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Sat, 06 Aug 2022 09:01:27 GMT
Shapps 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 GMT
Cyclists 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 GMT
Liz 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 GMT
Anne 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 GMT
Pregnant 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 GMT
Football 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 GMT
Tory 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 GMT
Mother 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 GMT
TOWIE 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 GMT
What 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 GMT
Watchdog 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 GMT
Rishi 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 GMT
Tories 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 GMT
Truss 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 GMT
Fresh 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 GMT
NHS 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Sunak 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 GMT
Timeline 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 GMT
Number 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 GMT
Warning 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Sunak 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 GMT
Ignoring the SNP ‘dangerously complacent’, says Sunak
Liz Truss previously said she would ‘ignore’ First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:58:26 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Father 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 GMT
Man 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 GMT
River 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 GMT
Greenwich: 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 GMT
Hosepipe 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 GMT
Bank 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 GMT
Truss 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 GMT
Truss 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 GMT
Archie’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 GMT
London 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 GMT
Labour 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Council 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 GMT
Rishi 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 GMT
Archbishop 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 GMT
NHS 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 GMT
Police firearms incident as man shot in London
Police said the Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:28:26 GMT
Artist 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 GMT
Ex-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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Who 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 GMT
Farm 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 GMT
Army 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 GMT
Ex-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 GMT
Man 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 GMT
Teenager 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 GMT
Grandmother, 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Hosepipe 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 GMT
Leaked 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 GMT
Police 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Wanted 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 GMT
Mother 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 GMT
Archie 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 GMT
Micro-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 GMT
Tax 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 GMT
Kaye 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
BBC 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 GMT
Former 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 GMT
Bob 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 GMT
Interest rates: How will student loans be affected?
Bank of England’s dire new forecast sparks recession fears

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:25:28 GMT
British 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 GMT
Love 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 GMT
Boy, 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 GMT
Ex-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 GMT
In 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 GMT
Man 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 GMT
Companies 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 GMT
Married 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 GMT
Long 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 GMT
Long 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 GMT
Liz 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 GMT
Liz 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



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