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Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:53:24 GMT‘Get Brexit done’: Infamous Tory slogan was inspired by disgruntled Yorkshire woman
Catchphrase - credited with helping party win 2019 election - was first uttered in Bradford focus group
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:42:46 GMTScores of GP surgeries that wrongly refuse to register undocumented migrants rated ‘good’ by CQC
Exclusive: Failure by watchdog to ‘properly scrutinise’ GP registration processes will mean vulnerable people continue to be denied medical care in breach of NHS guidance, health campaigners warn
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:34:36 GMTCovid ‘shatters’ fragile support network for mothers working in TV, study says
‘Working in television has always been like balancing on a tightrope but Covid cut it in two,’ says mother
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:10:50 GMTBritish mother sexually abused her children and urinated in their drinks, court hears
The woman in her 20s boasted of urinating in the children’s juice cups and exchanged sick fantasies with paedophiles on the internet
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:44:35 GMTWorker exodus after Brexit putting pig farms at threat
‘Desperate’ farmers face mass destruction of animals, industry body warns
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:18:51 GMT‘No jab no job’ policy risks staffing crisis in care homes, union warns
Workers have only days left to get first jab in order to meet deadline
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:00:01 GMTMan arrested over north London attacks on Jewish people
The allegedly unprovoked attacks left a grandfather with facial injuries and memory loss
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:25:28 GMTHome Office refuses blanket amnesty for 3,000 Afghan asylum seekers already in UK
Exclusive: Home Office freezes processing of applications after deleting key guidance following Taliban takeover
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:47:36 GMTArmy officer pays tribute to British soldiers amid ‘emotional’ evacuation of Afghanistan
Brigadier praises ‘resilient and incredibly professional’ forces
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:37:09 GMTPolice in Tower Hamlets appeal to LGBT community for help solving suspected homophobic murder
‘We are keen to understand the community that Roy chose to live in’
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:56:38 GMTMan arrested after woman dies in ‘suspicious’ fall from Arthur’s Seat
The victim, who has been named locally, was pronounced dead at the scene
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:55:51 GMTWindrush claimants fear being ‘forgotten’ by government amid Afghanistan crisis
Windrush victims are still waiting for compensation
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:46:06 GMTMan charged over spate of antisemitic attacks in north London
The attacks were inflicted on Hasidic Jews in Stamford Hill on one day
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:35:13 GMTNational Trust set for divisive vote over end to foxhunting
The issue has caused splits in the trust’s 5.6 million members
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:33:13 GMTTown mural tribute to pandemic shop workers citicised as not ‘inclusive’ enough
‘Oooh what a very white town. You got no people of colour there?’
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:41:41 GMTAnti-vaccine protesters clash with police after attempting to storm medicines regulator
10 arrested after failed bid to storm MHRA headquarters
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:21:40 GMTWoman screamed so loud at spider that five police officers turned up on her doorstep
Hollie Hunter screamed so much that a concerned neighbour called the police
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:18:49 GMTCabinet Office ‘launches inquiry’ into leak of masterplan for after Queen’s death
Arrangements include King Charles making a broadcast to the nation
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:04:12 GMT‘Ask Me Anything’ on the effects of Brexit hosted live by chief political commentator John Rentoul
As the political row about Britain’s departure from the EU looks set to resume, John Rentoul will be on hand to answer your questions
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:58:47 GMTMan found guilty of sending hundreds of abusive emails to Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry
David Knott, 46, from Islington, north London, will be sentenced on 1 October
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:50:55 GMTDizzee Rascal denies headbutting ex-girlfriend
Grime artist pleaded not guilty to assault Streatham home
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:27:53 GMTBritish Isis member who used Bitcoin to free jihadis from Syrian prisons jailed for 12 years
‘We’ve been doing this for years but no one has been caught by the virtue of Allah,’ Hisham Chaudhary wrote before arrest
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:56:39 GMTBacklash at plans to hike National Insurance to pay for social care for elderly
Announcement due ‘very, very soon’ on possible tax rise for 25 million workers
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:36:59 GMTTeenage neo-Nazi convicted of planning UK terror attacks
Matthew Cronjager planned to build a weapons storage bunker for attacks on Jews, Muslims, gay people and the government
