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Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:57:12 GMTTwo people arrested after girl, nine, dies from suspected stab wound
Lincolnshire Police said officers were called to the scene in Fountain Lane, Boston, at around 6.20pm on Thursday.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:45:17 GMTMan, 22, charged with murder after fatal stabbing in south-west London
Errol McKay, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene at a home in Trinity Crescent, Balham, after police were called at around 1.15am on Wednesday.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:20:40 GMTUK takes part in joint military exercises in Finland amid Russia threat
The MoD said that the training is crucial to ensuring that Nato forces can work together effectively on operations and in war
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:11:20 GMTTrain drivers’ strike brings fresh misery to rail passengers
Members of Aslef in seven train companies walked out for 24 hours, crippling services.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:08:34 GMTRishi Sunak’s campaign for PM receives another blow as Tom Tugendhat endorses Liz Truss
Tory MP says foreign secretary is ‘only’ candidate that has conviced him they are ready to be PM
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:05:26 GMTUK’s youngest knife crime victims after girl, 9, stabbed to death in street
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward regarding the nine-year-old’s death
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:56:47 GMTArchie Battersbee: UN issues injunction to stop UK turning off brain-damaged boy’s life support
Archie’s mother said the news ‘means everything’
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:56:02 GMTHalf a million households still paying bedroom tax as cost-of-living crisis bites
Exclusive: Greens demand abolition of controversial deduction to help families cope with soaring prices
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:47:53 GMTLawyer demands payment for infected blood victims and families within 14 days
Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, said he would be stepping up pressure on the Department for Health and Social Care on Monday.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:43:26 GMTBritish businesses ‘racing to pull out of China ties’, potentially exacerbating cost of living crisis
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general Tony Danker has said Britain needs to develop new strategic alliances
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:05:41 GMTWhat the papers say – July 30
The ruling from the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case and Rishi Sunak’s growing desperation are featured among the front pages.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:45:45 GMTBelfast Pride returns to city streets for first time in three years
Organisers are predicting the largest Pride parade ever staged in Belfast, with 200 groups taking part.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:53:24 GMTNo help on energy bills beyond VAT cut if Sunak becomes PM
‘There is no time to design something else,’ ex-chancellor tells Andrew Neil
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:23:22 GMTRental payments should be considered in mortgage assessments, Liz Truss says
Truss will also scrap manifesto target to build 300,000 homes each year
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:13:55 GMTFootball-mad Evie, 8, ‘over the moon’ to be gifted Euro tickets by stranger
Evie Jackson and her father, Matt, will be attending the Women’s Euro final at Wembley thanks to the generosity of a Twitter stranger.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:57:44 GMTMan arrested on suspicion of murder after woman dies ‘falling from height’
The 39-year-old woman’s death is being treated as ‘unexpected,’ police said
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:32:14 GMTLincoln City bring back air raid sirens and Dam Busters March
The Imps host Exeter City on Saturday in the first round of the new League One season.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:08:43 GMTRishi Sunak launches attack on ‘woke nonsense’ in bid to turn around failing leadership campaign
Underdog had called for end to ‘division’ but will now take aim at ‘left-wing agitators’ he claims are undermind British traditions
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:08:41 GMTSunak suffers new blow as Truss gains Tugendhat’s endorsement
The former chancellor faces an uphill battle in the race for No 10.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:01:01 GMTProud fathers overcome with emotion at daughters’ reaction to Lionesses
The Lionesses play Germany in the Women’s Euro final on July 31 at Wembley.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:01:00 GMTRaab: Secure schools for young offenders will revolutionise child custody system
Dominic Raab visited the former secure training centre in Kent, which is being converted into the UK’s first secure school.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:01:00 GMTClimber, 82, eight peaks away from completing challenge to bag all 282 Munros
Nick Gardner said scaling Scotland’s highest mountains has helped him cope with his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:01:00 GMTChildren needing NHS mental health services ‘must be seen in four weeks’
