calls for immediate asylum to be granted to Afghans already waiting for status in UK

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:55:52 GMT
Plymouth gunman argued with his mother before shooting her dead, inquest hears
‘She sustained fatal gun wounds following an argument with her son’, detective inspector says

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:23:24 GMT
Boris Johnson told to appoint ‘minister for Afghan women’ instead of just ‘talking to other male leaders’
Harriet Harman warns the voices of women bravely ‘standing up for their rights’ will not be heard

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:57:15 GMT
Devon and Cornwall Police officer given final warning over offensive George Floyd meme
‘I didn’t think about it deeply and I didn’t look at the image in detail,’ said Sergeant Geraint Jones

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:41:59 GMT
Woman wins £23,000 from employers after being sacked over long hours complaint
Former employee says she was awarded for high performance months earlier

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:30:34 GMT
Faulty lab tests could put hundreds of drug driving convictions in jeopardy
A total of 831 results were found to be unreliable

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:27:54 GMT
£40,000 worth of gold jewellery stolen from London house
The stolen items have ‘great sentimental value’ to the victims

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:02:20 GMT
Three arrests made after shooting at Camden barbecue
Firearms officers were called to Clarence Gardens in Camden on Saturday night after three women were shot

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:00:21 GMT
Drivers licence delays blamed on Covid rules and industrial action
Online applications aren’t affected, DVLA says

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:43:58 GMT
Brexit: Visa delays hit students planning to study in Spain
Delays in applications to UK’s most popular foreign study destination ‘causing real anxiety’

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:04:06 GMT
Afghanistan: UK’s refugee resettlement programme ‘confusing and disingenuous’, experts warn
UNHCR and others warn most Afghans fleeing Taliban will not be able to access scheme

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:14:30 GMT
Ministers set to ‘water down’ bottle deposit scheme in costly mistake, warn green experts
Exclusive: ‘Strong possibility’ government will go for option that means only 7.4 billion containers being recycled instead of 23.7 billion

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:07:38 GMT
Former minister says being in Conservative Party is ‘like working for a really s*** company’
Johnny Mercer says the party and government ‘treats me with contempt’

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:15:38 GMT
Brexit to blame for fast-food chicken shortages as ministers fail to help, industry says
‘When you don’t have people, you have a problem – the labour crisis is a Brexit issue’ says British Poultry Council



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