Europe: United Kingdom

The Evening Standard - National (55 minutes ago)

Researchers from University of Edinburgh, British Geological Survey and University of Padua analysed the AI models.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Former PM to examine issue of trust in politics and Oscar-winning actor's show will discuss AI The former prime minister Theresa May is to guest edit Radio 4's Today programme and use it to explore the issue of dwindling trust in politics.May, who resigned in 2019 with a tearful statement about the honour she felt in holding the office, will edit...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Conchologists, and citizen scientists team up to seek out endangered mollusc species along River ThamesIt is tiny, hairy and "German” – and it could be hiding underneath a piece of driftwood near you. Citizen scientists and expert conchologists are teaming up to conduct the first London-wide search for one of Britain's most endangered...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Ceasing use of jabs brings regained weight plus loss of benefits regarding 'bad' cholesterol and blood pressurePeople who stop using the weight-loss jab Mounjaro not only tend to regain weight, but experience a reversal in other health improvements too, research suggests.Mounjaro, which contains the active ingredient tirzepatide, has become a...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Oliver Chu from California first person to have the one-off treatment for Hunter syndromeDoctors are cautiously optimistic about a groundbreaking gene therapy for children affected by a devastating inherited disorder after seeing positive results in the first boy to receive the treatment.Three-year-old Oliver Chu from California became the first...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK's leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding reportsNathan Gill was a Mormon bishop who went on to represent Wales in the European parliament – first for Ukip, Nigel Farage's original party, then...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Hugely influential traders will be hanging on the chancellor's every word when she announces her budgetAt just after 12.30pm on Wednesday, the machine will be listening, the trading algorithms ready, and billions of pounds of buy-and-sell orders stacked up awaiting Rachel Reeves's budget.For the first time on the London trading floor of Deutsche...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaperAs the dust settles from the battle for the ownership of the Daily Telegraph, one man has been left standing: Lord Rothermere, whose family have been a mainstay of British newspapers for more than a century."This is a very British stitch-up,” said...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

BBC board member, a former spin doctor for Theresa May, dismisses suggestion in questioning by MPs Caroline Daniel is also asked about her views on editorial bias."My experience was the BBC took issues of impartiality extremely seriously,” she said. Continue reading...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charityUp to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity.The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertiaDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer's allowance scandal'It's like the Post Office scandal': victims of carer's allowance crisis speak outMinisters have announced a major review of the penalties imposed on hundreds of...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure'It's like the Post Office scandal': victims of carer's allowance crisis speak outThe carer's allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (58 minutes ago)

Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of 'horrendous' court ordeals and of desire for official apologyDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer's allowance scandalThe carer's allowance scandal – a timelineVivienne Groom had never been inside the dock of a criminal court when she stood, sobbing and shaking, before a...

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The Evening Standard - National (2 hours ago)

Alpha Kalay died in 2021 after multiple opportunities to care for him were missed by staff at HMP Hull, where he was serving a prison sentence.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (2 hours ago)

Rishi Sunak hands health secretary open letter calling for testing for men at the highest riskMore than 100 MPs, including Rishi Sunak, have urged Wes Streeting to introduce screening for prostate cancer.The UK National Screening Committee, a government agency that advises ministers and the NHS about all aspects of screening, will recommend whether...

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The Financial Times - National (5 hours ago)

Study finds demand for staff in sectors such as sales and customer service has fallen faster than expected, in part due to AI

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The Evening Standard - National (5 hours ago)

The therapy was developed by Autolus, a University College London spinout company.

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The Evening Standard - National (5 hours ago)

The watchdog has published new guidance but some organisations have said it must be made mandatory.

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The Evening Standard - National (5 hours ago)

The Young V&A exhibition will go behind the scenes of stop-motion animation to explore how characters such as Wallace & Gromit are brought to life.

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The Evening Standard - National (5 hours ago)

The Prime Minister will host a call on Tuesday after efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Russia.