The Commission on Young Lives report said access to mental health services remains a ‘postcode lottery’.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:43:18 GMTRishi Sunak promises to ban live animal exports and hunting trophies
Exclusive: Leadership contender pledges to champion bill that looked doomed, putting pressure on Liz Truss to follow suit
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:29:57 GMTRishi Sunak vows to tackle ‘woke nonsense’ and ‘left-wing agitators’
The Tory leadership hopeful appears to have hardened his language on identity politics in a bid to win over party members.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:27:57 GMTWoman, 60, and man, 78, arrested on suspicion of murdering baby boy
Police appeal for witnesses who saw woman pushing pram up steep hill in March
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:34:02 GMTBritain and France ‘put plans in place’ to prevent further border travel chaos
British and French border force officials said the two countries are ‘working closely’ to support the smooth flow of traffic.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:31:18 GMTAsda cuts fuel prices after major supermarkets accused of keeping costs high
Asda said it has cut the price of unleaded by 5p per litre and diesel by 3p per litre.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:30:00 GMTTruss vows to help renters prove they can take on a mortgage
The Tory leadership contender said she would ‘break down barriers’ to support people keen to get on the housing ladder.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:19:10 GMTSunak says Truss’s tax-cutting plans will create ‘sugar rush boom’
The Tory leadership hopeful denied his plans to tighten fiscal policy would lead to a recession in a crunch interview with Andrew Neil.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:01:33 GMTNeighbours ends 37-year run with nostalgia, emotional reunions and wedding joy
The Australian soap has come to an end with a double-episode after decades on screen.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:59:54 GMT£100,000 must go to infected blood victims and bereaved partners – inquiry head
The compensation should be paid ‘without delay’ to those affected, Sir Brian Langstaff wrote in an interim report.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:43:09 GMTEnergy bill support scheme: How to claim £400 discount as government reveals instalment plan
The business and energy secretary announced details amid criticism that the government isn’t doing enough to help struggling households
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:38:05 GMTBirmingham care home residents create their own version of Commonwealth Games
Metchley Manor in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is hosting a week-long garden tournament in honour of the Commonwealth Games.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:26:50 GMTRebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney in Wagatha Christie court battle
Rooney had accused Vardy of leaking ‘false stories’ about her to newspapers
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:18:43 GMTCharles makes donation while visiting Wick-based food bank
Pat Ramsay, trustee and volunteer at the Caithness Foodbank , said he made a ‘very generous donation’ of items while at the food bank.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:58:35 GMTCharles officially opens refurbished oxygen therapy centre in Wick
The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, officially opened the refurbished Healing Hub at the Braehead in Wick on Friday.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:51:30 GMTArchie Battersbee’s family ‘being given time to come to terms with ruling’
But trust boss said “further delay” in starting to provide “palliative care” to comatose 12-year-old would “not be appropriate” without a court order.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:09:49 GMTInfected blood victims should receive £100,000 compensation ‘without delay’, inquiry chair says
There are believed to be more than 4,000 surviving victims from the NHS treatment disaster
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:08:00 GMTCovid drives record absences for NHS workers as staffing ‘crisis’ worsens
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of staff have been forced out of work by Covid each day, bringing widespread disruption to services
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:48:58 GMTMet Police officers were having ‘banter’ in WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens, court told
PC Jonathan Cobban says messages were ‘dark humour’, while colleague accuses prosecution of ‘criminalising innocent police’
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:10:10 GMTBoston stabbing: Girl, 9, killed in town centre lane named after two people arrested
Police have said they believe the attack was an ‘isolated incident’
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:04:28 GMTOxford and Cambridge universities could return 213 looted artefacts from Benin
The 213 objects were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:46:56 GMTForeign Office ‘regrets’ confusion over Nowzad evacuation
Ministers and officials gave evidence to Afghanistan inquiry in ‘good faith’, and ‘at no stage’ sought to ‘deliberately’ mislead, Government says.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:45:16 GMTWhat findings were made about the key players in the ‘Wagatha Christie’ case?
Mrs Justice Steyn gave a 76-page judgment on the case on Friday.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:43:07 GMTMan arrested on suspicion of murder of missing mother
Madison Wright was wearing a pink top, black trousers, and flip flops when she was last seen alive on July 22.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:35:15 GMTMinimal delays on roads to Dover but getaway traffic in South West hit by queues
The AA said its first ‘amber traffic warning’ remains in place until 7pm on Friday and between 11am and 3pm on Saturday.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:34:10 GMTNadine Dorries grants listed status to Cecil Rhodes plaque at Oxford college
Historic England previously said plaque did not merit legal protection
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:25:59 GMTBoris and Carrie Johnson to host wedding party at Tory donor’s Cotswolds estate
They will celebrate with family and friends in a white marquee in the expansive grounds of Daylesford House, owned by Lord Bamford.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:21:12 GMTProsecutors accused of ‘criminalising innocent police’ over Couzens messages
Three police officers are being cross-examined over messages they sent on a group WhatsApp chat with Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, in 2019.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:20:15 GMTRebekah Vardy loss in libel case ‘absolute disaster’ for her reputation – lawyer
Rebekah Vardy had denied she leaked stories to the media about Coleen Rooney and sued her fellow footballer’s wife for libel.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:12:56 GMTPrince Charles visits oxygen therapy centre and food bank
Prince Charles visited The Healing Hub Oxygen Therapy Centre in Wick and the Caithness food bank.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:04:03 GMTWilliam will be at Wembley to see Lionesses take on Germany in Euro final
England will play Germany in the Women’s Euro 2022 final on Sunday.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:48:16 GMTUK trade deal with India will hurt climate, environment and the poor, campaigners warn
Groups in both countries condemn ‘trade at any cost’ – neglecting ‘local businesses and public services’ – and ‘anti-democratic’ talks
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:45:26 GMTBT and Openreach workers begin two day strike in first national telecoms walkout in 35 years
Strike involves mpre than 30,000 engineers who maintain digital infrastructure and around 9,000 call centre workers
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:44:56 GMTPensioner back golfing after leg bone removed then reinserted in 12-hour op
Jan Ritson’s shin bone received radiotherapy after being removed from her body during treatment for bone cancer.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:43:31 GMTNine-year-old girl who died from suspected stab wound in Boston named
It comes after two people were arrested as part of a murder investigation following the ‘isolated incident’.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:38:02 GMTJustice Alito taunts Boris Johnson and Prince Harry for opposing his Roe ruling, saying outgoing PM ‘paid the price’
Justice Alito drew laughter from a conservative audience as he made fun of global outrage at his opinion to overturn Roe v Wade
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:37:46 GMT Read Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy statements in full after Wagatha Christie ruling - OLD
Both women spoke out following the libel battle over a viral social media post
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:37:32 GMT Read Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy statements in full after Wagatha Christie ruling
Both women spoke out following the libel battle over a viral social media post
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:36:39 GMTJustice Alito taunts Boris Johnson and Prince Harry for opposing his Roe ruling, saying outgoing PM ‘paid the price’
Justice Alito drew laughter from a conservative audience as he made fun of global outrage at his opinion to overturn Roe v Wade
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:33:02 GMTPolice commissioner criticises own force over social media arrest
Donna Jones issued a statement of concern at Hampshire Constabulary’s actions.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:26:38 GMTRough sleepers on London’s streets up 10% in three months, figures show
Some 2,998 people were observed between April and June.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:25:43 GMTWill Smith posts apology to Chris Rock months after Oscars slap
He spoke directly to the camera in the video posted on Instagram.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:15:52 GMTTruss not ‘complacent’ after winning Wallace’s backing in race for No 10
The Foreign Secretary warned it would be ‘risky’ for the country to continue along the current economic path.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:13:50 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: Liz Truss backed by Ben Wallace, as Labour poll lead soars
Head-to-head in Leeds kickstarts 12 rounds of official hustings with Conservative members
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:05:01 GMT‘You stabbed Johnson in the back’: Rishi Sunak accused of betraying PM at first Tory leadership hustings
Crowd of Tory members applaud suggestion PM should join former chancellor and Liz Truss on ballot
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:02:50 GMTSunak promises to protect green belt in bid for votes of shire Tories who will pick next PM
Liz Truss has said she would build 1 million homes in countryside and villages
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:01:07 GMTAnimal welfare faces ‘clear and present danger’ from post-Brexit trade deals, study warns
Claim that UK farming at risk if ‘soft’ approach pursued with countries with ‘less qualms’ about quality
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:59:36 GMTSouthampton-born Rishi Sunak claims he is Tory party’s ‘most northern chancellor in 70 years’
Leadership hopeful cites plan to move Treasury to ‘a place like Darlington’
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:49:40 GMTBoris Johnson’s former aide describes her role in No 10 as being like PM’s ‘nanny’
Staff created ‘puppy gate’ barrier to prevent PM leaving office during periods of self-isolation, former deputy chief of staff claims
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:46:06 GMTArchie Battersbee’s parents make ‘last-ditch’ application to United Nations
Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee want the UN Committee On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities to consider their son’s case.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:46:00 GMTFour face trial over Swansea riot as fifth man pleads guilty
The disorder was sparked by the death of a local teenager.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:44:35 GMTArchie Battersbee: Family of brain damaged boy, 12, take life support battle to UN
Parents of brain-damaged 12-year-old hope UN could ask UK government to delay withdrawal of life support
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:37:59 GMTFormer aide to Boris Johnson says she felt like his ‘nanny’
The former senior aide recounted her time at the heart of Government during the first waves of Covid.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:17:48 GMTRebekah Vardy criticises ‘unjust’ libel loss in Wagatha Christie case and ‘cannot accept’ judgment
Ms Vardy has not confirmed whether she will appeal the decision
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:14:59 GMTColeen Rooney says costly Vardy case ‘should never have gone to court in times of such hardship’
The judge found Ms Rooney’s Reveal Post was ‘substantially true’
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:04:50 GMTRebekah Vardy ‘devastated’ by judgment in ‘Wagatha Christie’ case
‘It is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just,’ Rebekah Vardy said after a judge dismissed her libel claim against Coleen Rooney.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:40:17 GMTBest UK hotels with swimming pools 2022: Where to stay for rural romance, relaxation and overseas feels
Take a dip in one of these fabulous UK hotel pools
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:35:46 GMTUS Embassy shares support for Lionesses in Twitter video
In a short video posted on Friday staff recreate Alessia Russo’s back-heel goal.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:34:14 GMTDiana’s Panorama interview to feature in documentary next month
BBC boss Tim Davie had previously said the broadcaster would stop showing and licencing the interview.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:10:08 GMTUK ‘may be over peak’ of latest wave of Covid-19 infections
Infections are falling in nearly all parts of the country.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:01:49 GMTThree men charged with the murder of 19-year-old stabbed in the back
Police were called to Langhorn Road, Southampton, on July 24, where Dawid Such was found with a puncture wound to his back and abdomen.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:54:33 GMTSix key points from the ‘Wagatha Christie’ judgement as Rebekah Vardy loses claim
The judge ruled in favour of Coleen Rooney following the high profile trial
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:16:01 GMTUnfolding cost-of-living crisis ‘like watching slow-motion trainwreck’
The fuel poverty charity National Energy Action estimates 8.7 million UK households will be in fuel poverty this winter.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:11:04 GMTSon who murdered parents in frenzied knife attack before mutilating father’s corpse jailed
Lee Tipping, 36, killed Anthony Tipping, 60, and Patricia Livesey, 57, at their home in Lancashire just hours after he broke down a bedroom door, sparking a row
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:10:26 GMT‘Harry Potter’ cafe owner in ‘limbo’ following fire damage last year
Renovation work at The Elephant House in Edinburgh cannot get under way until landlords make the building structurally sound, the owner says.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:07:59 GMTTributes to UK’s ‘formidable diplomat’ Sir Christopher Meyer after death aged 78
He is reported to have suffered a stroke while on holiday with his wife Catherine in the French Alps.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:59:13 GMTAttacker caught by DNA after three decades has sentence increased
Raymond Ellis will now serve seven and a half years in prison after the Attorney General argued his original punishment had been unduly lenient.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:59:01 GMTJurassic fossil fish more than 180 million years old found in Gloucestershire cattle field
New find shows many more fossil discoveries still to be made, paleantologist says
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:53:21 GMTDrivers filmed to catch mobile phone and seatbelt offences
National Highways has deployed a van with multiple cameras to film passing vehicles on motorways and major A roads.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:40:52 GMTBBC film to follow creation of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra amid conflict
Broadcaster Clive Myrie will present the film which will explore how the musicians came together to bring a message of defiance and hope.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:29:36 GMTRebekah Vardy loses ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case against Coleen Rooney
Mrs Vardy’s claim was dismissed by Mrs Justice Steyn, who found that Mrs Rooney’s viral social media post was “substantially true”
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:29:27 GMTPictured: The fake Instagram stories Rooney used to attempt to ‘trap Vardy’
Screenshots of three stories revealed in court documents
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:24:30 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes killer has jail sentence increased by three years
Thomas Hughes, 29, was originally sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter in December last year.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:18:07 GMTKent authorities demand more Government money to handle Dover traffic chaos
Leaders of a number of local councils as well as Visit Kent and Eurotunnel have penned an open letter to the Secretary of State for Transport.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:17:34 GMTEuro 2022 final likely to attract one of year’s biggest TV audiences
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert is currently the year’s most-watched broadcast.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:12:03 GMTBest luxury hotels in the UK 2022: Where to stay for food, family adventures and wellness
From rural country houses to grand dames in the city, here’s our pick of decadent British stays
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:10:32 GMTWagatha Christie timeline: How the Vardy v Rooney libel battle played out
After a seven-day trial in May, the decision in the ‘Wagatha Christie’ case was announced on Friday.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:09:47 GMTCourt of Appeal judges quash double killer Ian Stewart’s whole-life order
He will now serve at least 35 years behind bars for killing his wife and later his fiancee.