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Starmer vows that Labour will ‘get a grip’ on knife crime
Leader proposes taking steps to reduce availability of ‘zombie’ knives and creating bespoke plans for all...
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Diverse forests of slow-growing trees more resilient to storms, study finds
Fast-growing monocultures are less able to withstand extreme weather events than varied woodlands, researchers findAs 90mph...
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‘This is getting silly’: senior Tories criticise Simon Clarke after he calls for Sunak’s resignation – UK politics live
Clarke, a Truss ally, says Tory party should ditch PM ahead of general electionAs Eleni Courea...
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‘Hypocrisy’: Tata builds vast India furnace despite Port Talbot emissions claims
Owner says shutting Welsh blast furnaces will cut emissions, but it is opening a new one...
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UK weather: Storm Jocelyn brings fresh travel disruption
Rail services to and from Scotland suspended until at least noon on WednesdayStorm Jocelyn has brought...
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Royal Mail could save £650m by moving to three-day-a-week service, says Ofcom
Regulator sets out possible ways forward in review of requirement to deliver across Britain, six days...
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Majority verdicts in England and Wales brought in ‘partly for racial and class reasons’
Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class...
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Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally
The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says ‘consider this shit shut right down right now’ after seeing...
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China’s human rights record criticised at UN as it faces rare scrutiny of policies
UK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong...
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Chapel Down toasts rising sales as English fizz grabs market share from champagne
Price rises help lift profits as sales of its sparkling wine soar but still products slideBusiness...
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Children suffering due to lack of outdoor play, UK charities warn
Charities call on government to prioritise outside spaces for play as MPs begin inquiry into planning...
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Jeremy Hunt has room for £20bn tax cuts after borrowing halves year on year
December deficit is less than expected at £14bn – the lowest for the month since 2019Business...
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London outpacing other UK cities on services exports, report says
Capital accounts for almost half of sector’s exports and action needed elsewhere, says Resolution FoundationLondon is...
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US and UK strike Houthis in latest attempt to stop group targeting Red Sea ships
US officials confirmed attacks amid footage of explosions around the capital city of Sana’aMiddle East crisis...
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Sunak’s Rwanda treaty to face first test in House of Lords – UK politics live
Lords to debate whether it should delay ratification of UK-Rwanda treatyThe Post Office Horizon IT scandal...
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Storm Isha live: travel chaos across UK with rail cancellations in Scotland after ‘wild night’
Disruption expected on Monday as cancellations and delays issued for rail, sea and air with heavy...
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Grenfell survivors to confront executives of firms blamed for disaster
Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’Grenfell...
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UK weather: Storm Isha causes power cuts and travel chaos amid 99mph winds
Thousands without electricity while roads closed, rail services suspended and flights cancelledStorm Isha – latest updatesThousands...
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UK medics told not to report illegal abortions to police
Royal college voices concern at rise in number of prosecutions of ‘deeply traumatised’ womenMedical staff in...
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Oldest known Scottish tartan ‘brought back to life’ for people to wear
Historians analysed dyes in the 16th-century Glen Affric tartan, found in a peat bog, to recreate...
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Ian Bailey, suspect in one of Ireland’s most notorious murders, dies aged 66
Former journalist had lived in public eye for almost 30 years as prime suspect in 1996...
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Exiled Rwandan who survived murder attempt condemns UK deportation plan
Opposition politician Frank Ntwali says country is unsafe and Sunak’s pursuance of policy ‘quite bizarre’A Rwandan...
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‘Absolutely amazing’: 1,800-year-old shattered Roman arm guard is reconstructed from 100 pieces
National Museums Scotland restores soldier’s brass guard, only the third of its kind known to existA...
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‘Gaslit by doctors’: UK women with endometriosis told it is ‘all in their head’
More than 1.5 million women in the UK are affected by the painful condition - but...