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Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:55:15 GMTM4 crash: 3-year-old girl dies and 4-year-old boy critical after Newport accident
A 3-year old girl has died and a 4-year old boy is in a critical condition in hospital following a crash on the M4 in Newport on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:52:24 GMTBoris Johnson news - live: PM faces difficult week despite ‘reset’ as Carrie hits out at ‘bitter ex-officials’
Fresh appointments to No 10 team fail to quell fears of fresh damaging revelations
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:48:53 GMTFrench 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
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:46:24 GMTNo 10 set for more changes as Boris Johnson tries to ease party fears
The personnel changes come after a swathe of resignations from among the Prime Minister’s aides.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:41:03 GMTInsulate Britain ‘just getting started’ with ‘even more ambitious’ campaign plan
Activists said they have ‘failed’ but vowed to continue their climate change protests despite some members being jailed.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:38:37 GMTSajid Javid brands criticism of Carrie Johnson ‘misogynist’ amid claims she has ‘too much influence’
Ministers have been defending the prime minister’s wife after recent criticism
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:37:12 GMTCovid news - live: NHS backlog plan ‘delayed by Omicron’ as AstraZeneca jab criticism blamed for mass deaths
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Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:34:49 GMTTrackside fire leaves rush-hour commuters stuck on trains
Routes into Paddington and Heathrow run by Great Western Railway and Transport for London are still severely delayed.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:30:17 GMTScotland ‘through the worst’ of Omicron, says Health Secretary
On Sunday, 958 people were in hospital while 24 were in intensive care with Covid-19.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:00:10 GMTBoris Johnson ‘fighting losing battle’ to recover from partygate, says polling guru Sir John Curtice
Exclusive: PMs ‘rarely recover’ from such dramatic damage to popularity, says Sir John Curtice
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:19:23 GMTLabour demands answers over Boris Johnson’s new spin chief’s lobbying for Huawei
Guto Harri believed to have arranged six-month leave from consultancy firm – before being required to resign to take up No 10 role
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:15:31 GMTPolice name man who died following crash
A woman was injured in the incident.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:55:17 GMTCarrie Johnson faces more scrutiny than spouses of previous PMs – Kwarteng
But the Business Secretary said he did not think the reporting about Mrs Johnson was sexist.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:41:04 GMTRishi Sunak blocking NHS recovery plan because Boris Johnson’s power ‘dying’, NHS chief says
Matthew Taylor, head of NHS Confederation, points to power struggle like Gordon Brown resisting a weakened Tony Blair
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:28:57 GMTSir Keir Starmer in the clear over office beer
Durham police have investigated and said no offence was committed when the Labour leader was filmed having a drink indoors in April 2021.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:15:21 GMTTribute to ‘loving dad’ killed in Borders crash
A 27-year-old driver killed in a crash on the A68 has been named as Stewart Ramsay.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:05:06 GMTScientists create spinal cord implants that could allow paralysed people to walk
Researchers plan to be able to create personalised implants to repair tissue damaged from injury.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:59:26 GMTPrivate parking fine cap cut by 50% in England and Wales excluding London
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has launched a new Parking Code of Practice, which includes the cut.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:55:08 GMTJavid denies Treasury held up NHS recovery plan
The Health Secretary said the plan to deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic will be published ‘shortly’.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:54:22 GMTAverage UK house price is £24,500 higher than a year ago, says Halifax
With household budgets under pressure from rising living costs, Halifax predicts the pace of house price growth will slow considerably.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:41:32 GMTCarrie Johnson says PM’s enemies are targeting her in ‘brutal campaign’
Carrie Johnson issued a rare statement via a spokesperson to defend herself.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:15:47 GMTSir Keir Starmer in the clear over office beer
Durham police have investigated and said no offence was committed when the Labour leader was filmed having a drink indoors in April 2021.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:38:38 GMTCritical AstraZeneca views ‘probably killed hundreds of thousands’ – scientist
Professor Sir John Bell said ‘they have damaged the reputation of the vaccine in a way that echoes around the rest of the world’.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:46:30 GMTConservative MP Robert Jenrick asks if Liz Truss visit to Moscow is ‘unwise’
Ms Truss will travel to the Russian capital to meet with her counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:44:45 GMTAlmost 300,000 unable to see cancer specialist promptly from April to November
The research from information in the House of Commons library found there were 290,428 breaches of a maximum two-week wait target over seven months.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 01:35:49 GMTWhat the papers say – February 7
The front pages focus on No 10 and the royal family on Monday.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:14:06 GMTPM starts new week with fresh staff in hopes of turning around fortunes
More announcements are expected on No 10 staffing in coming days.
