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Sat, 05 Feb 2022 10:00:40 GMT
Four teenage boys arrested after man, 20, found stabbed to death
They have been arrested on suspicion of murder

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:58:20 GMT
Queen ‘set a wonderful example by her father’, childhood friend says
Lady Glenconner was a maid of honour at the Queen’s coronation.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:55:14 GMT
Bank of England boss criticised for ‘sick joke’ asking workers not to demand pay rise
Downing Street also criticised the comments from the Bank of England governor

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:49:24 GMT
Nadine Dorries admits ‘regicide runs in Tory veins’ and blames Remainers for bid to oust PM
Plotters ‘see this as their last opportunity to reverse Brexit’, claims culture secretary

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:39:57 GMT
Dorries reluctant to say if she has spoken to PM during awkward BBC interview
BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt said he was ‘really confused’, asking Nadine Dorries if his question was a ‘difficult’ one.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:36:43 GMT
Man, 27, dies in Scottish Borders crash
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:36:26 GMT
David Cameron’s legacy project has budget slashed after Independent expose
Youth scheme has received £1.3bn in taxpayers’ money since 2011 but now has its funding severely cut

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:35:49 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: Police ‘handed photo of PM with beer at No 10 party’ as he seeks to stave off coup
Follow live updates as ‘erratic’ PM attempts to stave off a mutiny by Tory MPs

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:31:27 GMT
New laws would hold Netflix to account over Carr’s Holocaust joke – Dorries
Nadine Dorries said the joke was ‘shocking and abhorrent and unacceptable’.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:31:19 GMT
Father who mowed down knife attacker in Maida Vale says it was his ‘duty’ to act
The man, who reportedly gave his name as Abraham, 26, was originally arrested on suspicion of murder

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:23:46 GMT
Four boys arrested in murder probe after man, 20, stabbed near Manchester
At 9.30pm on Friday, Greater Manchester Police was called by the ambulance service responding to a report of a stabbing in Dukinfield.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:21:25 GMT
Urn containing child’s ashes stolen during Birmingham break-in
West Midlands Police said the urn was taken on Friday.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:10:42 GMT
Record-breaking Queen to be first British monarch to celebrate Platinum Jubilee
Elizabeth II is already the nation’s longest reigning monarch, and the longest still-serving sovereign in the world.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:03:58 GMT
‘Why are you asking me that?’ Nadine Dorries won’t say how much she talks to Boris Johnson in bizarre interview
‘What’s your next question?’ says culture secretary, who admits ‘regicide’ runs in veins of Tory party

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:59:52 GMT
Who are the 14 Tory MPs calling for Boris Johnson to quit?
PM battling to stave off vote on his leadership

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:59:34 GMT
Father who mowed down knife attacker in Maida Vale says it was his ‘duty’ to act
The man, who reportedly gave his name as Abraham, 26, was originally arrested on suspicion of murder,

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:54:46 GMT
UK weather: Snow to blanket parts as temperatures drop to -3C
Travel disruption should be expected through the weekend in affected areas, the Met Office warned

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:47:38 GMT
The 10 men and women who have influenced the Queen
A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:13:48 GMT
French Champagne makers say they have no plans to sell UK government’s Brexit pint bottles
Government’s Brexit push to bring back Winston Churchill’s favourite Champagne measure met with indifference

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:00:00 GMT
Christian Wakeford reveals he does not regret quitting the Tories
The former Conservative MP said Boris Johnson’s reaction to partygate had proved he was right to defect to Labour.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:15:54 GMT
Former head of the BBC criticises corporation’s ‘disrespectful’ tone
Lord Michael Grade said the corporation was right to hold the government to account but added that its ‘macho culture’ was ‘unnecessary’

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:59:41 GMT
Messages show how disgraced MP Owen Paterson lobbied health secretary Matt Hancock for Randox
MP, who resigned from the Commons after a botched attempt to save him from suspension, urged Hancock to ‘kill’ story about him being consultant

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:10:20 GMT
Ex-minister Nick Gibb calls for Boris Johnson to resign and submits no-confidence letter
‘To restore trust, we need to change the prime minister,’ says Tory MP

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:08:07 GMT
Isolated Boris Johnson offers MPs say on policy in bid to stave off coup as more Tories join rebellion
No 10 denies insider accounts of an increasingly ‘unpredictable and erratic’ prime minister

