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Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:55:54 GMTTwo people including student die after outbreak of ‘invasive’ meningitis at UK university
At least 13 cases of the virus have been reported to health officials
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:36:19 GMTPolitics latest: Starmer to announce £50m support package over Iran crisis as energy bills spiral
The prime minister will use a press conference to set out tens of millions of pounds of support for vulnerable households struggling with energy bills
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:33:29 GMTYoga teacher in £5m inheritance battle with brother of late husband over fears she would ‘disappear to Brazil’
Abbas Moaven was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and died in May 2012
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:51:13 GMTStarmer to pledge support for UK’s poorest homes to help with soaring energy bills
Vowing to support working people ‘whatever challenges lie ahead’, the PM will use a press conference on Monday to set out support for those facing soaring energy bills
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:45:18 GMTWarning over little-known licence rule that carries £1,000 fine
A survey has found a ‘significant gap in compliance and awareness’ among younger drivers compared with older ones
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:40:00 GMT‘Breathing in cold air will kill my husband – but we can’t afford heating oil’
Gail Thompson has said she is deeply concerned about the hikes in the price of heating oil, which could make it hard for her husband to breathe in their Kent home
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:24:35 GMTMajor update on missing woman Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto who was last seen on Essex bus
Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 30, was last seen on a bus in Brightlingsea, Essex on March 3
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:23:21 GMTPrince Harry and Meghan slam ‘deranged conspiracy’ book on royals
The extracts from Bower's book included passages critical of the couple's financial situation
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:30:37 GMT‘I left the care system with little support – but £2,000 changed everything’
Young people who received the no-strings-attached cash payment were more likely to be in stable housing and less likely to be sofa-surfing
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:30:10 GMTUK government to launch £1bn plan to tackle youth unemployment
The £1billion package is due to be laid out on Monday, with the government aiming to create 200,000 jobs
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:47:03 GMTThe driveway tweak that could reduce the risk of your home flooding
About 54 per cent of front gardens in the UK are now concreted over, up from 46 per cent in 1991
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:39:38 GMTCrowds chant ‘death to the IDF’ at al-Quds rally in London as police arrest protesters
At least 1,000 Met officers were drafted in to manage the ‘static protest’ after the home secretary approved a police request to ban the annual march
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:25:07 GMT‘Every day I think of her’: Mother’s heartbreak of spending Mother’s Day without her missing daughter
Andrea Gharsallah hasn’t seen Georgina since she called, ‘Bye mummy, love you,’ and said she’d see her later – eight years ago. Now she cares for her daughter’s sons and tries to keep her story alive, she tells Tara Cobham
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:18:37 GMTWomen ‘missing out’ on motherhood because of ‘delay’ in men maturing, think tank claims
The Centre for Social Justice said more men should be encouraged to work and marry at a younger age to tackle falling fertility rates
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:08:55 GMT‘Completely essential’: Labour MP calls for more funding for sexual abuse support services that ‘saved her life’
Exclusive: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols said specialist support services for victims of sexual violence are facing ‘significant funding pressures’
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:48:19 GMT‘My mother was tricked by a fraudster pretending to be David Attenborough and gave them half of her life savings’
A woman lost tens of thousands of pounds – and nearly her relationship with her son – after being tricked into an online relationship with a fraudster posing as the veteran broadcaster. Liam James sheds light on an international criminal enterpri...
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:20:16 GMTBritain will not rejoin EU or set up customs union, Starmer’s top negotiator warns
Exclusive: European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds will tell ideologues on both sides of the Brexit debate that ‘alignment is not a dirty word’ as he seeks to embed a relationship reset with ‘ruthless pragmatism’
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:10:39 GMTMinisters may scrap fuel duty hike if Middle East war drags on, Ed Miliband suggests
The energy secretary says he is ‘sending a clear message’ that the government is ‘going to stand by people in this crisis’
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:17:50 GMTStarmer says his mum was an ‘incredible example to me’ in Mother’s Day message
Keir Starmer’s mother passed away in 2015 after battling with the rare auto-immune condition Still’s disease
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:27:21 GMTOrbán and challenger Magyar summon rival rallies in show of strength before Hungary's April election
Hungary’s election fight is intensifying as Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar stage rival mass rallies in Budapest to show strength
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:11:51 GMTIran protesters sent warning by Met Police with thousands set to gather in London for al-Quds Day demonstration
Around 12,000 people are expected to attend the al-Quds Day demonstration in London on Sunday