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:01:00 GMTPatients facing surgery promised more transparency on waiting times
The My Planned Care platform is due to go live on the NHS website site later in February.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 23:28:55 GMTLiz Truss warns over Falklands’ sovereignty as China backs Argentina’s claim
China and Argentina issued a statement supporting each other’s territorial claims over Taiwan and the Falklands respectively.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:57:20 GMTVigil held for father-of-two killed in homophobic attack in Cardiff park
Dr Gary Jenkins was violently assaulted in Bute Park, in the city centre, in the early hours of July 20 2021.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:30:00 GMTGovernment rejects Labour accusations over apprenticeships target
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said 60% of Government departments had missed the deadline.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 21:27:08 GMTCarrie Johnson says PM’s enemies are targeting her in ‘brutal campaign’
Carrie Johnson issued a rare statement via a spokesperson to defend herself.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 07:50:19 GMTFight against grooming gangs hindered by fear of being branded racist, says official
Inquiry official calls for the ethnicity data of grooming gangs to be recorded so the ‘scale and nature’ of the abuse is understood and can be acted upon
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:12:21 GMTSkill Up Step Up: Dragon’s Den star says youth unemployment in London ‘shocking’ as he backs campaign
‘I would love to see more businesses step up,’ Steven Bartlett says
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:54:04 GMTQueen pictured working in new image released for 70-year milestone
The Queen has become the first British monarch in history to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:12:15 GMT‘Broken and distraught’ mother pays tribute after son is stabbed to death
Dylan Keelan, 20, was pronounced dead after an incident in Dukinfield, Tameside, on Friday.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:04:04 GMTUK needs to shift to renewables to protect from energy crises, MPs and experts say
‘Energy bills crisis should serve as a warning to quicken transition towards net zero economy,’ economist says
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:44:42 GMTJohn Whaite to miss Strictly tour shows after positive Covid test
He was due to take to the dancefloor with partner Johannes Radebe in Glasgow.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:36:09 GMTWoman, 21, killed in car crash on A9
Police Scotland said the woman had been driving a grey Nissan Micra car.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:08:20 GMTLevi Bellfield: Milly Dowler killer confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says
Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed to the murders of Mrs Russell and her daughter in Kent, for which Michael Stone is serving life sentences.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:56:11 GMTTrial over Olympic protest delayed to avoid embarrassing China, claims activist
Jason Leith said his case had been put back to avoid being in the media spotlight while the games were ongoing.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:40:29 GMTMan rescued from water after dog barks alerted owner to danger
The person was in the water for half an hour and shouted for help but was only spotted thanks to a passer-by who was walking their pet.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:07:48 GMTDame Cressida Dick ‘says Met Police reputation is tarnished’ in letter to staff
It comes after damning report exposed racist, sexist and homophobic messages sent by officers
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:51:43 GMTRishi 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
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:00:14 GMTWoman raped by David Goodwillie condemns football authorities for ‘silence’
Denise Clair spoke for the first time since a backlash against Raith Rovers saw the club confirm Goodwillie would not play for them after all.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:58:22 GMT‘Tent boy’ Max Woosey suffers setback as shelter collapses in storm
But it’s going to take more than a broken tent pole to stop him raising thousands for charity
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:56:31 GMTWeapons for Ukraine ‘more important than restricting Russian assets’
Former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky made the intervention as Labour called on the Government to tackle ‘dirty money’.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:52:53 GMTCharles hails darling Camilla as Queen is shown at work to mark historic Jubilee
The prince also praised Elizabeth II for how her ‘devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year’.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:38:10 GMTUK weather: Streets submerged in north of England with more flood warnings in place
