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Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:34:58 GMT
London has more statues of animals than named women, study finds
More than 300 of about 1,500 monuments are of named men

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:33:17 GMT
Covid: Vaccines mean no more lockdowns or ‘economic restrictions,’ Sunak says
Scientists have told ministers to prepare to implement plan B measures amid concerns vaccine rollout ‘at risk of stalling’

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:07:55 GMT
Covid news - live: WHO warns vaccines ‘not enough’ as ministers insist booster jabs will prevent new lockdown
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Sat, 23 Oct 2021 07:38:47 GMT
Will there be another lockdown? Everything we know
Government reluctant to reimpose restrictions but soaring case numbers provoking concern

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:29:56 GMT
Fugitive accused of killing his mother in 2002 is found dead in Spain
Police were told that the 38-year-old suspect was found dead in Alicante

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:22:26 GMT
One quarter of UK adults have a second income, poll reveals
The most popular secondary sources of a secondary income were selling items online and baking

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:10:26 GMT
Cop26: Climate activists walk 500 miles from London to Glasgow
“We are in a really critical moment for humanity here and what we do now will define what the world looks like for our children.”

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:46:44 GMT
Liz Truss suggests China must play no role in key UK infrastructure despite PM’s ‘pitchfork’ warning
Foreign secretary’s comments follow Boris Johnson’s claim Beijing will play ‘gigantic part’ in UK economy

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:44:29 GMT
Met officer keeps job after sharing ‘highly offensive’ meme about murdering women during Sarah Everard search
IOPC has investigated claims of inappropriate messaging after Everard’s disappearance

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:38:29 GMT
Three men arrested as police investigate 164 injection and drink-spiking cases
‘We are working at pace to understand the scale of offending and establish any links between allegations,’ says deputy chief constable

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:26:27 GMT
Police hunt women after wine bottle attack on London tube
The women got off the tube at Golders Green station

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:42:37 GMT
Extra £1.5bn for train and tram upgrades but Sunak under fire for broken transport promises
Transport boost in big cities — but long-promised Northern Powerhouse Rail plan delayed in cost-cutting row

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:51:44 GMT
ScotRail strikes to go ahead during Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, union says in pay dispute
Union confirms action will take place – just as thousands of people wanting to avoid using cars will travel to Glasgow

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:20:53 GMT
Unions warn of ‘winter of chaos’ if action not taken to curb Covid case rise
Britain ‘cannot afford a laissez-faire approach’ to pandemic, says bosses of top trade unions

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:19:26 GMT
Will we get a day off work when the Queen dies?
Employers will be left to decide whether to give their staff time off on ‘National Day of Mourning’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:07:42 GMT
Council workers sacked over ‘insensitive’ cemetery TikTok videos
Two council workers have been sacked over “insensitive and disrespectful” TikTok videos filmed at a cemetery.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:18:09 GMT
David Amess: Southend holds silence to mark one week since murder
‘He was just a man of Southend’ locals tells Thomas Kingsley as they pause to remember much-loved MP

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:32:20 GMT
Peter Egan and Ricky Gervais call for ban on charities fighting animal experiments to be ditched
Exclusive: As MPs prepare for long-awaited debate, star says he’s shocked RSPCA and others are barred by law from opposing testing

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:44:41 GMT
Little hope for giveaways in Sunak’s Budget, economists warn
Fiscal prudence could prove politically expensive if there’s nothing to support struggling businesses and families, writes Anna Isaac

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:48:36 GMT
Food banks see demand soar in wake of ‘nightmare’ universal credit cut
Exclusive: 45 per cent of food banks preparing to cut food parcels or turn people away because of supply problems and rising demand as charity warns: ‘It’s dire out there’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:04:05 GMT
Boris Johnson used £2.6m Downing Street briefing room to watch new James Bond film
No 10 admits that ‘No Time to Die’ was screened for prime minister and staff, after criticism of cost of refit

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:31:08 GMT
UK flouting UN treaty by making legal action to protect environment ‘prohibitively expensive’
Campaigners say the ruling over the Aarhus Convention shows that the government is ‘not serious about holding itself to a high standard’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:27:54 GMT
Inflation could reach 5 per cent, Bank of England economist warns
The central bank policymaker said that the decision whether to raise interest rates in November was a ‘live’ issue

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:01:00 GMT
Order your Christmas presents in November, Amazon to warn shoppers amid supply-chain crunch
Exclusive: The retailer expects global trade to face major disruption until at least spring 2022, according to an internal document

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:01:48 GMT
Police arrest man at airport over Manchester Arena bombing
Suspect, 24, arrested on suspicion of assisting preparations for 2017 terror attack

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:54:00 GMT
Dorset road could be renamed after holidaymakers complain it is racially offensive
Local councillors are calling for the name to be changed

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:44:51 GMT
Boris Johnson sends Queen ‘best wishes’ as she continues resting at home
Monarch is back at her desk performing light duties, palace says

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:30:21 GMT
David Amess: MPs to be offered ‘trained and accredited’ guards at constituency surgeries
‘Choice of whether or not to hold a physical surgery is an entirely personal one based on our individual situations,’ letter to MPs says

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:53:47 GMT
Terminally ill former MP Frank Field announces his support for assisted dying law
Lord Field said he spent a ‘short period’ in a hospice

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:52:59 GMT
Migrant NHS workers must be given right to remain ahead of ‘looming winter crisis’, MPs say
Exclusive: Cross-party MPs back Liberal Democrat bill to give foreign health and social care staff the right to stay in the UK

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:34:17 GMT
Teach British children about country’s slave trade history, public say
Exclusive: Survey finds two-thirds of people support classroom lessons amid calls for curriculum to be ‘deconolonised’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:02:51 GMT
Boris Johnson refuses to commit to wearing mask in Parliament
PM also insists ‘absolutely nothing to indicate’ another winter lockdown

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:02:35 GMT
Man jailed for carrying out random stabbings on members of the public
Evans Innocent randomly attacked a woman on her way to work, stabbing her in the head, neck and shoulder four times

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:08:03 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: MPs offered guards after David Amess death as foreign aid cuts condemned
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Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:47 GMT
Covid: More than a million people may be infected in England
Infections rose in many regions - and were even higher in Wales

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:37:44 GMT
Elderly woman to go on trial for not wearing mask told police ‘Covid only affects fat people’
Amanda Salmon refused to wear a mask in a shop, breaching Covid regulations

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:36:52 GMT
Dog walker’s face swells after she accidentally brushed against a toxic plant
Christina Sabine brushed against giant hogweed

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:17:23 GMT
Schoolgirl, 11, ‘seriously injured’ after being hit in suspected drink driving incident
Police have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:06:51 GMT
Michael Gove dinner ‘offered to developers for £4,000’ in cash-for-access claim
Minister said to have refused to sit with property bigwigs

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:21:46 GMT
Top of the Pops’ Tony Dortie: ‘Black representation on TV is the best it’s ever been’
Exclusive: After 30 years of silence, the former Top of the Pops host tells Nadine White about his experience of being one of very few Black TV presenters in Britain during the Nineties, behind-the-scenes politics and his views on current media dive...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:42:38 GMT
Murder investigation launched after man found stabbed to death in Woolwich
A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his twenties was found stabbed to death in Woolwich, The Metropolitan Police have said.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:33:45 GMT
Shocking moment woman is left ‘paralysed’ after being spiked on a night out
University student, Ilana El-baz, has called on clubs to do more to prevent incidents of spiking

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:32:28 GMT
Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut billions more from overseas aid attacked by government advisers
‘Friends of COP’ panel warn UK will not be seen as ‘trusted partner’ by developing countries - as Chancellor eyes ‘accounting tricks’

Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT
The working class is voting Tory. Why?
The political world is turning upside down, with Conservatives winning more blue-collar votes and Labour seducing the middle classes. John Rentoul tracks what he calls the Great Class Inversion

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:45:55 GMT
Farmer crushed to death while moving half-ton Aga cooker
Inquest hears how Anthony Rees defied wife’s calls to wait for son to help as he wanted to ‘get job done’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:36:24 GMT
Barbados elects first-ever president to replace Queen Elizabeth as head of state
The landmark election was hailed as a ‘seminal moment’ for the nation

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:21:44 GMT
Six-month wait between second Covid dose and booster shot ‘sweet spot’, says JCVI deputy chair
‘Whether it’s five months or whether it’s seven months isn’t so important, but I think what is important is that people get their booster dose,’ says JCVI

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:03:15 GMT
Minister says Covid deaths ‘very low’ and defends not implementing plan B measures
Health minister says focus should be on booster jab rollout and anti-viral treatment



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