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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:56:03 GMT
Armed police arrest of boy, 13, with water pistol ‘reasonable’ watchdog rules
The child’s mother complained after armed police swooped on her son as he played in Hackney

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:50:25 GMT
Labour cabinet row over Syria as Miliband defends blocking military action after Streeting criticism
Wes Streeting criticised Ed Miliband for leading efforts to block Lord Cameron’s 2013 attempt to launch strikes in Syria

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:47:35 GMT
Government unveils its ‘most ambitious’ plan to power homes without oil and gas
Experts say plan will help avoid repeats of recent energy price crises, by weaning Britain off its reliance on foreign imports

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:34:49 GMT
UK economy shrinks again in October in blow to Starmer’s budget - live updates
Most economists had been expecting GDP to rise during October but it shrunk 0.1% for the second month running

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:02:00 GMT
Two women hospitalised after fairground ride ‘failed and crashed’ in Birmingham city centre
The City Flyer ride in Centenery Square dropped to the ground level ‘whilst in operation’

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:32:10 GMT
Buckingham Palace investigates after household staff member arrested at Christmas party
A Palace spokesperson said ‘appropriate action’ would be taken over reports of an incident in a London bar

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:10:48 GMT
UK economy shrinks again in another blow to Reeves, new figures show
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output fell by 0.1 per cent in October

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:55:07 GMT
Prince Andrew ‘confidante’ banned from UK over allegations they are Chinese spy
The man, known as H6, has claimed he only has limited links to the Chinese state

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:11:10 GMT
Evicted couple set to lose business and home after no fault notice served
Residents of Vive Living in Deptford have been served with Section 21 eviction notices just weeks before Christmas

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:23:00 GMT
December 2024 dates for benefit and pensions as PIP and DLA payments increase revealed
All the essential cost of living information you need

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:23:43 GMT
Ex-girlfriend says Sara Sharif’s father kept her captive, held knife to her face and stalked her in Poland
A former partner of Urfan Sharif, named only as Angelika, says she hoped child killer would be given ‘harshest punishment possible’

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:48:45 GMT
Baroness facing three-week Lords suspension for calling Asian peer ‘Lord Poppadom’
Baroness Meyer had also touched the hair braids of a Labour MP without permission

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:04:07 GMT
M25 and M26 closed after pedestrian hit by car and lorry fire
Long traffic jams build up, causing delays of at least an hour

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:30:09 GMT
Nato chief warns West ‘not ready’ to deal with Russian threat
Nato’s new general secretary has warned member states that they need to spend more on defence

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT
Housebuilding set to surge by 60% as Rayner faces backlash over plans to ‘bulldoze’ countryside
Prime minister Keir Starmer has insisted building more homes is more important than the environment, saying houses have to be ‘the top priority’

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:00:52 GMT
Dyson’s vision after vacuum cleaners: the great British strawberry
Dyson is better known for fans and hair styling tools, but its taken tech innovation to the farm - and is just one of a growing number of countries to do so

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:24:09 GMT
Couple who forced ‘extreme’ vegan diet on three year-old son and buried his body in their garden jailed
Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah believed they had created their own ‘kingdom’ and shunned mainstream society

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:21:23 GMT
Mother barred from hugging son before detention centre death sparks coroner’s call for change
Exclusive: Frank Ospina’s mother told an inquest she ‘was desperate’ to give her son a hug but was unable to. He went on to take his own life in a Heathrow immigration removal centre

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:11:06 GMT
Full list of areas targeted in illegal streaming raids as police clamp down on ‘dodgy’ firesticks
Last month a man was jailed for over three years for using and selling the illegal item

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:04:33 GMT
Everything we know about former England rugby player Tom Voyce as body found in search
A body has been discovered in the River Aln after the former England rugby star tried to cross the water in his 4x4 pickup

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:35 GMT
Tom Voyce: Body found in search for missing former England rugby star
Tom Voyce vanished in the River Aln close to his Northumberland home

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:39:13 GMT
Business secretary tells banks to ignore activists and back defence firms
Ministers are increasingly concerned that the UK could lag if operations, research and development are not funded after they identified defence as vital to the government’s growth mission

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:12:04 GMT
Sheffield United striker Rhian Brewster pays tribute to teenage footballer cousin who died on pitch
After scoring the first goal during a Championship match, Brewster pointed his right finger to the sky in memory

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:50:31 GMT
PinkNews boss suspended from NHS role after sexual misconduct allegations
Dr Anthony James has been accused of sexual misconduct in his role at the news outlet

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:26:36 GMT
Rotherham rioter who tried to set fire to asylum seeker hotel is jailed for nine years
Levi Fishlock – who was ‘very identifiable’ in a purple England football shirt during the UK summer riots – has been given one of the stiffest sentences so far

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:19:00 GMT
Energy firms must offer ‘zero standing charge’ tariffs next year under Ofgem plans
Ofgem wants suppliers to have to offer ‘zero standing charge’ tariffs to address ballooning household energy debt

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:13:24 GMT
Sara Sharif’s mother speaks out about abusive ex who killed their daughter: ‘He tried to set me on fire’
Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool convicted of murdering Sara Sharif, 10, after campaign of abuse

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:03:33 GMT
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:39:07 GMT
GP struck off for having sex at his surgery and forcing woman into sex act accused of ‘choking’ woman
Thomas Plimmer struck off in April tribunal although appeal is pending

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:01:24 GMT
Even Brexiteer voters want Britain to have free movement with the EU, new poll says
New multi-country survey suggests voters want Keir Starmer to be more ambitious with his EU/UK relations reset

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:48:56 GMT
National Trust attacks Labour’s green belt housing plan
The conservation charity says Angela Rayner’s push to speed up home building could taint urban ‘oases’ of greenery

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:32:22 GMT
Watch live: Labour outlines housing shakeup as 1.5m new homes to be built in next five years
Watch live as Labour outlines its shake-up of planning rules that it says will see councils given mandatory targets to deliver a total of 370,000 homes a year in England.

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT
Man arrested on suspicion of murder over disappearance of schoolboy Kyran Durnin
Kyran, who would be eight years-old, was reported missing in August of this year

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT
Gen Z shun traditional Christmas food in favour of ‘Insta-worthy’ loaded fries
Two thirds of Gen Z believe their Christmas dinner should be fit for social media, poll shows

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:26:37 GMT
Sara Sharif: How a trial laid bare the brutally short life of a 10-year-old schoolgirl
From one abusive household, to foster care to the home where she would die - the 10-year-old never stood a chance against her controlling and tyrannical father

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