Parts of Greater Manchester saw one of its wettest days in a decade
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:36:40 GMTEx-Tory MEP on his Islamophobia claim: ‘It was a political exercise to use my religion to undermine me’
‘I never allowed discriminatory factors to get in the way,’ Sajjad Karim, tells The Independent
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:36:24 GMT‘I’ll name names if Tories open investigation’, says ex-MEP who claims minister was Islamophobic
Exclusive: Sajjad Karim calls for investigation into his Islamophobia allegation, pledging to name names
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:23:17 GMTPeers move to stop ‘dirty money’ being laundered through post-Brexit freeports
Exclusive: Lib Dems want public register to stop freeports becoming ‘hotbeds’ for illicit finance
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:21:58 GMTWoman arrested and charged after £16,000 drug discovery
The 56-year-old is expected to appear in court on Monday.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:05:17 GMTA9 closed to traffic in both directions following crash
Police said the road closure is expected to last for some time.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:58:03 GMTTwo Covid-related deaths in Scotland as hospital admissions continue to fall
There were 958 people in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down from 1,291 on the same day last week.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:54:06 GMTGovernment urged to end ‘grossly unfair’ differences in electric and gas bills
Analysis by the Liberal Democrats shows households in north Wales and Merseyside pay the most for their bills in the country.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:53:02 GMTCabinet minister denies Carrie Johnson has ‘undue influence’ at No 10 as biography details appear
PM’s wife ‘allowed’ to have political views, says Kwasi Kwarteng
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:33:28 GMTBenefits of protocol to Northern Ireland not being recognised, Martin says
The Irish premier noted that unionist leaders have not called for an end to access to the EU’s single market, which is facilitated by the protocol.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:52:51 GMTBoris Johnson right to claim crime has fallen since voters don’t think fraud counts, minister suggests
Kwasi Kwarteng said PM was talking about crime ‘in relation to individuals’
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:22:50 GMT‘Lives will be lost this year’ due to hike in bills, Scottish minister warns
The response comes after Ofgem announced energy bills will jump by 54%.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:03:51 GMTPM’s Jimmy Savile comment ‘perfectly reasonable’, says minister
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng was asked about a debunked claim made by Boris Johnson against Sir Keir Starmer.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:33:41 GMTMilly Dowler killer confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says
Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed to the murders of Mrs Russell and her daughter in Kent, for which Michael Stone is serving life sentences.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:15:59 GMTFuture of Neighbours in jeopardy as Channel 5 drops soap
The show has long been more popular in the UK than in Australia.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:02:27 GMTBoris Johnson: Not a ‘chance in hell’ PM will go voluntarily, says Tory peer
Gavin Barwell says ‘strong case for change’ at No 10
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:32:22 GMT‘England’s oldest pub’ to close
Landlord says he is ‘heartbroken’ at the news
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:07:07 GMTIain Duncan Smith warns cabinet ministers to ‘temper ambition’ against Boris Johnson
Former Tory leader tells ‘certain individuals’ not to get caught up in plots
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:22:10 GMTOlympic skier, 17, wins award celebrating young in outdoor pursuits
Kirsty Muir has been touted as a strong medal contender at the Beijing Winter Games.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:31:29 GMTBoris Johnson close to no-confidence vote, No 10 fears as loyalist MP says end now ‘inevitable’
Shadow whipping team said to believe at least 35 no-confidence letters already submitted
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:04:26 GMTPhone technology among ‘cutting-edge’ cancer projects awarded £10m funding
Eight projects are being fast-tracked into the NHS to see how they can benefit patients by detecting cancer early.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:25:22 GMTBoris Johnson must commit to using Article 16, insists DUP leader
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson also urged the PM to give issues in Northern Ireland ‘the attention they deserve’.
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:19:42 GMTTory MP ‘so p****d’ he couldn’t remember phone call with Boris Johnson, wife says
Johnny Mercer had spent afternoon watching FA Cup and Six Nations contests, according to his partner