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:06:48 GMT
What the papers say – February 5
The partygate fallout continues to dominate the nation’s front pages.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:02:32 GMT
Police ‘handed photo of Boris Johnson drinking beer at lockdown birthday party’
The PM was reportedly pictured raising a can of Estrella at the event – when rules banned social mixing indoors

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:54:46 GMT
Call for Boris Johnson to retract ‘false’ claim that MoD tested new fake-fur bearskins
Government-approved lab test findings directly contradicted PM’s assertion that fabric was not up to scratch, company chief warns

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:53:51 GMT
Gary Jenkins: ‘Sadistic’ homophobic killers laughed after murdering psychiatrist
Dr Gary Jenkins suffered multiple severe brain injuries in the fatal attack

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:50:39 GMT
Woman arrested on suspicion of murdering two-year-old boy
Cleveland Police are not confirming the child’s identity at this time but specially trained officers are supporting his family.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:50:07 GMT
Caroline Flack’s ex-fiance jailed for harassing GB News presenter Dan Wootton
Judge Richardson told Brady his attacks on Mr Wootton had ‘everything to do with your craving for celebrity status’

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:01:18 GMT
Prime Minister expected to praise Queen’s ‘tireless service’
Elizabeth II came to the throne 70 years ago this Sunday.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:01:00 GMT
£3m funding to help families enduring cost of living pressures stay together
The money will help those with immediate needs for food, fuel, utilities or clothing.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:50:23 GMT
Social media firms face fines for failing to stop revenge porn under new laws
Changes will also remove risk of prosecution for consenting adults sending ‘sexts’

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:40:33 GMT
New car CO2 emissions ‘fall to record low’ as electric vehicle sales accelerate
Lack of charging points will hamper efforts to further cut emissions, says trade body

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:46:05 GMT
Another Tory MP says ‘we need to change the Prime Minister’ to restore trust
Former minister Nick Gibb said his constituents were ‘furious about the double standards’.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:34:27 GMT
UK ticket-holder scoops £109.9 million EuroMillions jackpot
Camelot is urging players to check their tickets to see if they are the winner.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:18:19 GMT
Dean of Oxford college agrees to step down after mediation process
Christ Church said a resolution has been reached that is acceptable to all parties.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:39:24 GMT
Logan Mwangi: Mother denies murdering five-year-old son after body found in river
Angharad Williamson, 30, reported five-year-old missing hours before he was found with multiple injuries

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:28:39 GMT
Queen ‘set example’ by sitting alone at Philip’s funeral, says archbishop
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby commended the monarch for showing ‘duty, leadership and character’.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:23:40 GMT
BBC worker ‘raped during production of cookery show’
Attack allegedly happened in London last September

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:08:22 GMT
RAF fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian planes near UK 136 times in 17 years
There have been a total of 504 RAF Quick Reaction Alerts incidents since 2005

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:45:53 GMT
Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for attempted rape of girl and sexually assaulting boy
Former Labour jailed for five years and six months following historic abuse

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:11:50 GMT
Ashley Wadsworth: Teen’s boyfriend in court charged with murder as devastated family ‘want justice’
Nineteen-year-old Canadian flew to the UK to visit Jack Sepple, 23, after the pair met through an online dating app but was found dead just two days before she was due to travel home

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:00:29 GMT
Boris Johnson labelled ‘moral vacuum’ over Savile comments by former Tory chairman
Lord Patten says some wings of the Conservative Party have ‘turned into an English nationalist, populist, Johnsonian cult’

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:57:32 GMT
Brexit: Judge suspends order to end Irish Sea border checks
DUP leader also claims Boris Johnson privately told him there was a ‘20-30 per cent of an agreement’ with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:55:17 GMT
Peter Swailes Jr spared jail despite exploiting a vulnerable man who was locked up for 40 years
Victim discovered in squalid conditions without heating or lighting in ‘stark contrast’ to those of family dog, court told

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:46:22 GMT
Farmer who flipped car off land to defend his home cleared of criminal damage
Robert Hooper told jury an Englishman’s home is his castle and that he had been assaulted before using his tractor to remove Vauxhall Corsa in County Durham

