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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:55:54 GMT
Government accused of ‘bullying standards watchdog out of job’, after minister questions her future
Cabinet minister Kwasi Kwarteng says ‘difficult to see future’ for Kathryn Stone

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:52:58 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: Standards chief should quit after vote to overhaul sleaze regime, minister suggests
One Conservative rues ‘dark day for integrity’ after whipped move to create new scheme

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:49:27 GMT
Parliament’s sleaze watchdog chief should quit, says unrepentant Owen Paterson
Cabinet minister Kwasi Kwarteng also calls on Kathryn Stone to ‘consider her position’

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:17:46 GMT
Man jailed after racially abusing England players on Facebook livestream after Euro final
Forklift driver told colleagues: ‘It’s my profile, I can do what I want’

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 07:56:56 GMT
Booster jab bookings set to open a month earlier in rollout bid
Invitations will be sent out five months after someone’s second vaccine dose, rather than six months after

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:28:37 GMT
Battle under way over ministers’ attempts to silence journalists
‘Threatening people ... will ensure that improper behaviour continues,’ warns campaigner

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:05:42 GMT
Owen Paterson: Unrepentant ex-minister in lobbying sleaze row says he’d ‘do it again tomorrow’
The MP said that the standards commissioner did not interview any of his 17 witnesses

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:44:47 GMT
Prince Harry to discuss ‘internet lie machine’ at tech summit panel on misinformation
Panel to speak about ‘how we can get out of this mess’, say event organisers

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:36:10 GMT
Bird flu zone declared across Britain to prevent disease spread
Chief veterinary officers say risk to public health is low

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:32:10 GMT
What are smart motorways and why are they controversial?
Protestors, many of whom have lost loved ones or been injured in accidents on rejigged roads, call on government to reverse plans to turn more hard shoulders into traffic lanes, arguing the practice is unsafe

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:38:23 GMT
Boris Johnson’s Brexit demand is impossible and he knows it, says EU vice president
Frans Timmermans said it was ‘extremely well-known in London’ that UK demand could not be met

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:08:46 GMT
Cop26: Arrests as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters march through Glasgow
Police also confiscated a giant inflatable Loch Ness Monster, saying it breached maritime law

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 20:59:00 GMT
Tory MPs vote to tear up sleaze rules after Conservative ex-minister found guilty of paid lobbying
Result shows Tories ‘rotten to the core’, says Labour’s Angela Rayner

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 20:57:20 GMT
UK lawmakers vote not to suspend MP who broke lobbying rules
British lawmakers have voted not to suspend a Conservative legislator who was found to have broken lobbying rules

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 20:47:30 GMT
Neo-Nazi terrorist group’s co-founder called for ‘traitors’ to be gassed in speech, court hears
Ben Raymond is accused of remaining a member of National Action after it was banned as a terrorist group

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 20:24:25 GMT
Nearly 250,000 patients to be able to test blood pressure at home with free NHS monitors
At least 65,000 people have already received their blood pressure monitors

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 19:21:49 GMT
Cop26: Boris Johnson says there are ‘opportunities’ for UK from melting ice caps
Prime minister criticised for talking up climate change at ‘worst possible time’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:58:22 GMT
Richard Ratcliffe on day 10 of hunger strike: ‘There are consequences for Boris Johnson’s unkept promises’
Britain’s credibility is ‘on the line’, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband tells Sam Hancock

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:41:06 GMT
Home Office sued over ‘racially disproportionate’ new stop and search rules
Exclusive: Campaigners warn scrapping safeguards would allow police to ‘harass communities with racially discriminate practices’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:12:47 GMT
Labour says party members’ data breached in ‘cyber incident’
Personal details were among a ‘significant quantity’ of data affected

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:50:29 GMT
‘We’re delighted’: British fishing crew finally heads home after boat released by French authorities
‘They’re in good spirits and looking forward to return to loved ones,’ says vessel owner

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:40:07 GMT
More people may die in terrorist attacks unless prisoners are managed differently, Fishmongers’ Hall coroner finds
‘Matters of concern’ raised by attack by released terrorist prisoner at rehabilitation event

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:34:56 GMT
Thomas Picton: Cardiff museum takes down portrait of slave owner
Painting of disgraced former governor of Trinidad to be replaced by ‘celebratory portrait’ of worker

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:08:10 GMT
Captain of fishing boat held in France told court will rule by ‘midnight’ on releasing vessel
The court hearing is taking place in Rouen

