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Education secretary says he wants to ensure pupils can ‘benefit from calm classrooms which support them to thrive’

Thousands of pupils have missed school because another has tested positive for Covid-19

Health secretary says ‘we owe it to the British people… not to wait a moment longer than we need to’

A female officer was knocked to the floor and kicked in the head

‘This is disgusting and these thugs must be found and charged’ says minister

‘Couriers and the telecoms industry must take further steps to protect consumers’ say Which?

Shadow education secretary blames government for piling pressure on staff with system that ‘cannot deliver fairness’

Conservative Emiratis dub the move ‘racist’ and ‘disrespectful’, but analysts say it could be the latest indication that the UAE is about to decriminalise homosexuality

People report feeling ‘left out and invisible’ in court proceedings

Attacks on supermarket staff should be treated with ‘same seriousness’ as those on emergency workers, committee says

Plumes of black smoke seen billowing into the sky after cars fire at garage under railway arches

Findings suggest patients who have received either vaccine may not need a booster dose

Tennis fans show support for vaccine scientists and keyworkers on first day at Centre Court

Information Commissioner considers taking action – warning of public concern that records are being concealed

Camera inside the Department of Health was an ‘outlier’, minister says

New health secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to look again at coronavirus measures in schools, after thousands of pupils were told to self-isolate.

Private emails, leaks, and parliamentary passes are among issues yet to be settled

Benjamin Monk remained in post with West Mercia Police in 2011 after being found to have breached required standards for honesty and integrity, court hears

But minister says senior official who lost papers self-reported incident

Claim comes despite prime minister keeping his health secretary in post on Friday – declaring the matter ‘closed’

Maros Sefcovic said he was ‘confident’ an agreement could be found

‘When your abuser has been isolating and controlling you and keeping you removed from society to begin with, proving your residency is no simple task,’ says expert

Exclusive: The government’s food waste tsar, Ben Elliot, has vowed to tackle the imbalance caused by subsidies for biogas production

Kim Leadbeater is standing for the party in the seat where her sister was killed, but support is being squeezed by the arrival of George Galloway. By Colin Drury in Batley

Boy set up far-right online group where members discussed attacking refugees with Molotov cocktails and metal bats

SNP says figures show why Scotland better off breaking from ‘poor man of northwest Europe’

Highly critical UN report condemns ‘dehumanisation of people of African descent’ by law-enforcement across world

Exclusive: Campaigners say there is ‘no appetite’ for controversial protest laws proposed by government

Former adviser makes comments as prime minister claims he sacked health secretary for breaking Covid rules

Jacob Billington, 23, died after being stabbed in the neck in September 2020

‘I’m not really sure why there was one in office,’ says new health secretary

Herd of cattle with calves run free after revellers ‘cut down fence to make dancing area bigger’

The government said people who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours would be restricted from boarding passenger flights for Hong Kong

The prime minister refused to comment

New health secretary appears to confirm he will be more hawkish about lifting restrictions than his disgraced predecessor

Pitchfork was jailed for life after strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth

Vaccinating children over 12 could prove key to ‘interrupting’ spread, says top scientist

Papers suggest UK military prepared for hostile Russian response to ‘Op Ditroite’ voyage in Black Sea

UK planning to team up with Denmark to set up camp in Rwanda