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:33:54 GMT
MP Aaron Bell submits letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership
Red Wall MP is 13th to go public with call for prime minister to stand down

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:29:43 GMT
Bristol Airport: Government sparks anger by approving expansion weeks after Cop26
‘It completely undermines our vision for a greener North Somerset,’ council leader says

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:22:20 GMT
Met policeman sacked for theft and fraud now jailed for sexually assaulting seven-year-old girl
Andrew Kirkland, who was kicked off the force in 2014 for theft and fraud, performed sex act over girl after sneaking into her bedroom

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:05:25 GMT
No one party should have a veto over Stormont future, Micheal Martin says
It comes as DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson suggested his party would not return to powersharing if issues over the protocol are not resolved.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:03:03 GMT
‘Spark has gone from our lives’, say family of woman who fell from Arthur’s Seat
Fawziyah Javed, 31, from Pudsey in Leeds, died in Holyrood Park in September.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:02:29 GMT
Cost of living – latest: Water bills to rise as Sunak warns middle earners they’ll ‘feel pinch’ of gas prices
Price cap to rise to £1,971 from April

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:59:26 GMT
Jimmy Carr faces backlash over ‘disturbing’ Holocaust joke about Travellers
The Netflix special His Dark Material aired on Christmas Day.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:53:11 GMT
New victims commissioner urged to be ‘determined champion in challenging role’
Outgoing First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill announced appointment of Ian Jeffers before leaving office.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:52:17 GMT
Tributes to ‘quiet revolutionary’ of Scottish higher education
A library at the University of Aberdeen was named after Professor Sir Charles Duncan Rice.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:18:45 GMT
Boris Johnson hit by fresh resignation and calls to quit in ‘partygate’ scandal
Fifth aide walks out of No 10 and another Tory MP has submitted a no-confidence letter

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:26:07 GMT
Lorry driver smuggled cocaine while delivering frozen potatoes – NCA
The National Crime Agency started their investigation last October.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:11:11 GMT
Latest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
Around three in 10 local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:02:21 GMT
The five aides leaving Downing Street as Boris Johnson’s power drains
From one of his greatest inspirations to an amateur boxing policy adviser, here is a look at the departed advisers.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:39:55 GMT
Rishi Sunak criticised for ‘mind-blowing’ endorsement of oil and gas drilling by environmental groups
‘Chancellor has chosen to side with the oil and gas industry,’ campaigner says

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:31:39 GMT
Female Met officers join all-women running club to discuss women’s safety
The officers joined a run in south west London on Friday morning.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:24:28 GMT
Pair arrested in Netherlands in organised crime probe
Both men will now be subject to extradition proceedings to bring them to Scotland.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:18:29 GMT
Head of NI Civil Service pressed on apology for institutional abuse survivors
The public apology to those who survived abuse in institutions was to be made by the First Minister and deputy First Minister in March.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:14:22 GMT
Teenager detained for murdering 17-year-old
Harley Demmon, 16, stabbed Josh Hall six times after arranging to meet to ‘sort out their differences’.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:06:38 GMT
Pubs, bars and restaurants eye 11% price hikes as costs soar
Around 93% of hospitality businesses have said they plan to increase customer prices.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:00:12 GMT
Delayed discharge rates ‘spiralling out of control again’, Labour warns
The Scottish Government has said the NHS and social care services are under extreme pressure.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:53:15 GMT
Kind-hearted grandmother who left donations at charity bin fined £400 for ‘flytipping’
The council ordered Pauline, who has five grandchildren, to pay £400 or risk being dragged to court

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:51:24 GMT
‘One in seven’ young children in north-west England had Covid-19 in late January
Infections have surged among younger age groups since the start of the year.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:48:56 GMT
Man accused of killing mum and burning body charged with murder of second missing woman
Mark Brown, appeared at Lewes Crown Court today via videolink from Belmarsh Prison

