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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 GMTCovid news – live: Fears England has ‘lost message’ as Europe death toll ‘could rise by 500,000’ by spring
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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:31:08 GMTWhat 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 GMTInside 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 GMTTory 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 GMTGovernment 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 GMTBoris 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 GMTStella 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 GMTBoy, 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 GMTBobbi-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 GMTHome 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 GMTOffenders 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 GMTMan 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 GMTBritish 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 GMTGovernment 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 GMTCare 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 GMTNine 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 GMTMan 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 GMTTwo men in hospital with serious injuries after Army vehicle flips over
Crash closed A9 near Dunblane
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:19:43 GMTGrooming 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 GMTUK 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 GMTRoyal 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 GMTDavid 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 GMTAsylum 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 GMTBusiness 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 GMTBoris 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 GMTBoris 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 GMTA 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 GMTScience 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 GMTCulture 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 GMTLord 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 GMTSomerset 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 GMTCovid 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 GMTStockwell 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 GMTNicola 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 GMTFrench 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 GMTBritish 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 GMTSuspended 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 GMTBoris 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 GMTDog 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 GMTWomen’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 GMTPlan 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 GMTReal ‘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