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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:51:22 GMTBoris Johnson under mounting pressure to grant workers bank holiday if England win Euro 2020
Downing Street has said that it will set out any celebration plans ‘in due course’
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:47:25 GMTBrexit news – live: Divorce bill up to £5bn higher than expected as UK sets EU deadline on Northern Ireland
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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:37:19 GMTICO fines Mermaids transgender charity for data protection breach exposing sensitive personal information
Charity ‘should have known importance of keeping personal data secure’, Information Commissioner’s Office official says
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:15:00 GMTChildren among ‘staggeringly high’ number of autistic people being drawn into terrorism, watchdog warns
‘It is as if a social problem has been unearthed and fallen into lap of counter-terrorism professionals’
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:11:34 GMTRishi Sunak urges workers to return to office
Chancellor says Zoom ‘not great’ for trainees looking to learn
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:09:52 GMTEuro 2020: Will we get a bank holiday if England wins the tournament?
Clamour expected to reach fever pitch if Three Lions achieve the unthinkable
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:45:24 GMTBrexit divorce bill up to £5 billion higher than UK government expected, EU says
But UK says EU calculations are inexact
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:48:42 GMTDouble jabbed: All the things those vaccinated twice will be able to do
Double-vaccinated people arriving from amber list countries will no longer have to quarantine, the government confirms
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:48:38 GMT‘It’s coming home’: How a 25-year-old pop song refrain embedded itself into the English language
‘For most people, home — and coming home — connotes all kinds of positive things’
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:14:00 GMTInvestigation after ‘at least 100’ suffer vomiting and diarrhoea linked to Whitstable oysters
Health officials investigate batches from popular Whistable Oyster Company
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:24:21 GMTHome Office spent £370,000 settling Patel bullying claim by top civil servant
Sir Philip Rutnam accused Ms Patel of a ‘vicious and orchestrated’ briefing campaign against him
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:02:22 GMTPolice chief apologises for ‘unacceptable’ failings in Manchester Arena bomb response
He said a failure to notify other emergency services of the declaration of Operation Plato and a failure to establish effective inter-service communications was ‘unacceptable’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:21:12 GMTGary Lineker slams ‘classless’ fans booing rival anthems at Wembley
The former England star described the Italian national anthem as ‘an absolute belter and worth listening to’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:42:25 GMTTory MP continues boycott of England team over taking the knee — but ‘will cheer if they score’
‘I don’t like the taking the knee business, I think it associates with the Black Lives Matter movement’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:28:50 GMTNew drug combination targets prostate cancer on two fronts, study finds
A ‘promising’ new treatment option for patients with particularly aggressive prostate cancers, researchers say
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:10:51 GMTThe short goodbye: British troops leave Afghanistan amid warnings ‘very bad things’ could happen to country
As the UK military mission ends, officials have warned the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan is ‘worrying’, reports defence editor Kim Sengupta
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 21:30:53 GMTSensitivity of Covid app could be reduced to save millions from being ‘pinged’
Government exploring ‘what the most appropriate balanced and proportionate approach to isolation is’, says Rishi Sunak
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:45:00 GMTUK weather: The latest Met Office forecast
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Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:16:27 GMTGive workers time off on Monday if England win Euro 2020, says Boris Johnson
A petition calling for an emergency public holiday has attracted almost 250,000 signatures
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:00:29 GMTJeremy Corbyn investigated by parliament’s sleaze watchdog over legal support
Labour MP Neil Coyle wrote to watchdog about former party leader – believing he may have broken rules
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:50:34 GMTMigrants who steer dinghies across English Channel to claim asylum will no longer be prosecuted
New guidance comes after the government unveils new bill that would make it easier to prosecute asylum seekers
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:08:20 GMTHuge ‘triple lock’ pension rise could be scrapped as Rishi Sunak admits it may not be ‘fair’
‘I do recognise people’s concerns on this I think they are completely legitimate’, chancellor says – in U-turn hint