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The Evening Standard - National (6 hours ago)

The Reform UK leader directly responded to newspaper reports about his behaviour while at Dulwich College, south London, as a teenager.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (6 hours ago)

The actor won best performance for BBC drama Gatsby in Harlem at the inaugural British Audio awards, while Nicola Coughlan's narration of Juno Dawson's Queen B clinched best sci-fi audiobookAudiobooks narrated by Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan and David Tennant were among those recognised at the inaugural British Audio awards, the...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (6 hours ago)

Rachel Reeves says changes to subsidised scheme for disabled drivers will help support thousands of jobs The Motability scheme to provide disabled drivers with subsidised cars has said it will remove expensive cars such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz and aim to buy more British-built cars.Motability said it hopes that 50% of the vehicles it offers will...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (6 hours ago)

Reform UK leader's responses to allegations of racist and antisemitic behaviour at Dulwich college have varied over timeNigel Farage's response to allegations of teenage racism during his time at Dulwich college have ranged from vehement at times and rather more nuanced at others.Here is what he has said. Continue reading...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (6 hours ago)

Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour 'with intent' at school, but says he can't remember everything from 49 years agoNigel Farage's shifting answers on school-days racism claims – a timelineNigel Farage has broken his silence nearly a week after he was accused by about 20 people of racism and antisemitism as a teenager, by saying...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

The actor ran her own theatre company and was described by her daughter Emma as 'feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous'Jill Freud, a stage star who was also an inspiration for the character of Lucy in CS Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has died aged 98.The news was announced by her daughter, Emma Freud, who wrote: "My...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

A parliamentary select committee has questioned Michael Prescott, the adviser who wrote the memo that led to the resignation of director general, Tim DavieSenior figures running and advising the BBC have been questioned about the crisis at the broadcaster, which has been threatened with a $1bn lawsuit from Donald Trump.The BBC's director general,...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

OBR has reportedly downgraded predictions after review that blames lack of investment under ToriesCould you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget gameRachel Reeves is expected to reveal in this week's budget that the UK's economic growth forecasts have been downgraded in each of the next five years despite her efforts to...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

Peter Kyle tells CBI conference he will ensure firms do not lose as a result of overhaulThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has opened the door to bosses to influence Labour's landmark changes to workers' rights, amid boardroom fears over jobs and growth.In a signal the government could consider watering down the overhaul of employment rights, Kyle...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

Lord Evans of Watford and Lord Dannatt were filmed breaking rules, in undercover footage recorded by GuardianAnalysis: Easy for peers to abuse privileged positionTwo long-serving peers are to be suspended from the House of Lords after a parliamentary watchdog ruled that they had broken lobbying rules.Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

Chancellor tells parliamentary party they might not like every measure but promises budget will be 'fair'Rachel Reeves has privately urged Labour MPs to back her make-or-break budget, saying they will not like every measure but promising it will be "fair”.Speaking to a fractious parliamentary party, after a fortnight of leadership speculation,...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (7 hours ago)

Caroline Daniel tells MPs leaked memo by Michael Prescott that sparked resignations at BBC did not provide full pictureClaims of "serious and systemic problems” in the BBC's coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans issues – which led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie – have been disputed by a former...

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The Financial Times - National (7 hours ago)

Chancellor expected to use Budget to include large retail premises in the top band of the property-based levy

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The Financial Times - National (7 hours ago)

Chancellor will use Budget on Wednesday to announce 250 neighbourhood health clinics

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The Evening Standard - National (7 hours ago)

The Scottish Secretary hailed a meeting with the Scottish Government and employers as 'constructive'.

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The Evening Standard - National (7 hours ago)

The Reform leader responded to allegations that he made pro-Hitler jokes while at school in a tense TV interview

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The Evening Standard - National (7 hours ago)

The food-carrying robots will be rolled out in UK cities from as soon as December

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The Financial Times - National (8 hours ago)

Chancellor is under pressure from some Labour MPs to raise levies on business this week

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The Financial Times - National (8 hours ago)

Sergeant told court she was left in severe pain after alleged incident at Israeli defence company's UK site last year

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The Evening Standard - National (8 hours ago)

The Reform UK leader directly responded to newspaper reports about his behaviour while at Dulwich College, south London, as a teenager.

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The Evening Standard - National (9 hours ago)

Simon Levy has been charged with a second count of murdering a woman

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The Evening Standard - National (9 hours ago)

Homes in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Barnet, Richmond, Wandsworth and Hammersmith and Fulham are in the Chancellor's firing line

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The Evening Standard - National (9 hours ago)

The street in Carrickfergus was named following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's wedding in 1986.

