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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:53:30 GMT
UK weather: Snow to fall across country amid Arctic blast
Cold Arctic air could bring colder weather and snow to parts of the UK, the Met Office has warned

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:48:16 GMT
Covid news – live: Fears England has ‘lost message’ as Europe death toll ‘could rise by 500,000’ by spring
Follow the latest news on the Covid pandemic

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:31:08 GMT
What do you feel has been the biggest blunder made by the Conservatives? Tell us in our poll
We want to know if you think the government has made mistakes and, if so, which are the most serious

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:09:32 GMT
Inside Politics: Aides insist Boris Johnson is ‘OK’ as briefing war breaks out with Sunak’s Treasury
Treasury sources said to be increasingly concerned about PM’s tendency to overpromise and underdeliver, writes Matt Mathers

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:57:52 GMT
Tory MPs try to trigger Boris Johnson leadership contest with ‘no confidence’ letters
A dozen MPs are reported to have already written in

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:49:50 GMT
Government missed chance prevent 1990 Kuwait hostage crisis, new dossier reveals
Passengers of Flight 149 were taken hostage for five months and used as human shields by Iraqi forces

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:42:16 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: Patel criticised over Windrush pay scheme as PM hit with ‘letters of no confidence’
Report finds Home Office’s handling of claims ‘repeats same mistakes which led to scandal in first place’

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:41:55 GMT
‘What kind of person goes after a hospital?’ Liverpool reels as details of terror plot emerge
As police probe bomber killed in blast outside maternity ward, revulsion grows on streets of the Kensington area he called home, finds Colin Drury

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:21:13 GMT
Stella Creasy’s shock as she is told no babies allowed in Commons
The Walthamstow MP has previously brought her infant child into the chamber without complaint

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:56:50 GMT
Boy, 6, cried ‘no one loves me’ hours before being murdered by father and stepmother, court hears
Thomas Hughes, 29, and Emma Tustin, 32, are accused of killing Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:52:03 GMT
Bobbi-Anne McLeod: Two men arrested after body found in search for 18-year-old
The 18-year-old has been missing since Saturday

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:12:10 GMT
Home Office should be stripped of responsibility for compensating Windrush victims, MPs say
MPs said it was ‘deeply troubling’ that the Home Office’s handling of claims ‘has repeated the same mistakes which led to the scandal in the first place’

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 01:49:17 GMT
Offenders who kill emergency services workers to be given mandatory life sentences
Harper’s Law would make late police officer proud, says campaigning wife

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:38:33 GMT
Man who sexually assaulted vulnerable woman jailed for 18 years
Kevin Smith, who also used the name ‘Ian Dormer’, will serve six years on licence on release

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:31:37 GMT
British Army ‘will leave Canada for new base in the Middle East’
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to make the announcement this week

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:19:29 GMT
Government has ‘ruled by diktat’ at times during Brexit and Covid, peers warn
‘Hundreds of laws’ are being imposed without proper scrutiny, Lords find

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:16:50 GMT
Care home residents ‘dying alone’ as staffing levels ‘dangerously low’, research shows
Unison said employees are ‘struggling to cope’ and the care sector is ‘desperately short’ of workers

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:01:13 GMT
Nine in 10 domestic abusers also target pets, survey finds
The Dogs Trust said pets can be used to ‘coerce, control, physically harm and threaten’

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:39:00 GMT
‘Opportunities missed’ in case of special forces soldier who took his life, inquest hears
Corporal Alexander Tostevin was found dead at his home in March 2018

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:38:12 GMT
Man convicted of killing pensioner 20 years ago after DNA breakthrough
Junior Young robbed Hilda Lockert outside her home in Brixton

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:21:05 GMT
Two men in hospital with serious injuries after Army vehicle flips over
Crash closed A9 near Dunblane

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:19:43 GMT
Grooming gang victims must not have futures ruined by convictions resulting from abuse, watchdog says
Many Rotherham victims ‘now have criminal records as a result of exploitation’ that are affecting their lives decades later, report finds

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:56:15 GMT
UK could face ‘challenge’ in supply of presents this Christmas, Downing Street admits
Minister assures cabinet that turkeys will be available for festive feasts

