Health secretary says new staff ‘will come forward’ if thousands quit

Government accused of delaying handing over results to allow George Eustice to stay in Defra job

Follow the latest updates as shortages continue

‘I want women to have the confidence to call it out’, says home secretary

Last month was only slightly cooller than August, Met Office says

Exclusive: Former staff welcome announcement but say domestic abuse charity ‘still isn’t a safe place for Black and Asian staff members’

Some 200 military personnel to be involved in operation to replenish Britain’s petrol stations

Demands to make tackling violence against women and girls a statutory priority in all areas

As 12-17 year olds are offered the vaccine, UK anti-vaccination networks are gearing up to respond with increasingly extreme actions, the Citizens can reveal

The 15-year-old is due to appear before Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning

The incident comes five years after a toddler at the daycare centre was given an overdose of prescription medication

Some of the cannabis was hidden in boilers being sent to the UK

London, the South East, the North West, the West Midlands and the East Midlands have fuel levels at less than 20%

Decision to let officers keep working criticised as ‘evidence of institutional misogyny’

The Cooper Report is urging the government to bring forward legislation to end to conversion therapy in the UK

Exclusive: ‘It is difficult for me to believe that racism isn’t the reason for this disparity,’ Louise Dingwall told The Independent

‘The men in the police don’t like being challenged. Their badge is all they need, and they think you should respect it and bow down to them’

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Exclusive: German driving licences issued before 1999 include entitlement to drive a small to medium-sized truck of up to 7.5 tonnes

Scottish Government tells users unable to register on app to ‘try again a couple of hours later’

TV star suffered injuries to his brain, spine and audio-vestibular system during filming

Father hails ‘major milestone’ in support for food allergies

North Yorkshire commissioner apologises after saying women ‘need to be streetwise’

New leaders want voters to view them as ‘serious political force’ as well as ‘nice’

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If attempting a cooked breakfast for the first time without a worldly housemate or a YouTube tutorial at hand, students should be prepared for their meal to be accompanied by a fire evacuation

Labour leader demands recall of parliament to speed recruitment of drivers

UK is more reliant on gas than its EU neighbours, but it also has less capacity to store the fuel

Some 15 million customers affected by 12 per cent jump in charges

The nail-bomber was known to the security services for three years before his attack

‘Long queues’ set to continue at forecourts, industry figure warns

Wayne Couzens, a serving Met Police officer, was able to abduct victim by instigating false arrest

Four men have now been arrested in connection with Ms McKee’s murder

The officer has been added to the national policing barred list

Government must resist pressure from employers to reopen doors to cheap migrant labour, says Kwarteng

‘I always put names and faces first’, says home secretary

UK’s Brexit minister has threatened to trigger Article 16

‘Vital’ treatment threatened by cuts to addiction services, risking ‘untold damage’, expert warns

With just weeks to Cop26, the next generation wants leaders to ‘drastically’ divest from fossil fuels. Climate Correspondent Daisy Dunne examines their key demands

‘Right decisions’ were made, but could have come earlier, says Lee Cain

Even Grant Shapps concedes Brexit ‘a factor’ in chaos but is it solely to blame?

Around 41,000 Botox-style procedures thought to have been carried out on under-18s in England last year

An uptick in anti-European Union rhetoric in Hungary and Poland has some observers worried the countries' right-wing governments might be planning to pull out of the 27-nation trade bloc

Shortages at petrol stations may last another ‘week or so’, says Home Office minister

YouGov poll finds 32 per cent of Britons think it has turned out ‘very badly’

Dozens of far-right extremists use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to promote their brands, new research shows

Commissioner remains ‘right person for the job’, says Kit Malthouse

Iain Porter is policy and partnership manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and will be on hand to answer your questions live

Five serving officers under investigation by Independent Office for Police Conduct over Whatsapp group

Farmers warn of world-first cull of healthy livestock as supply chain crisis poses animal welfare issues

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