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The Evening Standard - National (9 hours ago)

This is the last chance for New Year's Eve fireworks hopefuls to get their hands on tickets for the world-famous display

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The Evening Standard - National (9 hours ago)

The street knocked a Milan luxury shopping destination off the top spot after just a year

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Channel 4 News - National (9 hours ago)

It's a mountain of rubbish that has been declared a critical incident by the Environment Agency.

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Channel 4 News - National (9 hours ago)

The Chairman of the BBC Samir Shah has apologised to licence fee payers for mistakes the corporation made which have led to President Trump threatening to sue it for billions of dollars and resulted in the resignation of the director general and head of news.

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Channel 4 News - National (9 hours ago)

Tonight, in the latest of our reports on grooming, one survivor of appalling abuse meets the former detective who investigated her complaints against police officers, who she says left her in harm's way.

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Channel 4 News - National (9 hours ago)

Footage has been released of Palestine Action activists carrying out an alleged attack at a Bristol factory owned by an Israel-based defence firm.

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Channel 4 News - National (9 hours ago)

Northamptonshire Police force has launched misconduct proceedings against four of its officers, over their handling of events preceding the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella. 

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (10 hours ago)

Simon Levy faces charges over the deaths of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39A man charged with murdering one woman and raping another earlier this year has been charged with a second murder.Simon Levy, 40, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday over the death of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, whose body was...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (10 hours ago)

Unimetals, which operates at 27 UK locations, files winding–up petition after failing to find a buyerBusiness live – latest updatesMore than 650 workers face the prospect of redundancy after the scrap metals group Unimetals filed for compulsory liquidation.The owners of Unimetals Recycling (UK) filed a winding-up petition for the business on...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (10 hours ago)

West Midlands police's assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important considerationBadenoch says the government should be cutting regulation.And she claims she can do this because, when she was business secretary, she was able to cut regulation. As an example, she says she ruled about mandatory ethnicity pay...

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

The Conservative party has lost touch with affluence — and with the generation that would like to enjoy its benefits

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

Reeves must deliver credible savings, calibrated tax rises and a pro-growth signal

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

Proposal to expand London hub will require moving part of the M25 motorway

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

Business secretary vows to listen to companies on worker rights legislation, while Tories and Reform attack government

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

UK chancellor will set out her tax and spending plans on Wednesday

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The Financial Times - National (10 hours ago)

Former Conservative press secretary says he is 'passionate defender' of broadcaster after resignation of director-general

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The Evening Standard - National (10 hours ago)

A Westminster councillor said the requirement to get sign-off from the Building Safety Regulator to change the windows is 'ridiculous'

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The Evening Standard - National (10 hours ago)

Mr Shah gave evidence to MPs at a Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday.

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The Financial Times - National (11 hours ago)

Once off-limits, a stretch of the Thames beside Fulham FC's stadium is now a high-end dining and entertainment hub. The FT joins the jetty set for an exclusive look at its new hotel

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The Financial Times - National (11 hours ago)

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The Financial Times - National (11 hours ago)

This network could embody the Silicon Valley 'flywheel' metaphor and boost economic growth in Europe

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The Financial Times - National (11 hours ago)

'Mansion tax' set to affect more than 100,000 properties, mostly in London and the south-east

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

Paul Givan was responding to a critical judgment by the Supreme Court around the provision of Christian religious education in schools in the region.

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

The role of BBC director-general has gone live on the BBC careers website following Tim Davie's resignation.

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

Downing Street said efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow marked a 'major step' forward.

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

Family members and friends were among those who gathered for the service in Omagh on Monday.

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

Police are looking for witnesses to come forward after a 26-year-old was tragically killed in Canary Wharf on October 30

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

It is understood to be the largest sum ever handed to a movie production company in a single year since the government introduced its the filmmaking incentives in 2007

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The Evening Standard - National (11 hours ago)

Joshua Michals, 26, is on trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of 31-year-old Zhe Wang, a fellow student at Goldsmiths, University of London

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The Financial Times - National (12 hours ago)

Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT's Stephen Bush, Robert Shrimsley, Claer Barrett and Emma Agyemang on Thursday November 27, at 1pm GMT

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The Financial Times - National (12 hours ago)

Move comes as UK government attempts to funnel more cash into London-listed stocks

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The Financial Times - National (12 hours ago)

Peter Kyle signals more help for start-ups and companies aiming to 'scale up'

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (12 hours ago)

Report dashes hopes for new use for blockbuster weight-loss drugBusiness live – latest updatesNovo Nordisk shares slumped on Monday after the drugmaker said the pill version of its weight-loss drug Ozempic had failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in two large studies.The Danish company said patients who took the drug did not see...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (12 hours ago)

Unreformed system means peers can profit by taking outside roles based on insider knowledge and access Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rulesThe former head of the British army Richard Dannatt and David Evans, or Lord Evans of Watford, a so-called high-level facilitator, have been found to have broken the House of Lords...