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:52:35 GMT
Royal family criticise BBC for ‘overblown and unfounded claims’ in documentary
The royal family said it was ‘disappointing’ that the BBC had given ‘credibility’ to claims that insiders from royal households had briefed journalists behind the scenes

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:51:48 GMT
David Amess funeral: Pope hails ‘devoted’ MP as politicians attend Westminster funeral
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer among politicians at service for the Conservative MP, who was stabbed to death in October

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:25:46 GMT
Asylum seekers: Councils will be forced to take unaccompanied children arriving in small boats
National Transfer Scheme set to become compulsory

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:19:02 GMT
Business groups attack £1.65bn cut to ‘levelling up’ funding in north after Brexit
Exclusive: South Yorkshire to lose £900m and Tees Valley and Durham £750m, Michael Gove told – despite pledge to ‘match’ EU funds

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:58:25 GMT
Boris Johnson’s controversial care plans face resistance in Lords
Tory peer tells prime minister to expect defeat in upper House

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:51:16 GMT
Boris Johnson not unwell, says Downing Street after shambolic speech
Tory MP concerned that stress may be getting to prime minister

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:27:41 GMT
A brief history of Peppa Pig, from culture wars controversies to Boris Johnson’s blustering
PM praises Peppa Pig World in rambling speech to baffled CBI leaders but wholesome children’s TV favourite is no stranger to the political limelight

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:13:24 GMT
Science teacher jailed for sexual relationship with pupil he helped get good grades
Robert Hanna worked at a school in London

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:55:17 GMT
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries says her children are ‘left-wing Islington snowflakes’
Cabinet minister says decision by Brit awards to end separate awards for women is ‘sad’

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:52:47 GMT
Lord Chief Justice defends lawyers after Priti Patel attacks
Country’s most senior judge says ‘everyone is entitled’ to representation after home secretary’s comments on asylum appeals

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:30:23 GMT
Somerset murders: Couple found dead inside house with children asleep upstairs
Stephen Chapple, 36, and Jennifer Chapple, 33, are believed to have been stabbed to death

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:16:33 GMT
Covid stamp duty holiday cost £6.4bn and helped rich house buyers in south, analysts say
Rishi Sunak has been warned that he punished first-time buyers by sending soaring prices even further out of reach

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:54:41 GMT
Stockwell Six: Fourth member cleared nearly 50 years after being accused of assault by corrupt police sergeant
Pain of conviction ‘still lingers’ decades on for falsely accused

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:47:51 GMT
Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to take Covid test before ‘any social occasion’
Scottish first minister also announces government will not extend Covid passport scheme to other venues

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:31:48 GMT
French fishermen warn of fresh protests in licence dispute
Trawlermen’s leader suggests action may target cross-Channel trade

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:19:08 GMT
British entrepreneur, 23, drowned in Corfu on family trip
The inquest ruled he died of an “accidental death by drowning”

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:55:07 GMT
Suspended Tory councillor to pay ‘substantial damages’ to Jeremy Corbyn over Liverpool bomb tweet
‘I unreservedly and sincerely apologise to Mr Corbyn for the hurt and distress that has been caused to him by the tweet’

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:31:01 GMT
Boris Johnson Peppa Pig speech ‘excruciating’ and ‘not a great moment’, senior Tories say
Former leadership candidate says government can ‘do better’

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:18:29 GMT
Dog still waiting for new home two years after he was found guarding dead owner’s body
Dillon was found guarding his dead owner’s body, ‘protecting him right up until’ the end, say rescuers

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:15:37 GMT
Women’s charities fear an increase in domestic abuse this Christmas
Exclusive: Perpetrators may blame their abusive behaviours on additional pressures over Christmas, warns Women’s Aid

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:59:56 GMT
Plan to house more asylum-seekers in military barracks ‘a recipe for disaster,’ warn charities
Charities criticised what they see as the government's ‘culture-warring’

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:03:41 GMT
Real ‘care crisis’ is lack of council funding and staff, Jeremy Hunt warns ministers
But government poised to reject bid for independent experts to ensure enough staff – because it would cost too much



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