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:43:34 GMT
Tory peers call for delay and changes to new junk food advertising restrictions
A 9pm television watershed and heavier online restrictions for advertising products high in fat, sugar and salt are to be introduced.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:42:04 GMT
PCR tests surpass 15 million mark in Scotland
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said the figure represents a ‘major milestone’ for testing teams.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:41:25 GMT
Patients will be able to get screened for cancer while they shop, says Javid
The Health Secretary set out his plans for improving cancer prevention and diagnosis in a policy speech on Friday.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:45:32 GMT
Refugees in hotels told free access to toiletries and medication will be cut
A letter has been sent to refugees after it was revealed the Government is spending £4.7 million per day housing asylum seekers in hotels.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:19:46 GMT
Three men arrested on suspicion of rape and murder after woman, 36, dies in Bury
Three men – aged 61, 52 and 32 - were arrested after the woman died in Greater Manchester

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:08:07 GMT
Football supporter admits racially abusing Rio Ferdinand
Robert Whippe, 54, pleaded guilty at St Albans Magistrates’ Court to two counts of sending a grossly offensive message to the former England defender.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:02:03 GMT
Disgraced peer jailed over attempted rape and sexual assault of children
Lord Nazir Ahmed was found guilting of abusing a girl and a boy under 11 in the 1970s.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:01:12 GMT
Rishi Sunak: All the clues the chancellor has given that he intends to run for Tory leader
Boris Johnson under ever-increasing pressure after four senior aides depart in one day

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:52:33 GMT
Royal Navy aircraft carrier returns to Portsmouth home base
Well-wishers lined the harbour walls to welcome HMS Prince of Wales into Portsmouth Naval Base.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:41:11 GMT
Shoreham inquests coroner loses court bid for pilot cockpit footage
Andrew Hill survived after the Hawker Hunter jet he was flying exploded into a fireball on a busy dual carriageway.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:36:16 GMT
Will Boris Johnson resign?
PM remains under pressure over series of rule-breaking Downing Street parties that allegedly took place during lockdown, 12 of which are under investigation by Met Police

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:30:42 GMT
Boris Johnson seeks solace in the Lion King after No 10 exodus, telling staff: ‘Change is good’
Five senior figures quit Downing Street in fallout from Partygate scandal

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:24:21 GMT
Bid to move memorial ‘like trying to get rid of elderly, unpopular relative’
Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal African Company, became one of Jesus College’s largest benefactors before the 20th century.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:22:51 GMT
Farmer cleared by court after flipping car off land suffered ‘months of hell’
Robert Hooper’s partner, Kate Henderson, said the support of the local community had kept him going.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:07:07 GMT
Vulnerable man made to live in horse box and squalid shed for years
The man’s boss, Peter Swailes Senior, died last year aged 80 while awaiting trial for modern slavery offences.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:56:14 GMT
Scottish Water charges to rise 4.2%
The company says prices will also need to increase further in future years.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:55:56 GMT
Stab attack on man was ‘pre-meditated and not provoked’, court hears
Both of the injured men were treated at St George’s Hospital.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:11:30 GMT
Boris Johnson quotes The Lion King, claiming ‘change is good’ after staff quit
The PM was trying to boost morale in a speech to staff on Friday morning.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:45:03 GMT
Mandy Allwood: Tributes to ‘Octomum’ who lost all eight of her babies as dies from cancer aged 56
Neighbours and friends say mother ‘with heart of gold’ never recovered after losing children in 1996

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:36:27 GMT
Police officer praised for bravery after tackling man armed with ‘replica gun’
The incident occurred in Camden, north London, on Friday morning.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:34:14 GMT
Man stabbed farm worker in neck after squirting hand sanitiser in his meal during row over spicy food
The row took place in the communal kitchen of a farm in Crediton, Devon

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:34:00 GMT
Vigil held to honour mother-to-be who died on Arthur’s Seat
Thirty-one-year-old Fawziyah Javed died in Edinburgh last year. A man has been charged in connection with her death.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:25:36 GMT
Locating Shackleton’s lost ship during expedition would be ‘groundbreaking’
The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Sir Ernest’s quest to Antarctica in 1915.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:19:02 GMT
Javid distances himself from Johnson’s Starmer ‘slur’ over Jimmy Savile
The Health Secretary said the Labour leader deserved ‘absolute respect’ for his work as director of public prosecutions.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:59:36 GMT
Highland hospital closed to new patients after Covid outbreak
A small number of cases have been detected within Invergordon County Community Hospital.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:58:48 GMT
Grant Shapps tests positive for coronavirus
The Transport Secretary is the second Cabinet minister to do so in five days.



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