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Sat, 06 Aug 2022 09:01:27 GMTShapps vows to create ‘death by dangerous cycling law’
The move will close a legal loophole that means cyclists who kill pedestrians can only be jailed for two years, Grant Shapps said.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 09:01:00 GMTCyclists who kill face longer jail terms with new law to crack down on ‘legal loophole’
Cyclists who kill pedestrians can only be jailed for two years under current law
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:46:30 GMTLiz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as solution to cost-of-living crisis
Tory leadership contender’s tax cut plan will not help the hungry, warns business leader
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:21:49 GMT‘Mother’s instinct tells me he’s still in there’: Archie Battersbee’s family distraught as life support to end
Doctors prepare to withdraw 12-year-old’s treatment after family’s last-ditch effort to have him moved to hospice rejected
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:16:13 GMT£10,000 reward offered for information to trace suspect on anniversary of murder
Michael Fadeyibi was stabbed to death on Henniker Road in Newham, east London, on August 6 2021.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 07:43:20 GMTAnne Heche reportedly in critical condition following LA vehicle collision
The incident occurred on Friday morning in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles, near to Ms Heche’s home.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 07:04:26 GMTPregnant woman , 25, and her unborn baby die suddenly after ‘epileptic seizure’ at home
Tributes paid to ‘beautiful’ Megan Gardiner as family say her life was ‘stolen’
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 06:57:00 GMTFootball violence: Priti Patel brands hooligans ‘national shame’ as police urge fans ‘reset’ after pandemic
Exclusive: Home Secretary criticises ‘ugly violence and disorder’ as football authorities clamp down for new season
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 06:47:54 GMTTory leadership - live: Sunak warns ‘we’ll lose election if inflation rampant’ as Truss heckled
Former chancellor says he’s ‘particularly worried’ about policies that worsen crisis after protesters interrupt foreign secretary
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 06:47:10 GMTMother of Archie: I’ve done everything I promised my little boy I’d do
The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother in April.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 03:45:39 GMTTOWIE star Lauren Goodger’s partner reportedly arrested over alleged assault
Charles Dury, 25, was arrested and taken into custody following an incident in Upminster on Thursday, according to The Sun.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:43:44 GMTWhat the papers say – August 6
Politics, world news and NHS stories are splashed across today’s front pages.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:24:19 GMTWatchdog investigating after police shoot man in Greenwich
Police were responding to multiple 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:12:47 GMTRishi Sunak ‘did not take a holiday as chancellor’ as PM accused of going awol during economic crisis
Treasury spokesperson expresses hope Sunak has quality time with his family in ‘whatever job he gets next’
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:10:03 GMTTories can ‘kiss goodbye’ to next election if they fail to control inflation, says Sunak
Former chancellor warns rival Liz Truss will fuel price rises by cutting tax too soon
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:01:12 GMTTruss promises tax cuts not ‘handouts’ to tackle cost-of-living crisis
The Foreign Secretary said she would do things in a ‘Conservative way’.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:01:00 GMTFresh train strike to cause more disruption for passengers
Members of the drivers’ union Aslef at nine train operators will walk out on August 13.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:54:55 GMTNHS 111: Cyber-attack causes major IT systems outage
Affected IT system, Adastra, is used by 85 per cent of the service’s providers
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:53:01 GMTArchie Battersbee’s life support to be withdrawn on Saturday after legal fight comes to end
Family said to be ‘devastated’ after European court refuses to intervene in Archie’s case
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:08:13 GMTSunak blames ‘political correctness’ for failure to tackle child sex grooming
Former chancellor promises life without parole for gang members
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:41:11 GMTTimeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee
Archie Battersbee’s life support will be withdrawn at 10am on Saturday.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:39:00 GMTNumber of monkeypox cases in UK beginning to plateau, figures suggest
There have been 2,859 cases of the illness recorded in the UK so far, the UK Health Security Agency said.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:29:48 GMTWarning of NHS 111 delays after cyber attack causes computer system outage
The incident is affecting services in all four nations of the UK.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:44:30 GMTArchie Battersbee: Family apply to European court in battle to move boy to hospice
Family told life support due to be withdrawn on Saturday morning but doctors will wait while legal fight goes on
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:00:15 GMTSunak and Truss tear each other apart on economy in latest leadership hustings
Rishi Sunak warned that unless inflation gets under control, there is ‘no hope’ the Tories will win the next election.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:00:00 GMTIgnoring the SNP ‘dangerously complacent’, says Sunak
Liz Truss previously said she would ‘ignore’ First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:58:26 GMTArchie Battersbee’s life support to be withdrawn on Saturday morning
The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother in April.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:48:27 GMTFather who killed burglar after seeing break-in on Ring doorbell app jailed for 19 years