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The Evening Standard - National (12 hours ago)

Liridon Kastrati is accused of ramming a car into a marked police vehicle and then brandishing a chainsaw at officers in Paisley in May 2024.

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The Evening Standard - National (12 hours ago)

Mohammad Islam has stood down from his position on the council due to the controversy

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The Evening Standard - National (13 hours ago)

The DUP leader said there was 'nothing new' in the report published last week.

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The Evening Standard - National (13 hours ago)

The late passengers reportedly smashed the emergency alarm to open the door onto the runway in an attempt to chase down the plane

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The Evening Standard - National (13 hours ago)

Two men have died and others have been injured in a crash involving a lorry, bus and car in Gormanston.

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The Evening Standard - National (13 hours ago)

The twist on a regular Mars bar has been described as 'absolute heaven'

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

Muriel McKay was kidnapped for a £1 million ransom in 1969 and killed, but her body has never been discovered.

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

The two leaders are understood to have greeted each other only briefly during a 'brush-by' rather than holding formal bilateral talks.

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

Ghetts is accused of killing a man in a hit-and-run

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

Ms McKay was kidnapped for ransom and murdered in 1969.

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

The Met Police recorded the highest number of cyber-flashing crimes (268), followed by West Midlands Police (240) and Essex Police (192).

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

Clare Barclay said the company is facing lengthy delays to secure the energy to run a new data centre development in Leeds.

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The Evening Standard - National (14 hours ago)

Egil Johansen, who runs The Kenton, says many bars are considering banning young families

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (14 hours ago)

IOPC says four officers may have breached standards in handling of abuse claims by Brella, 24, found dead last yearFour Northamptonshire police officers are facing misconduct hearings over their handling of abuse claims by Harshita Brella, who was found dead last year.Brella, a 24-year-old from Corby, was found dead in a car boot in Ilford, east...

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

The DUP leader said politicians in NI could not ignore financial challenges.

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Ryan Lizza claims RFK JR told Olivia Nuzzi, 32: 'I mean to subdue and tame you' during an alleged affair

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Pauline Hanson sparked outrage after wearing a burqa to Australia's Parliament

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Robert James Purkiss will fight his extradition to Kenya.

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Kemi Badenoch said Kevin Hollinrake's response to a Reform UK emblem was intended as a joke.

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Michael Burrows died in hospital on Saturday after an assault left him with a serious head injury

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Business Secretary Peter Kyle promised a series of consultations would listen to firms' concerns on how the Employment Rights Bill is implemented.

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Kelly Watts, 46, broke bones after suffering a bad fall right before her wedding day

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Downing Street said efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow marked a 'major step' forward.

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The Evening Standard - National (15 hours ago)

Liridon Kastrati is accused of ramming a car into a marked police vehicle and then brandishing a chainsaw at officers in Paisley in May 2024.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (15 hours ago)

Late singer's personal effects up for sale including a trunk gifted to her by Carrie Fisher, and artworks by Anita Pallenberg and Marlene DumasDiaries and a gift from actor Carrie Fisher are among the personal items from Marianne Faithfull that are going up for auction in London.The musician died in January aged 78, leaving behind a cache of...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (15 hours ago)

Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsensWildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country's fire service, figures show.The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by...

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The Evening Standard - National (16 hours ago)

Harshita Brella, 24, was found dead in a silver Vauxhall Corsa in east London in November last year

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The Evening Standard - National (16 hours ago)

Muriel McKay's family now believe that her remains are in the shared back garden of two neighbouring properties on Bethnal Green Road, the High Court hears

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The Evening Standard - National (16 hours ago)

Elizabeth Line is facing significant delays due to a signal fault

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The Evening Standard - National (16 hours ago)

Father Sion Hughes Carew was convicted last month of drink driving

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The Evening Standard - National (17 hours ago)

New sponsorship deal promotes bank card tie-in worth up to £15 a month

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The Evening Standard - National (17 hours ago)

Muriel McKay was kidnapped for a £1 million ransom in 1969 and killed, but her body has never been discovered.