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:35:09 GMTBoris Johnson prepares to overrule JCVI and offer vaccinations to all teenagers
Government orders swift review that could see healthy 12 to 15-year-olds cleared to get the jab within days
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:35:04 GMTAfghanistan: Even Taliban ‘surprised’ by speed of takeover, claims Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary says ‘common widespread surprise’ at militants’ success, as he holds talks in Pakistan
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:29:56 GMTGeronimo: Officials who tortured my animal hiding truth of his death from me, says owner
Helen Macdonald has called for environment secretary George Eustice to quit
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:22:50 GMTUK weather forecast: ‘Mini heatwave’ could see temperatures soar to 28C next week
September to get off to a warm start before conditions turn autumnal
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:11:54 GMTWoman avoids jail after slapping man’s bottom outside nightclub
Hannah Phillips, 20, was charged with sexual assault following incident in Portsmouth
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:56:49 GMTMPs launch inquiry into government’s Afghanistan policy after ‘catastrophic’ withdrawal
‘Big questions remain’ about handling of crisis, says committee chief
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:51:42 GMTBoris Johnson urged to ‘get on’ with Covid booster jabs rather than wait for scientific advice
Ex-health secretary Jeremy Hunt says no need to wait for JCVI recommendation
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:16:37 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
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:58:52 GMTE10 fuel: What is the new petrol and what cars will it not work in?
Drivers were left in the dark about the switch to the greener fuel
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:56:14 GMTIsis ‘Beatle’ pleads guilty in court to helping kidnap, behead and murder American and British hostages
‘Those murdered were journalists and humanitarian aid workers, pillars of courage and kindness on the front lines of perilous conflict’
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:49:57 GMTBin collection becomes latest casualty of HGV driver shortage
Impacts of Brexit have left councils in ‘a completely unacceptable position’, says one local leader
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:45:21 GMTCollapse in HGV apprentices behind empty shelf crisis, warns Labour
Exclusive: Figures show numbers of transport trainees has plummeted since 2015
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:00:19 GMTGovernment’s Universal Credit cut would breach human rights obligations, says HRW
Scrapping uplift would lead to ‘increase in poverty and queues for aid at food banks,’ claims rights group
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:49:44 GMTPrince William helps family of Afghan fellow Sandhurst cadet get out of Kabul, report says
Royal intervention comes after chaotic scenes outside Kabul airport as thousands flee Taliban
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:32:42 GMTBoris Johnson will battle Tory MPs to extend Covid laws ‘in case of winter lockdown’
Anti-lockdown backbenchers vow to fight plan to renew ‘draconian’ powers until March 2022
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:24:09 GMTMan in his 80s dies after diving into Cornwall canal to save daughter
Lawrence Casey leapt into the Bude Canal, Cornwall
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:19:38 GMTThousands of Afghans to be held in hotels indefinitely as councils left ‘in dark’ over housing plan
Refugees ‘desperate for information’ about where they will live
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:01:21 GMTLithuania recalls Beijing ambassador over China-Taiwan spat
Lithuania has recalled its ambassador to China after the Baltic country’s decision in July to allow self-governing Taiwan to open an office in its capital under its own name
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:30:00 GMTIkea struggling to supply around 1,000 product lines to UK customers due to Brexit and lorry driver shortage
Exclusive: All 22 Ikea stores in the UK are experiencing ‘ongoing challenges’ with supply chains
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:54:59 GMTBoris Johnson to raise National Insurance to pay for social care reform, reports say
Cabinet revolt looms over plan to break manifesto pledge
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:36:04 GMTUK weapons sent to Afghanistan could fall into Taliban hands, government warned
British munitions worth £151m exported to Afghanistan over past decade, figures show
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:18:02 GMTAllowing mass infection of children is ‘reckless’, experts warn
Scientists from across the globe call for all 12- to 15-year-olds to be offered Covid vaccine
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:34:14 GMTDognapping to be made criminal offence with prison sentence after surge in pet thefts
Reports of stolen dogs rose by 20 per cent in a single year
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:16:58 GMTCovid: People in Scotland can now download a QR code showing vaccination status
As plans to require vaccine passports for nightclubs and large events are announced