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Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:54:50 GMTJeremy Clarkson in showdown with residents over traffic jams for his shop
Long queues of cars and plans to alter site stoke row
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:53:57 GMTEU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier demands French ‘sovereignty’ from European courts
French presidential candidate accused of ‘destroying his legacy’ as committed European
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:47:08 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: Labour takes poll lead over Tories as UK to delay Brexit border checks
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Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:45:07 GMT31 late-stage terror attack plots in UK foiled over last four years, MI5 chief says
MI5 director general said the threat of terrorism in the UK remains “real and enduring”
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:07:59 GMTLung cancer patients in England to receive ‘breakthrough’ tumour-stopping drug
Around 600 patients to receive Sotorasib, which can stem growth of tumours, over next few weeks
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:05:45 GMTCovid UK news – live: Vaccine passport scheme could be extended, as booster jab plan ‘approved next week’
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Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:04:27 GMTQueen supports Black Lives Matter movement, royal aide says
Sir Ken Olisa says royal family cares ‘passionately’ about removing racial ‘barriers’ in the UK
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:59:41 GMTUK economic recovery stalled drastically in July, ONS figures show
Slump comes despite businesses reopening
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:53:20 GMTCovid booster jabs are unnecessary for most people, Oxford vaccine professor Dame Sarah Gilbert says
The government is hoping that the vaccines watchdog approves a third jab scheme soon
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:29:21 GMTBrexit: Paypal introduces new fees between UK and EU
The new fees will come into effect in November, PayPal has said
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:22:58 GMTConservatives hit by five-point poll slump as Labour takes first lead in 2021
Tories have ‘sacrificed’ reputation as low tax party, YouGov survey suggests
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:24:08 GMTCanada Conservative leader questioned about moderating party
The leader of Canada’s Conservative party says he is personally “pro choice” and voters can trust his leadership after being asked during an election debate about some of his candidates who have more conservative views than him on issues like a...
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:28:55 GMTNHS will run out of extra cash promised by government in two years, IFS analysis shows
Health service funding will have to be increased again or budgets slashed, warns think tank
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:11:21 GMTDelays in upgrading police computer systems ‘putting safety of public at risk’
Police have ‘lost confidence’ in £1.1 billion plans for updated IT system, the National Audit Office claims
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:03:41 GMTTourists ‘pretending to be homeless so they can camp on famous seaside promenade’
Prices for British seaside holidays shot up after the pandemic with overseas holidays proving difficult to navigate
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:41:54 GMTAaliyah Chen: Family criticise Met Police over search for missing teenager
Aaliyah Chen, 15, went missing on Sunday evening
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:25:19 GMTFormer student hacker jailed for selling university exam answers
The defendant recruited his housemate to sell the papers to other students
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:19:11 GMTHomes evacuated after man arrested on suspicion of explosives offences
Counterterror police investigate as 25-year-old held in custody
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:09:41 GMT‘Indifferent and harmful’ practices at private hospital where three patients died, report finds
The report suggests a review of the law on companies caring for adults with learning disabilities and autism
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:48:23 GMTFrance warns Patel’s plan to ‘push back’ migrant boats risks Channel becoming ‘theatre of human tragedies’
London-Paris relations hit new low as UK accused of breaking maritime law and of ‘blackmail’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:45:24 GMTBoris Johnson accuses charity of ‘airbrushing’ Sir Winston Churchill from history over his views on race
Charity reinstated photo of Churchill to website following backlash over the rebranding
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:42:49 GMTFury after police commissioner claims transgender women should not be allowed to use female toilets
Philip Wilkinson also accuses LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall of promoting a ‘potentially dangerous ideology’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:11:24 GMTPolice officer who assaulted autistic boy at special-needs school avoids jail
‘Bully’ PC who was in ‘safer schools’ unit fined £800 after dragging pupil along floor
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:53:57 GMTUK to delay imminent new Brexit border checks on food amid shortages
The government had said businesses should prepare for an October deadline, but legislation revealed delays for some products
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:51:49 GMTDUP threatens to collapse Stormont power-sharing ‘within weeks’ if Brexit checks not axed
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson also announced the party’s immediate withdrawal from all Irish cross-border political institutions
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:48:37 GMTWindows of Windrush exhibition at Tilbury Port smashed in ‘hate crime’
The Port of Tilbury is where the Empire Windrush ship anchored in 1948
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:34:30 GMTSocial care staff who refuse vaccine should not work in care homes, says minister
‘If you don’t want to get vaccinated, how can you continue?’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:31:56 GMTScotland to introduce vaccine passport scheme for large events
People will have to prove they are fully vaccinated to be allowed into nightclubs, sports matches and concerts
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 17:56:08 GMTUK’s pet theft penalty worse than sentence given to man who choked woman to death in sex, MPs warn
Exclusive: ‘The fact he can stand in court and characterise himself as an upstanding citizen rubs salt in the wound for relatives,’ Harriet Harman says
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 17:36:06 GMTMichael Gove receives £100,000 in donations from one of London’s top property moguls
The Duchy of Lancaster received £125k in total from the property developer over five years
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:55:42 GMTCardiff Five: What happened to the men wrongly jailed for Lynette White’s murder?