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The Evening Standard - National (17 hours ago)

Harshita Brella, 24, was found in a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Brisbane Road, Ilford, east London, on November 14 last year.

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Channel 4 News - National (17 hours ago)

The climate activist talks about the outcomes of COP30 and tells us he'd like to see subsidies being given to fossil fuel giants withdrawn and put into renewables.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (17 hours ago)

Experts say councils face limits on cuts as Reform's savings on IT deals, office moves and EV projects are disputedReform UK has ignored requests to share the evidence for its claim to have saved £331m since it took charge of 10 English councils in May, prompting questions over whether the figure is true.The party has boasted that it had achieved...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (17 hours ago)

FTSE 100-listed miner forces Australian company to walk away from takeover after rebuffing second approachBusiness live – latest updatesBHP has walked away from another attempt to take over rival miner Anglo American after it was again rebuffed, failing in a last-minute effort to disrupt the planned merger with Canadian mining business Teck...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (17 hours ago)

All-party group say move is needed to stop UK lagging behind global standards on election integrityKeir Starmer is being urged to restore independence to the Electoral Commission, with MPs and peers likely to launch a battle to amend the elections bill in the new year.In a letter to the prime minister, MPs and peers will warn the elections watchdog...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (17 hours ago)

Government panel's final report calls for 'radical reset' of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaperBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has become the "most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.The...

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The Evening Standard - National (18 hours ago)

Helen McEntee said further work was still needed to end the conflict with Russia.

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The Evening Standard - National (18 hours ago)

A 'mansion tax', income tax threshold freeze extension and pay-per-mile levy for electric vehicle drivers are among the measures the Chancellor is expected to announce

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The Evening Standard - National (18 hours ago)

Residents from six flats and one house were transferred to a church hall.

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The Evening Standard - National (18 hours ago)

The Cabinet minister admitted that in recent years doctors, entrepreneurs as well as billionaires had left the country

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The Financial Times - National (19 hours ago)

Judicial review into proscription follows intense public debate over government's stance on free speech

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The Evening Standard - National (19 hours ago)

Freehaus will be 'working closely with the bereaved, survivors, and the rest of the Grenfell community, to design a fitting memorial for the many lives so tragically lost'

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The Evening Standard - National (19 hours ago)

Russia launched new air attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv and the US said they had drafted a 'refined peace framework' following talks in Geneva

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The Evening Standard - National (20 hours ago)

Edmond Curtin painted the front of his property in a dark charcoal shade, prompting fierce objections from neighbours

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The Evening Standard - National (20 hours ago)

Hundreds complained about the artwork that Enfield Council had not sought permission for

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The Financial Times - National (20 hours ago)

Builders of facilities that power AI are stuck in a snaking queue to connect to UK grid but stamping out gaming of system could help

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The Financial Times - National (20 hours ago)

Two in five associates plan to leave jobs within five years

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The Financial Times - National (20 hours ago)

Chancellor has abandoned a planned income tax rise that would have kicked in quickly

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The Financial Times - National (20 hours ago)

Whether trains are public or private is not the deal-breaker for a well-functioning service — it is about a better delivery model

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (20 hours ago)

A visit to Kent reveals more people struggling with rising food bills and turning to food banks already suffering higher demand and fewer donations"I've sat and cried many times, feeling like I've let my kids down,” is the heartbreaking description one Kent mother gives of the difficulty she has meeting her family's needs.With four children still...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (21 hours ago)

Forward Trust patron says 'compassion and love' are needed to end fear and shame felt by those affectedThe Princess of Wales has called for an end to the "stigma” surrounding addictions, saying the experiences of those dependent on drugs, alcohol or gambling are "shaped by fear, shame and judgment”.Catherine, who is a patron of the charity...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (21 hours ago)

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services' care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report,...

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The Evening Standard - National (21 hours ago)

The Chancellor will reportedly hit homeowners with properties worth more than £2million with a levy that could raise £400-£450 million

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The Evening Standard - National (22 hours ago)

Residents from six flats and one house were transferred to a church hall.

