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Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:58:55 GMTFour in 10 struggled to afford energy bills last month as cost-of-living crisis bites
Around 9 in 10 adults reported an increase in the cost of living in March 2022
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:57:31 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: Tory rebels plot to oust PM as Partygate report looms
‘One Nation’ and 2019 intake Conservatives now working together to remove PM, report says
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:25:48 GMTUK ‘sleepwalking’ towards food shortages, farmers warn
Rising costs of fuel, fertiliser and feed are impacting on farmers
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:16:58 GMTRoyal Caribbean tour: Edward and Sophie warned to avoid ‘phoney sanctimony’ on slavery
Antigua and Barbuda’s Reparations Support Commission previously penned an open letter to the couple
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:03:39 GMTMan arrested on suspicion of murder after four stabbed to death at home in Southwark
Three women and man found dead after police called to reports of disturbance
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:01:26 GMT‘Nothing surprising’ about PM and Dorries using identical tweets to condemn Rayner story, minister says
Minister adds he was ‘appalled by the sentiment being expressed’
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:56:39 GMTThree women and a man stabbed to death in south-east London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:53:56 GMTDorries hits out at Rees-Mogg’s ‘Dickensian’ war on officials working from home
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has reportedly questioned Jacob Rees-Mogg’s drive to get Whitehall staff back behind their desks.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:23:41 GMTUK’s first full-sized autonomous bus takes to Scotland’s roads
Stagecoach will be carrying out on-road testing of its self-driving bus from Monday in a UK first.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:54:30 GMTBoris Johnson writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name
Claims reportedly by unnamed Tory MP have been widely condemned as sexist
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:50:39 GMTHealth Secretary should tackle hormone replacement therapy shortage, says MP
Sajid Javid has announced he intends to appoint a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tsar amid a shortage of medication which has left women desperate.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:27:36 GMTBritish Antarctic Territory to hold its first same-sex wedding
Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, stewards on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, will tie the knot after 20 years together
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:27:14 GMTCovid travel restrictions were ‘disproportionate, confusing and damaged industry’, say MPs
Transport Select Committee: Pointless measures caused severe damage to aviation industry
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:14:35 GMTSue Gray’s Covid parties review could ‘end’ Boris Johnson’s premiership, says report
Civil servant’s investigation into allegations of rule-breaking has been put on hold until after police probe
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:10:45 GMTFrench presidential vote: Nicola Sturgeon congratulates Macron on his re-election
The Scottish First Minister congratulated the French president whose rival Marine Le Pen has conceded defeat
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 02:39:33 GMTPM writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name
The claims which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP to the Mail on Sunday have been widely condemned as sexist.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:45:59 GMTWilliam and Duke of Gloucester to join Anzac Day commemorations
Anzac Day marks the start of the First World War Gallipoli landings and is a national day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand.
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:14:50 GMTWhat the papers say – April 25
The nation’s papers react to Emmanuel Macron’s success winning a second five-year term as French president.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:41:39 GMTKatie Kenyon missing: Woman, 33, vanishes after getting into transit van as man arrested
Katie Kenyon has not been seen since since Friday
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:27:45 GMTSue Gray’s Covid parties review could ‘end’ Johnson’s premiership, says report
The senior civil servant’s investigation into allegations of Covid rule-breaking in No 10 has been put on hold until after a police probe.