‘Until it happens to you, no one can have any idea what it’s like to be convicted for a murder you didn’t commit. We’ve been really messed up by what we’ve been through’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:50:21 GMTA Killing in Tiger Bay: What happened to Lynette White’s murderer Jeffrey Gafoor?
Killer who let five black men go wrongfully convicted for his crime caught by DNA evidence 15 years after prostitute’s death and immediately confessed, saying he ‘deserved’ his fate
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:37:14 GMTMystery over 80 skeletons, some with ‘hands tied behind backs’, found at building site
Bodies may be those of prisoners and will be radiocarbon-dated
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:33:09 GMTMaya Keen missing: What do we know so far about transgender girl last seen in London days after coming out
Friends warn teenager last seen near Liverpool Street station is ‘very vulnerable’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:51:40 GMTUniversities pursuing ‘divisive agenda’ by ‘cancelling national heroes’, Gavin Williamson says
Such iniatives ‘undermine public confidence’ and ‘widen divisions’, education secretary claims
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:45:45 GMTMarcus Rashford pens Spectator article – after story about him disappears
Footballer says he would be doing his community and family a ‘disservice’ by not using his platform to speak out about food insecurity
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:20:25 GMTAfghan refugee, 19, took own life over worries he could be deported back home
The teenager had arrived in the UK six years ago after fleeing Afghanistan
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:20:09 GMTMigrant pushbacks: What is the controversial tactic UK plans to use in Channel?
Border Force ‘in final stages’ of training in how, and when, to send migrant boats back to France
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:18:37 GMT‘Tensions rising’: How French media reported on Priti Patel’s migrant boat plan
French interior minister has ‘upped the ante’ in row over crossings, one newspaper reports
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:13:27 GMTFurlough: 1.6 million workers still on government scheme in July
But government still plans to end support effort this month, and cut universal credit by £20 per week
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:02:08 GMTFrance won’t be ‘blackmailed’ over Priti Patel plan for migrant boat pushbacks, interior minister says
‘We will not accept any practice that goes against maritime law,’ says French interior minister
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:32:11 GMTBristol: Man detained by police after hostage situation at petrol station
Staff forced to hide inside safe room after garage stormed by man with knife
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:53:49 GMTMSPs to vote on Scottish vaccine passport scheme
Some 68.6 per cent of the Scottish population are fully vaccinated and 90 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:50:43 GMTPriti Patel’s plans for Channel ‘pushbacks’ will breach law and put lives at risk, experts warn
Lawyers question legal basis for ‘extremely dangerous’ practice of forcibly turning small boats around
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:22:34 GMTVictims ‘losing faith in criminal justice system’, warns commissioner
‘All too often victims are still treated as an afterthought,’ says Dame Vera Baird
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:20:53 GMTMorrisons warns lorry driver shortage will push up prices
Shortage of lorry drivers, prices rising worldwide, and higher commercial transport costs all to blame for price hike
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:12:43 GMTSupply chain crisis ‘threatens to derail UK’s economic recovery’
British Retail Consortium has downgraded its economic growth forecast
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:44:11 GMTYoung people ‘permanently disadvantaged’ by pandemic, study suggests
The government has been requested to appoint a youth minister to tackle the issue
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:41:56 GMTPriti Patel set to deepen rift with France by sanctioning Channel migrant boat ‘pushbacks’
Home secretary warned turning back boats ‘risks lives’
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:10:27 GMTKeir Starmer should take inspiration from Joe Biden, say union leader
Workers’ rights must be ‘absolutely central’ to Labour’s election pitch, says TUC chief