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Inside a struggling manufacturer as Energy bills for businesses to be cut this winter
Energy bills for British businesses will be cut by around half this winter under a huge new government support package unveiled today. 


Violence between Hindu and Muslim men as women in Leicester calm tensions
Residents of Leicester have been left shocked by violent encounters between groups of largely young men on the city streets in the past few days. 


M62 shooting: inquest hears police officer leant out of car and shot Yassar Yaqub
An inquest jury has begun hearing details of a police surveillance operation which ended with the shooting of a suspect on the M62 in West Yorkshire 5 years ago.


Does cutting taxes for the rich really make everyone richer?
So-called trickle down economics is controversial but can it distribute wealth or is it considered to increase inequality? 


Can the government sustain its current level of borrowing?
Even as Ministers pledged more money to help businesses, latest figures show that total borrowing by the government is higher than expected.  


Putin’s “sham referendums” will change nothing – British Foreign Secretary
We spoke to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and asked him if he believes President Putin when he says he's not bluffing.


Liz Truss ‘prepared to be unpopular’ to boost economy
Liz Truss has claimed she is prepared to be unpopular when she unveils her plan to deal with rising energy bills - and how to pay for it - on Friday. 


Hindu and Muslim communities call for violence to end after Leicester unrest
Members of the Hindu and Muslim communities in Leicester have called for an end to "provocation and violence" in the city - after widespread scenes of unrest. 


Queen Elizabeth did not make an effort to confront the history of the British Empire, says writer Sathnam Sanghera
In 1947, on her 21st birthday Princess Elizabeth famously declared her "whole life whether it be long or short" would be "devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”.


Mourning and celebration in crowd waiting for last glimpse of Queen
The grounds outside Windsor Castle have emptied now , but they were filled with a sea of people throughout the day.


Queen’s funeral brings ‘outpouring of love’ across faiths and communities
In this morning's sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury remarked on how so few leaders receive the kind of "outpouring of love" for the Queen which we have seen today.


Fell pony and corgis: the personal touches of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
We spoke to our home affairs correspondent Andy Davies and our political editor Gary Gibbon about the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.


Debate on Scottish independence has been ‘put aside’ during the Queen’s funeral ceremonies
Scotland has also joined the final farewell to the Queen - first minister Nicola Sturgeon was at this morning's funeral - saying it was a chance to reflect on "just how much her Majesty meant to the people of Scotland". 


Queen Elizabeth II: from pubs to cathedrals the UK public gather to watch monarch’s funeral
Of course this was not just an event confined to central London and Windsor - people across the UK have gathered together to watch the day's events from cathedrals to big screens set up in town and city centres.


‘Our Queen was the staple of British culture, she was that constant’, says funeral attendee
We spoke to two people who found themselves on the guest list for the state funeral.



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