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:09:16 GMTMPs allowed by Speaker to call Boris Johnson a ‘liar’ in parliament
‘Liar’ is usually banned in parliamentary debates
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:02:19 GMTDitch ‘net zero’ commitment and lose 1.3 million votes, Boris Johnson warned
Voters will ‘punish any party that reneges’ on climate emergency commitment, Tory think tank finds
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTAmbulance workers overwhelmed because of pressures they face – report
Unison claimed the system is ‘creaking at the seams’.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTOne in three adults say mental health has deteriorated over past year – poll
A poll of 8,000 people in the UK by Nuffield Health has also shown that most UK adults do not exercise enough.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTFirst Pendolino returns to the rails in largest train fleet refurbishment
Avanti West Coast said the £117m scheme will make its 56 Pendolinos ‘look and feel like new trains’.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTCovid home delivery boom opened lower-paid jobs, report finds
Vacancies have increased the most for those without higher education, meaning many new opportunities are in lower-paid jobs.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTPlatinum Jubilee Cookbook will celebrate food and British diplomacy
The cookbook will be released on April 28, ahead of the celebration of the Queen’s 70-year reign.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTAir passengers should get more protection from Covid-like disruption, says MPs
The Transport Committee said the UK Civil Aviation Authority should be given ‘more teeth’ to fine airlines that do not compensation customers.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTHM Sauce and Heinz Salad Queen: Sauces get royal makeover to mark Jubilee
Food giant Heinz is releasing limited-edition bottles to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years of service.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMTNicola Sturgeon announces grant to help just transition to net zero
The £100,000 annual grant to the STUC will help deliver green jobs and provide policy support.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:37:41 GMTLabour pledges to scrap non-dom tax break after Rishi Sunak’s wife status revealed
The opposition party has also announced that it will now review the use of trusts hidden offshore
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:30:00 GMTAberdeen to host second round of transatlantic trade talks with US
With progress stalled on a UK-US free trade deal, the Government has switched its focus to making agreements with individual states.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:21:40 GMTMan found dead at home after allegedly being knocked to ground by man and woman
Thames Valley Police found a man in his 50s dead at his home on Brome Place in Barton, Oxford.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 20:52:30 GMTIrish premier congratulates Macron on re-election as French president
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said it is important to have a French president ‘committed to the fundamental values of the EU’.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:20:47 GMTHome Office spent millions on ‘ineffective’ adverts to deter asylum seekers with more now planned on Rwanda campaign
Exclusive: Past campaigns targeted migrants in northern France and Afghanistan, investigation reveals
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 20:34:28 GMTHomes For Ukraine refugee scheme ‘appears designed for people to fail’ whistleblower claims
‘We don’t really know what we’re doing,’ a whistleblower claiming to work on the scheme said
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:53:20 GMTJacob Rees-Mogg hints at police bias over Boris Johnson’s Partygate fine
‘You had Keir Starmer drinking a beer and Nicola Sturgeon not wearing a mask....the police didn’t mind about either of those’
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:48:16 GMTBoris Johnson congratulates Macron on re-election to French presidency after polls predict Le Pen defeat
A poll gave President Macron more than 58% of the vote, and is set for another term
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:08:48 GMTJohnson brands Russian aggression ‘nauseating’ in talks with under-fire UN chief
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised the UN secretary-general for choosing to visit Moscow before he travels to Kyiv.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:55:39 GMTCampaigner pushes for new motoring law before fourth anniversary of son’s death
Meera Naran MBE is encouraging ministers to make autonomous emergency braking (AEB) technology compulsory for new vehicles.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:46:47 GMTUkraine ‘asked Britain to buy weapons for 7 years but was repeatedly refused over fears of provoking Putin’
Fears of provoking Vladimir Putin kept the UK from supplying Kyiv with weapons years ago, according to reports
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:44:49 GMTThree Tory ministers and two shadow cabinet members ‘face allegations of sexual misconduct’
They are among 56 MPs who have been referred to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:43:31 GMTClementine Reardon missing: Sophie Ellis-Bextor appeals for help to find friend’s teenage daughter
The 14-year-old has been missing for three days, with police issuing an appeal for her whereabouts
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:32:42 GMTNumber of Covid positive patients in hospital falls below 500 in Ireland
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly hailed a milestone in the pandemic.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:27:24 GMTLifeboat crews rescue 16 people and three animals after boats run aground
A total of 16 holidaymakers, including a pregnant woman and a six-month-old baby, as well as three pets were rescued in Norfolk.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:00:00 GMTCharles and Camilla remember ‘gallant comradeship’ of troops ahead of Anzac Day
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall said their thoughts are also with other communities currently enduring conflict.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:41:17 GMTEarl of Wessex gives church reading on calmer day after Caribbean protests