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The Evening Standard - National (22 hours ago)

A signalling fault at Stansted Airport has been fixed, but passengers face ongoing delays and cancellations across major routes as operators work to restore normal service

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (22 hours ago)

University leaders says planned levy on international student fees will leave many institutions even worse offUniversity students in England get just two-thirds of the funding they would have received a decade ago, after inflation and government cuts have reduced the resources available for teaching, according to vice-chancellors.University leaders...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (23 hours ago)

MPs will examine Michael Prescott's claims of liberal bias in coverage of Gaza, racial diversity and trans issuesThe BBC has been plunged into crisis by the sudden resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness. Their departure followed a disagreement over how to respond to a memo from its former external...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (24 hours ago)

Two leading journalists from both sides of the border warn against another 'vague, thumbs up-thumbs down' voteA decade after the UK stumbled into a hasty referendum that polarised the nation and unleashed chaos, a warning comes from across the Irish Sea: it could happen again.The government and voters sleepwalked into Brexit and the same may happen...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (24 hours ago)

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spendingYou be the chancellor: play our budget gameRachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud at the same time as lifting the two-child limit for universal credit at a cost of £3bn, as ministers seek to head off criticism over...

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The Financial Times - National (24 hours ago)

How the longevity movement went mainstream

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The Financial Times - National (24 hours ago)

Gilt market players call on government to cut spending and steer clear of inflationary tax rises

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The Financial Times - National (24 hours ago)

Reeves' challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country

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The Financial Times - National (24 hours ago)

Labour's Eluned Morgan distances herself from national government ahead of Senedd ballot in May

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The Financial Times - National (24 hours ago)

If the chancellor can find a way to solve the credit drought that small businesses face, the country's prospects would get an important boost

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

Former prime minister says he wants to join ranks of those pressing for more checks on men who may have disease David Cameron has disclosed he was treated for prostate cancer and has called for a targeted screening programme.The former prime minister said he had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which looks for proteins associated with the...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

Re:State report says role hospitals play needs 'fundamental reinvention' to deliver better care for patientsHospitals need to become smaller, with fewer beds, to help save the NHS from its "permacrisis”, a thinktank has said.The role hospitals play needs to undergo "a fundamental reinvention” to help them escape the overcrowding that has become...

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The Financial Times - National (A day ago)

Australian miner approached UK rival ahead of vote on $50bn Teck deal

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

Tributes paid to 'culinary visionary' who was early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients Tributes have been paid to the pioneering chef and restaurant proprietor Skye Gyngell, who has died aged 62.The Australian was an early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients and built a garden restaurant from...

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wageUnions have urged the chancellor to keep focused on raising living standards, targeting child poverty and upping the national minimum wage, in the face of renewed calls from business to change course on employment rights.The TUC said that Rachel Reeves must deliver "a living...

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The Financial Times - National (A day ago)

Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

The scientists are planning to conduct further research to back up their current findings.

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

The Princess of Wales launched the first Addiction Awareness Week in 2021 on behalf of the Forward Trust, a charity supporting recovering addicts

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

Former prime minister Lord David Cameron has revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis.

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

Sarah Forrester, 55, was found unresponsive at a home in Moredon, with a 13-year-old girl arrested and later bailedPolice have named a woman whose death has sparked a murder investigation.Sarah Forrester, 55, a mental health counsellor, died after an incident at a house in Moredon, Swindon, on Friday evening. Continue reading...

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders had pushed back against the US-drafted plan.

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males in the UK.

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

She is expected to say the Employment Rights Bill is 'the single most complained-about measure' she hears when she speaks to businesses.

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

The Chancellor is set to continue the income tax thresholds freeze, first introduced in 2022 by Rishi Sunak, until 2029/30

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The Guardian - United Kingdom (A day ago)

Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrappedThe police's decision to reveal the ethnicity and nationality of suspects in high-profile crimes has had a "devastating effect” and is helping to spread prejudice, racial justice campaigners say.The warning comes from the Runnymede Trust and 50...

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

Former Prime Minister called for a targeted screening programme aimed at men most at risk

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The Evening Standard - National (A day ago)

Military leader Haytham Ali Tabtabai is a veteran who had held a series of senior positions

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