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Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:50:39 GMT
For just £1.30 a person each year the UK could help end Aids by 2030, new analysis finds
Exclusive: Analysis by The Independent reveals the cost of protecting what remains of UK aid funding for the global HIV response – helping prevent millions of infections and deaths

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:54:43 GMT
UK set for cold start to 2026 with amber health alert issued
Amber alerts are in place as temperatures are set to plunge

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:47:56 GMT
Man charged with murder after ‘devoted’ grandfather dies following Christmas pub assault
A 36-year-old man will appear in court later today

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:41:33 GMT
Activist apologises for historic tweets as Tories urge Starmer to deport him from UK
Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who recently arrived in the UK after years of imprisonment in Egypt, does maintain that other posts have been ‘completely twisted out of their meaning’

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:33:11 GMT
Cyber attacks ‘tipping point’ warning issued after Harrods and M&S targeted
Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer and Harrods were some of the biggest businesses to be targeted by hackers in 2025

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:25:12 GMT
Man ‘carrying handgun’ shot and killed by police after crash
Norfolk Constabulary say investigation is underway and incident has been referred to watchdog

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:50:00 GMT
Russian submarine followed spy ship into British waters as it mapped gas pipeline
The Royal Navy chief said earlier this month that the UK had seen a 30 per cent rise in Russian incursions in UK waters over two years

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:22:15 GMT
Prisoner on Palestine Action hunger strike ‘losing the ability to speak’, say campaigners
Four activists remain on hunger strike with some experiencing serious health decline, according to Prisoners for Palestine

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:00 GMT
Domestic abusers sentenced to total of nearly 230 years in prison in Scotland
Police Scotland said that domestic abuse wouldn’t be tolerated in its pursuit to hold perpetrators accountable

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:45:52 GMT
Labour warns of ‘horrifying’ rise in rat sightings
Glasgow experienced the most acute problem

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:11:19 GMT
Child dies and another in hospital after Kent house fire
Emergency services were called to the ‘intense’ fire in the village of Hamstreet in Ashford on Sunday

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:05:57 GMT
Teachers will strike next year if they don’t get a proper pay rise, union bosses warn
Exclusive: Teachers are not convinced that change is being delivered by the Labour government, Matt Wrack warned, saying his members do not feel listened to

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:54:01 GMT
Andy Carroll to appear in court on Tuesday after non-molestation order charge
Carroll is a former England international and has played for the likes of Liverpool, Newcastle and West Ham

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:52:43 GMT
Tributes paid to ‘devoted family man’ who died days after being punched outside village pub
Leicestershire Police launched a murder investigation following the death of David Darke in hospital on Saturday

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:09:04 GMT
Paramedic struck off after lie about sick sister exposed by Facebook photos
Natalie Twomey fabricated a family illness to get a day off work

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:59:23 GMT
Hundreds attend Boxing Day hunt despite being told they are ‘not welcome’
The wildlife presenter said the annual event was ‘ethically and morally bankrupt’

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:40:59 GMT
Treasury to insure Bayeux Tapestry for £800m ahead of British Museum loan
The 900-year-old artefact will be on display in the UK next year

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:44:58 GMT
Keir Starmer gave peerage to former aide who campaigned for child sex offender
Downing Street has admitted that Matthew Doyle’s links with Sean Morton were ‘thoroughly investigated’ before he was nominated for a peerage

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:29:57 GMT
KFC franchisee given £70k fine over ‘slave’ comment
Madhesh Ravichandran was called a ‘slave’ and made to work extra hours due to racial discrimination, a tribunal found

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:48:36 GMT
Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty tie the knot at star-studded wedding in Bath Abbey
Adam Peaty’s parents were absent from the couple’s nuptials

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