Jury clears Karl Townsend, 32, of murder but finds him guilty of manslaughter
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:40:34 GMTMan jailed for 19 years for stabbing burglar to death
A jury cleared Karl Townsend, 32, of murdering Jordan Brophy, 31, outside his home on Merseyside, but found him guilty of manslaughter.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:22:00 GMTRiver Thames now five miles shorter as source dries up due to drought
Thames Water have warned of hosepipe bans, with other water providers already putting bans into effect
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:46:53 GMTGreenwich: Police shoot ‘gunman’ on south London bridge
Investigation launched after officers open fire and man taken to hospital
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:34:54 GMTHosepipe ban affecting millions in England begins as heatwave may return
Southern Water limits customers across Hampshire and Isle of Wight – with maximum fines of £1,000
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:26:43 GMTBank of England’s dire recession warning too ‘optimistic’ amid gas threat, economists say
‘If Russia were to completely cut supplies and we had a cold winter it would be a perfect storm’
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:25:10 GMTTruss blames ‘infiltrators’ as she is heckled at Conservative hustings
Protesters shouted ‘shame on you’ and ‘green new deal’
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:31:46 GMTTruss vows to clamp down on ‘unfair protests’ after activists disrupt hustings
The protesters heckled Liz Truss over climate change and energy bills.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:49:45 GMTArchie’s family take fight to European court again after latest legal loss
Doctors treating the schoolboy for the last four months declared the 12-year-old to be ‘brain-stem dead’.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:17:41 GMTLondon firearms incident in which man was shot not terror-related, say police
Scotland Yard said there is not believed to be any ongoing threat to the wider public.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:07:47 GMTLabour calls for investigation into Rishi Sunak’s boast he took funding from deprived urban areas
‘Public money should always be distributed fairly’ the party warns
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:48:20 GMTArchie Battersbee’s parents lose latest legal bid to have him moved to hospice
The Court of Appeal confirmed on Friday shortly after 6.30pm that permission to appeal had been refused.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:32:06 GMTCouncil stops woman pruning 22m tree in her own garden
‘If it falls over then it will crush our house and the neighbour’s too,’ says Celia Senior
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:12:43 GMTRishi Sunak brags of work diverting public funds from ‘deprived urban areas’
The former chancellor is seen in a video telling Tory members of his work as he fights the leadership campaign.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:43:54 GMTArchbishop says believers ‘disagree without hatred’ amid same-sex marriage row
It comes after the Archbishop of Canterbury reaffirmed a 1998 Anglican declaration rejecting same-sex marriage.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:40:04 GMTNHS staffing concerns grow amid increase in share of recruits from abroad
Several organisations issued fresh calls for the Government to tackle the NHS staffing crisis.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:34:35 GMTPolice firearms incident as man shot in London
Police said the Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:28:26 GMTArtist found dead in Swansea park after years of homophobic bullying
Man, 26, suffered panic attacks after relationship break-up
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:28:15 GMTEx-BBC DJ guilty of stalking Jeremy Vine and other former colleagues
Alex Belfield branded ‘the Jimmy Savile of trolling’ after waging relentless nine-year campaign against four victims
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:25:49 GMTArchie Battersbee: Mother vows to give son mouth-to-mouth if life support is removed
‘If Archie is denied oxygen if and when life support is removed, I will continue to give him oxygen,’ mother Hollie Dance says
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:25:23 GMTWho are the Tory members who will choose the next prime minister?
Members tend to come from particular backgrounds, age groups and parts of the country
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:10:01 GMTFarm worker who raped women as they slept jailed for 13 years
Ramsay, 49, was found guilty on 16 charges, include five rapes, at the High Court in Edinburgh, the Crown Office said.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:03:35 GMTArmy at the Fringe challenges audiences to look at armed forces in new light
The programme was launched on Friday as performances began.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:35:17 GMT‘Heartbreak’ as fire tears through nature reserve near homes in Merseyside
Residents ‘worried’ as blaze spreads near houses
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:19:23 GMTEx-BBC DJ guilty of stalking Jeremy Vine during ‘vile’ hate campaign
Alex Belfield, whose YouTube radio station has 373,000 followers, used social media and emails to stalk four victims.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:15:22 GMTMan scoops £1m on Lotto after following late mother’s advice
Robert Cameron matched five numbers and the bonus ball last Saturday.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:03:34 GMTTeenager sentenced over attack on rabbi who was struck with a brick
Souraka Djabouri, 19, has been sentenced to three years and seven months in a young offender institution.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:59:20 GMTGrandmother, 93, completes fifth wing-walk after being inspired by chocolate ad
Betty Bromage performed a full loop over Rendcomb Airfield, near Cirencester on Thursday.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:22:34 GMTArchie Battersbee: High Court denies request for boy on life support to be moved to hospice
The family lodged an appeal with the Court of Appeal against the ruling
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:21:04 GMTHosepipe bans: How are the rules enforced?
