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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:53:46 GMTBrexit news – live: UK and France to hold ‘intensive’ fisheries talks after Macron backs down on threats
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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:26:54 GMTUK-Australia trade deal: Did ministers cut climate pledges to clinch agreement?
Foreign secretary Liz Truss has poured cold water on reports the UK dropped key climate pledges from its trade deal with Australia – despite other ministers, as well as the Australian PM, previously signalling this was the case.
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:08:05 GMTOne in five 13-14-year-olds have seen drugs being sold on social media
Exclusive: Over a third of teenagers have seen drugs sold online including cocaine and ecstasy
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:00:43 GMTGreta Thunberg joins Glasgow crowd to sing ‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’
Campaigner enjoys singalong with protesters in Scotland
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 02:56:41 GMTMan accused of double murder abused bodies in hospital mortuaries, court told
DNA evidence from both women’s bodies link Fuller to their killings.
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 02:41:10 GMTClubbers kept inside nightclub for hours by police after girls ‘spiked with needles’
Customers were held inside Maverick’s 80s lounge for around two hours
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 02:39:04 GMTMan admits killing teenager at Chinese takeaway in south Wales
16-year-old Wenjing Lin was killed in her family’s takeaway restaurant in March
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 02:20:06 GMTFamilies of epileptic children to protest outside parliament seeking greater access to medicinal cannabis
‘Our families are at the end of their tether,’ parent says
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 01:35:03 GMTDUP threat to collapse Stormont over Northern Ireland Brexit protocol is ‘on hold’ despite bus attack
A bus was hijacked and set alight in a unionist area
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:20:27 GMTMacron postpones sanctions for more talks as fishing row deadline passes without breakthrough
Ireland has backed France in the dispute
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:07:25 GMT‘Smart’ motorway rollout must be stopped until safety assured, MPs warn government
‘Many motorists feel unsafe’, says scathing report by transport committee
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 23:29:24 GMTLeicester Square brawl: Twelve-year-old girl arrested after man hit in head with bottle
Disturbance happened as millions marked Halloween
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:29:46 GMTSalisbury train crash: Driver suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries after being trapped in cabin
Thirteen passengers treated in hospital after collision outside cathedral city on Sunday evening
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:58:50 GMTUK accuses EU of ‘wilful misrepresentation’ of its Brexit position on Northern Ireland
EU ‘increasingly concerned’ that UK wants to ‘embark on a path of confrontation’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:37:34 GMTMajority want government to enforce another lockdown to stem Covid cases, poll finds
Nearly 40 per cent of poll respondents are calling for another lockdown as flu season begins
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:37:24 GMTCop26: India’s pledge to slash 1 billion tonnes of emissions lifts gloom, climate experts say
World’s third-biggest emitter will not hit net zero until 2070 – but may have have put summit back ‘on track’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:02:42 GMTAsylum seeker who died fleeing immigration officers ‘was just asking for safety in UK’, inquest hears
Mustafa Dawood’s mother tells inquest: ‘I never want this to happen to any other family, to have their child taken away’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 19:41:25 GMTBoris Johnson to fly from Glasgow to London despite giving climate warning at Cop26
No 10 claims PM cannot take the train from climate summit because it would take too long
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 19:12:25 GMTEducation secretary considers plans to extend school day in England
Nadhim Zahawi wants all schools open for 6.5 hours each day
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:49:23 GMTCop26: Britain tens of billions short on its own green investment
Exclusive: Green investment hole in the budget branded a ‘disgrace’ for failing Net Zero pledge
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:15:56 GMTBoris Johnson accused of ‘insult to British Muslims’ after failing to respond to Islamophobia concerns for a year
Prime minister warned he is ‘answerable to MPs’ after failing to answer November 2020 letter demanding action
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:06:58 GMTSkywatchers along Yorkshire coast get ‘rare treat’ as they witness Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis seen seen in several areas including Scarborough and Saltburn
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:51:14 GMTArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologises for saying Cop26 leaders would be ‘cursed’
‘I unequivocally apologise for the words I used’ says Welby after issuing a warning to leaders on climate
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:44:49 GMTManchester club night ‘first’ to offer urine tests onsite to check for spiking
Exclusive: ‘We’re going to be using that moving forward,’ Warehouse Project founder says
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:26:25 GMTJohnson rejects calls by standards watchdog to toughen up rules on ministers’ conduct
Committee on Standards in Public Life review came after slew of ethics and sleaze scandals during pandemic
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:24:04 GMTMan ‘shocked’ as house he owned for 30 years sold without his knowledge
Reverend Mike Hall was working away when neighbours called to say someone was in his Luton home
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:04:11 GMT‘They deserve better’: Afghan refugees in UK call on Home Office not to penalise those fleeing Taliban
‘There are other refugees who also left everything behind. It’s not fair to say that if they come through irregular routes, they should be detained,’ Shakib Nasery, who fled Afghanistan as a child, tells May Bulman
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:18:17 GMTCovid news - live: Death risk ‘32 times greater’ for unvaccinated as global fatalities pass five million
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:08:36 GMTQueen drives herself around Windsor estate as she’s pictured outside for first time since illness
Doctors have advised monarch to stay at home for two-week rest period
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:45:55 GMTEXPLAINER: What election outcome means for new Japan PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s weeks-old government cleared its first major test in weekend national elections as his governing party secured just enough seats to maintain a free hand in pushing legislation through parliament
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:25:33 GMTHalloween chaos as teenagers hurl fireworks at police and residents in Stockport
Police called the disorder ‘unacceptable’ and said they would make sure offenders were caught
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:25:01 GMTDavid Fuller: Man accused of double murder ‘sexually abused dead bodies in mortuaries’, court told
Electrician is standing trial at Maidstone Crown Court accused of 1987 murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in Tunbridge Wells
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:55:30 GMTNew gun licensing guidance comes into force after Plymouth shooting
Guidance will require gun licence applicants to show medical history and allow police to check their social media accounts
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:41:00 GMTCop26: Boris Johnson tells world leaders children of tomorrow ‘will not forgive us’ if we fail
‘The people who will judge us are children not yet born – and their children. If we fail, they will not forgive us’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:39:23 GMTCOP26: Stop treating nature like a toilet, UN secretary general António Guterres tells world leaders
Former Portuguese prime minister said ‘addiction’ to fossil fuels is ‘pushing humanity to the brink’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:56:55 GMTRob Roberts: MP who sexually harassed staff readmitted to Conservative party
Labour claims disgraced MP ‘has no place in parliament, politics or public life’
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:58:00 GMTUK weather: The latest Met Office forecast
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:56:42 GMTBus hijacked and set alight by armed and masked men in Northern Ireland
Driver managed to escape unharmed but left ‘badly shaken’ by incident in County Down
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:51:04 GMTHGV driver shortages: My morning at the wheel of the road’s biggest beast
New rules are to make it easier to become an articulated lorry driver. Colin Drury enjoyed a taster lesson but wonders if the change could risk road safety…
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:15:18 GMTSalisbury train crash: 13 treated in hospital after collision
Three remain as inpatients morning after crash, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust says
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:05:54 GMTOwners of British fishing boat seized in France ordered to pay €150,000 before it can leave
A spokesperson in France said the boat would not be allowed to leave until the money is paid
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:20:05 GMTAsylum-seekers staying in hotel pending age assessment was ‘unlawful’, says judge
The council said the trio were initially assessed by the Home Office as being at least 25 years old
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:03:15 GMTFireworks launched at people like rockets on London street
Video footage shows police chasing crowds of youths as explosives set off in two separate incidents
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:55:33 GMTThree teenagers arrested in murder probe over ‘targeted incident’ in Reading
The man in his twenties was pronounced dead at the scene
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:09:58 GMTBrexit fishing row with France: Ask The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul anything
John Rentoul will be on hand to answer your latest questions regarding Brexit following the latest dispute over fishing rights
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:59:36 GMTHome Office must rethink ‘regressive’ plans to use X-ray asylum seekers for age assessments, say charities
Exclusive: Experts warn new measures risk ‘seriously undermining’ ability to tackle crimes against children