Edward and Sophie had two engagements in Saint Lucia on Sunday.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:14:59 GMTBritish father detained for five years without charge in Yemen released
The Foreign Secretary said Welshman Luke Symons would soon be reunited with his family.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:04:00 GMTBedworth stabbing: Man detained after several injured in ‘nasty’ town centre attack
An increased police presence will be in the town centre, Warwickshire Police said
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:03:21 GMTBoris Johnson forced to condemn Tory ‘misogyny’ over Angela Rayner Basic Instinct ‘smear’
Prime minister ‘deplores’ sexist briefings by his ‘anonymous’ MPs – but no investigation will take place
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:00:35 GMTBoris Johnson news - live: Rayner condemns ‘perverted’ Tory smear as PM hits out at anonymous ‘misogyny’
Ms Rayner had been accused by her Tory colleagues of putting the prime minister ‘off his stride’ in the Commons
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:59:03 GMTKeir Starmer says asylum seekers should apply to UK from ‘misery’ of French camps, to ease crisis
‘What you see in those camps is the human misery of people who are tied to criminal gangs and they need safe and legal routes‘
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:42:43 GMTPM ‘trying to undermine democracy to get away with failings’, Labour says
MP Ian Murray said the Prime Minister and his party are ‘unfit to govern’ the UK, adding that defending him only ‘degrades’ democracy.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:37:51 GMTTory chairman says ‘quite a speculation’ to think PM will receive more fines
Boris Johnson has already received one fine as part of a police probe into alleged parties held in No 10 during England’s Covid lockdowns.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:33:18 GMTBoris Johnson’s Partygate fine is more serious than a speeding ticket, Tory chair admits
Oliver Dowden slaps down Brandon Lewis, who was ridiculed for comparison – admitting No 10 rule-breaking was ‘very serious’
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:26:03 GMTJeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour MP again after attack on Nato, Keir Starmer suggests
‘It is very difficult to see how that situation can now be resolved’, Labour leader says
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:15:19 GMTAngela Rayner denounces Tory ‘smears’ about claims she ‘distracts’ the PM
Boris Johnson has come to her defence, saying he deplores the misogyny directed at the deputy Labour leader.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:55:21 GMTFrench voters at UK polls believe ‘big change’ coming in nation’s politics
Voters in London said they believed that far-right politician Marine Le Pen would have greater influence even if she lost the race to be president.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:47:01 GMTSajid Javid to appoint hormone replacement therapy tsar
Sajid Javid has announced his intention to appoint an HRT tsar amid shortages of medication for the condition
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:46:12 GMTSturgeon joins 10,000 Kiltwalkers as fundraising event makes its return
Walkers dressed in kilts took on routes up to 23 miles long – and saw £3 million raised for charities across Scotland.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:09:51 GMTLabour MSP calls for country-wide free access to reusable nappy schemes
Monica Lennon is asking the Scottish Government to end the ‘postcode lottery’ to help families reduce bills.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:01:22 GMTClaims that Tories accuse Angela Rayner of ‘Basic Instinct’ ploy to distract PM ‘ludicrous’, says party chair
Anger growing over ‘sexist’ story that Tories liken deputy Labour leader’s tactics to fully-clothed version of Sharon Stone’s infamous scene
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 12:59:38 GMT‘Are they going to come and kill me?’ Children in UK fear Putin’s deadly war in Ukraine
One British-Ukrainian mother describes her daughters crying because classmates laughed at bombs falling on Ukraine
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 12:23:34 GMTFrance and Germany could be doing more to support Ukraine – Dowden
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky told a press conference in Kyiv that the UK, along with the US, was supplying the ‘biggest military aid’.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 12:09:03 GMTPriti Patel defends Rwanda refugee agreement as ‘not like a trade deal’
The decision to send refugees to the East African country has been criticised, with senior Conservative MPs questioning the logic behind it.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:59:03 GMTSDLP leader urges tactical votes for his party to restore Stormont
Colum Eastwood said those who are frustrated and angry need to come out and vote for something different.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:48:23 GMTMPs and peers to clash over refugees, protests and voting curbs in crucial few days at parliament
Nail-biting deadline of Thursday to pass raft of controversial bills attacked as authoritarian and ‘anti-democratic’
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:36:47 GMTRees-Mogg says empty Whitehall offices are ‘cost to taxpayer’
The minister for government efficiency has reportedly been leaving notes in ‘deserted’ workspaces.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:29:42 GMTLabour calls for ‘zero tolerance’ approach to alleged harassment by MPs
Meanwhile, Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden said Westminster is a safe place to be a woman.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:27:32 GMTPolice look into pro-Russian graffiti at Game of Thrones site
The words ‘Z glory to Russia’ appeared at the Dark Hedges in Co Antrim
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:02:53 GMTRussian troops have ‘tacit permission’ to use rape as a weapon, says lawyer
A growing body of evidence is being gathered in the hopes of prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:00:11 GMTBlackford: UK has had ‘massive missed opportunity’ to reduce nuclear threat
The SNP’s Westminster leader said the UK should have acted sooner to remove its Trident deterrent programme.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 09:25:34 GMTUnionists urged to ‘vote in strength’ as a voice of opposition to NI Protocol
TUV leader Jim Allister made the call with less than two weeks until the Stormont Assembly election.