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:07:22 GMT
‘Legitimate distrust in state’: Women now feel far more at risk walking home alone at night, polling finds
Exclusive: Survey by YouGov finds almost two-thirds of women now feel in danger

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:01:03 GMT
Cop26: Alok Sharma attacked for praising financiers as ‘new Swampys’ in climate fight
‘Today the Swampys of the world are all around us, in boardrooms .... and trading floors’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:51:38 GMT
Brexit: UK meat being sent to EU for butchering due to staff shortages
‘It’s all a bit desperate,’ says industry chief as British producers send to Ireland and re-import for sale

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:24:34 GMT
Remainers must never give up trying to rejoin the EU, Michael Heseltine says
Former deputy prime minister says we ‘must restore Britain’s position in the corridors of European power’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:44:28 GMT
Handforth Parish Council is no more: Town authority changes name in bid to move on from viral video
It will now be known as... Handforth Town Council

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:25:14 GMT
Salisbury train driver ‘saved lives’ with quick-thinking as service ran 220 metres past stop signal
Robin Tandy, 74, hailed a ‘hero’ by colleague after suffering life-changing injuries in crash

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:34:37 GMT
English Channel: Priti Patel accused of ‘incompetence’ as crossings pass record of 20,000 this year
Numbers have risen dramatically since the home secretary vowed to make the route unviable in 2020

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:18:05 GMT
Boris Johnson backs Tory plan to rip up parliament sleaze system
Move marks “a return to the worst of the 1990s Tory sleaze culture”, says Labour

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:31:30 GMT
Boris Johnson accused of sleaze as No 10 backs bid to save Tory MP from suspension
Tory plan to save Owen Paterson marks return to ‘1990s sleaze culture’, says Labour

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:25:54 GMT
Boris Johnson denies homes with cladding are unsafe and dodges request to meet victim
‘They’re not unsafe,’ says prime minister

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:17:42 GMT
Angela Rayner accuses Conservatives of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ over attempt to prevent Owen Paterson suspension
‘When they break the rules, they just remake the rules’ Labour’s deputy leader says

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:11:24 GMT
London Underground graffiti vandal claimed he was ‘creating a job for the person cleaning it’
Investigations into the crimes began in 2016

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:01:56 GMT
More women continuing with unplanned pregnancies due to abortion appointment shortage
Abortion services grappling with ‘unprecedented demand’, healthcare provider warns

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:52:22 GMT
Four officers injured as ‘hundreds of youths’ throw fireworks in London violence
14-year-old boy was also stabbed amid the violence

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:45:09 GMT
Cop26: Campaign groups shocked after being shut out of climate negotiations
Sessions described as ‘open’, but only to ticket-holders - and just 4 allocated to cover 30 rooms, ActionAid protests

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:19:33 GMT
‘Solar is the answer’: India, UK launch world’s first transnational solar grid project at Cop26
‘With this creative initiative, carbon footprint will be reduced, and the cost of energy will also come down’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:14:17 GMT
Kitten travels 55 miles whilst hiding in van engine
The kitten travelled 55 miles as a stowaway

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:12:10 GMT
Man charged with murdering woman in Halifax
Thomas Nutt accused of killing Dawn Walker in Halifax

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:06:33 GMT
‘No one is listening’: Demonstrators storm courts to highlight police violence against women
Women tell Maya Oppenheim that police are ‘rotten to the core’

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:57:02 GMT
Mountain rescue worker stunned after dogs save collapsed owner in Lake District
The Labrador and golden retriever helped alert a passing walker to their unconscious owner.

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:55:05 GMT
Cop26: Firms can still invest in coal under Rishi Sunak’s ‘green finance’ plan, minister admits
John Glen told that rules ‘make a mockery’ of new ‘gold standard’ for investments

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:20:53 GMT
Ethnic minority unemployment 70% higher than white joblessness for past 20 years
Exclusive: Union calls on government to ‘address structural and systematic racism’ in workplace

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:20:15 GMT
MPs to vote on bill banning Boris Johnson from ordering schools to shut down again
Tory MP Robert Halfon wants parliament to have final say on closures

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:39:01 GMT
Three women treated in hospital in Sheffield after suspected injection spikings
‘You are endangering the lives of innocent people who just want to go out and have fun with their friends,’ DCI Benjamin Wood says in message to those responsible for spiking



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