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:51:48 GMTDrug treatment in England ‘not fit for purpose’, landmark review finds
Dame Carol Black calls for services to be ‘rebuilt’, following ‘disturbing, even shocking’ findings
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:19:25 GMTUK GPs ‘refused registration to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller patients’ during Covid-19 pandemic
Exclusive: Health Secretary Sajid Javid is being called on to commit to ensuring all patients are able to access NHS healthcare
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:00:31 GMTSajid Javid casts doubt on social care plan by end of 2021, promising ‘general sense of direction’ soon
Boris Johnson had pledged to ‘fix social care crisis once and for all’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:44:40 GMTBoris Johnson escapes with rap on knuckles over free Caribbean holiday
‘Regrettable’ that PM failed to provide full explanation of arrangements for £15,000 Mustique break
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:10:54 GMTProbe into Dominic Cummings business activities after leaving government
Watchdog has written to Boris Johnson’s former top adviser
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:57:43 GMTBoris Johnson’s Covid approach ‘an exception’ says Nicola Sturgeon – as she vows to keep mask rules for Scots
Mandatory masks on public transport not ending for Scots ‘any time soon,’ says first minister
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:52:01 GMTMan charged over body found in bin shed almost two years ago
Justin Bello, 38, was a gym sales manager at Nuffield Health and had a young son
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:48:20 GMTPriti Patel’s asylum overhaul plans ‘almost neo-colonial’, warns UN
UK proposals present ‘profound threat’ to international refugee protection system, says UNHCR
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:37:21 GMTSam Allardyce backs players taking the knee on GB News
Ex-England manager said players should continue kneeling, ‘irrespective of what other people think’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:35:14 GMTBizarre moment Jacob Rees-Mogg reads John Barnes football rap in Commons
‘We ain’t no hooligans,’ the Tory minister raps in an apparent bout of football fever
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:18:18 GMTFormer Tory treasurer among peers to be punished for refusing anti-bullying training
The ‘Valuing Everyone’ courses were introduced after Parliament was rocked by allegations
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:54:10 GMTRare blue lobster saved from becoming pub lunch
Hare on the Hill pub managed to find ‘Larry’ the lobster a ‘forever home’ at a Manchester aquarium before removing lobsters from their menu entirely
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:52:00 GMTBoris Johnson should ‘study at Gareth Southgate school of leadership’, says Labour
England manager embodies ‘hard work, discipline, and preparation,’ says opposition
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:48:26 GMTBoris Johnson says all UK troops are ‘coming home’ from Afghanistan
Prime minister promises military withdrawal is ‘not the end’ of commitment to Afghan government
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:44:16 GMTLateral flow tests will be free to order online until at least end of August, government confirms
People with no Covid symptoms can currently access the tests at no cost
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:41:00 GMT‘English votes for English laws’ to be scrapped in government bid to revive the Union
Rule was introduced to calm Tory anger about devolution settlement – but has ‘not served our Parliament well’, ministers now say
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:45:08 GMTColeen Rooney-Rebekah Vardy timeline: What happened in the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case?
Footballers’ wives at High Court to settle long-running defamation dispute
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:03:18 GMTWhat is the so-called ‘Johnson variant’?
‘Why infection rates are so high, because the prime minister let the Delta, or we can call it the ‘Johnson variant’, into the country’
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:26:36 GMTCovid face visors used as food-trays after Department of Health over-estimates PPE demand
Contracts being renegotiated to avoid adding to stockpile of masks, gowns and gloves
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:23:07 GMTBrexit: UK gives EU two weeks to change Northern Ireland deal or new ‘approach’ will follow
Brussels accused of ‘intransigence’ and of failing to understand ‘sensitivities in Northern Ireland’, in new war of words
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:12:11 GMTIn pictures: Atop London buses and up street lamps, England fans celebrate win over Denmark
England won the semi-final against Denmark 2-1
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:28:32 GMTGreenpeace launch legal action against UK government over secrecy on deep sea mining
Exclusive: Ministers ‘refusing to answer even the basic questions’ on mining exploration licences
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:08:35 GMTGrammar school rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted over ‘hostile environment’ of sexism
Parts of Colchester Royal Grammar School have become a ‘hostile environment’ for pupils, the report finds