Neighbours being asked to ‘gently remind’ one another of rules imposed to conserve water this summer
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:04:22 GMTLeaked video shows Rishi Sunak saying he took funding from deprived urban areas
Boast made to Tory party members
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:52:17 GMTPolice hunt gang of female croissant thieves
Girls also stole hundreds of pounds-worth of cigarettes, say detectives
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:50:49 GMT‘A miracle she is alive’: British gap year student, 19, paralysed in bison attack
Hospital staff said to have saved Amelia Dean’s ‘life and leg’ after femoral artery severed
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:46:12 GMTArchie Battersbee’s parents turn to Court of Appeal over hospice transfer
His mother Hollie Dance said the family is ‘broken’ but vowed to carry on because they ‘refuse to give up’ on the 12-year-old.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:20:04 GMTWanted rapist who absconded from prison may be living ‘off grid’, police say
Sean Phipps, who has convictions for rape and kidnap, has been missing since June 1 after absconding from HMP Leyhill in south Gloucester.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:11:36 GMTMother of boy, 12, mown down by schizophrenic driver warned police he would ‘kill children’
Essex mother Jo Fricker, 35, branded findings of an IOPC investigation “insulting,” saying they “mock” her son Harley Watson’s memory
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:10:10 GMTArchie Battersbee’s parents lose High Court battle over hospice transfer
Mrs Justice Theis ruled it would not be in the 12-year-old’s best interests for him to be moved.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:10:20 GMTMicro-artists team up to create tiny Commonwealth Games tributes
The Birmingham-based duo have united to celebrate the athletes’ achievements.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:07:19 GMTTax remains key divide as leadership campaigns respond to economic outlook
Liz Truss’s campaign has argued for implementing tax cuts quickly, while the Sunak campaign has warned against too much borrowing.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:49:54 GMTKaye Adams and Richie Anderson join Strictly line-up
The Loose Women star and the TV and radio personality were announced as contestants on Friday.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:46:19 GMTUK Covid-19 infections fall for second week in a row
The ONS said prevalence of the virus has declined among all age groups.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:21:02 GMTAndrew Bailey denies Bank was too slow to act over soaring inflation
The Governor of the Bank of England warned that earlier interest rate rises could have brought forward a recession.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:10:51 GMTBBC and Martin Tyler apologise over Hillsborough and hooliganism comment
Mr Tyler spoke about commentating on the first premier league match 30 years ago and the state of football at the time on the Today programme.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:05:35 GMTFormer Church official accused of ‘clocking up more flights than Alan Whicker’
Martin Sargeant appeared in court charged with defrauding a charity of more than £5 million.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:56:42 GMTBob Dylan and Eurythmics albums get blue vinyl release in aid of Unicef
Annie Lennox said she was ‘delighted’ to be involved in the project.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:27:05 GMTInterest rates: How will student loans be affected?
Bank of England’s dire new forecast sparks recession fears
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:25:28 GMTBritish woman ‘killed in speedboat crash in Turkey’
Three other UK nationals have been injured in the incident in Marmaris.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:19:56 GMTLove Island star Kem Cetinay helping police after involvement in fatal collision
The 26-year-old reality star was unharmed in the crash in Romford, east London.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:07:50 GMTBoy, 15, stabbed to death in north London park
No arrests have been made yet, the Metropolitan Police says
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:39:48 GMTEx-MP Natalie McGarry lodges appeal against embezzlement conviction
The 40-year-old former SNP politician was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:21:19 GMTIn pictures: Fans return for colourful Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The 2022 extravaganza includes performers from around the world alongside homegrown talent from the UK.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:04:42 GMTMan to face trial accused of murdering missing woman
Darren Osment appeared before Bristol Crown Court accused of killing 32-year-old Claire Holland, who vanished in June 2012.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:58:44 GMTCompanies must rein in profits rather than workers limit pay demands, unions tell Bank of England
Companies should be asked to rein in profits instead of workers urged to limit pay demands, angry union leaders have told the Bank of England.
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:26:25 GMTMarried father and young jobseeker among victims of Oldham mill fire
Twenty-one-year-old victim told family he was living in derelict house and looking for work three days before blaze
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:25:00 GMTLong Covid causes erectile dysfunction and hair loss as symptoms list widens
Two million people in the UK are estimated to be suffering from long Covid, according to the Office for National Statistics
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:24:42 GMTLong Covid causes erectile dysfunction and hair loss as symptoms list widens
Two million people in the UK are estimated to be suffering from long Covid, according to the Office for National Statistics
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:03:52 GMTLiz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?
Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:03:12 GMTLiz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?
Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding