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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:55:46 GMTIs this Britain’s oldest intact home?
Research into a rock-cut building in Derbyshire has revealed it dates back to the ninth century, not the 18th century as had previously been assumed, making it the oldest intact domestic interior in the UK – complete with doors, floor, roof and win...
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:54:40 GMTLockdown easing: Police officers to keep wearing face masks after 19 July, leaders say
Chief constables say they have a duty to ‘keep their staff and officers safe’ amid criticism of government policy
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:49:16 GMTGovernment hints it will reject ‘burden’ of sugar and salt taxes
Levies could place ‘burden’ on low-income families, says communities secretary
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:36:55 GMTThe ‘Mona Lisa of stamp world’ is coming to London
The stamp is claimed to be, gram for gram, 2.5 million times more valuable than 24-carat gold
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:36:39 GMTBusinesses hit out at ministers’ ‘mixed Covid messages’ as major chains set their own rules on masks
‘Tensions in messaging will play out not in corridors of government departments but on trains and buses and in aisles of shops,’ warns trade association
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:29:21 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: Government hints it will reject sugar tax ‘burden’, amid new obesity crisis warning
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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:18:54 GMTGPs on holiday in Cornwall asked to pick up extra shifts
‘If you’re a GP coming down to Cornwall on holiday, and you fancy a locum session or two (to help pay for the extortionate costs of the hols) please give me a shout’
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:06:11 GMTBrexit: David Frost admits it’s ‘too much trouble’ for firms to trade with Northern Ireland
It’s ‘reasonable’ for British firms to give up, says deal negotiator – adding, ‘They decide it’s just not worth it’
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:03:14 GMTWhat happened to the racing pigeons that mysteriously vanished?
Thousands of homing birds disappeared en masse mid-race in June, leaving fanciers baffled and bereft
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:55:10 GMTMandatory masks for TfL ‘perfectly sensible’, claims minister – after saying he didn’t want to wear one
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick denies creating confusion over mask rules
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:23:50 GMTTory MPs who hyped Brexit fishing benefits have abandoned us, fishermen say
National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations says European Research Group have gone ‘very quiet’ on issue
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:31:27 GMTNHS launches text message drive to bring forward second jab for 650,000 people
Almost two-thirds of adults in England are already fully vaccinated
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:27:32 GMTSlowly does it: Bronze tortoises stolen 30 years ago return home
The two stolen bronze tortoises are now on display – alongside three others – at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy site
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:35:57 GMT‘Record wave’ of antisemitic incidents in Britain during Israel-Gaza conflict, monitor says
Hatred ‘directed against everyone from schoolchildren to rabbis’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:56:08 GMTEarly spending on vulnerable children falls 48 per cent over last decade, charities warn
An estimated 1,000 children’s centres and 750 youth centres were forced to close between 2010 and 2020, charities said.
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:03:14 GMTWarning to Boris Johnson that ‘levelling up’ must amount to more than quick-fix changes for electoral gain
PM will use major speech to promise to improve ‘people’s sense of pride in their community’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:48:22 GMTCovid: Face masks stay mandatory in Wales as Drakeford takes swipe at Johnson ‘free-for-all’
Welsh leader ‘much regrets’ Boris Johnson’s decision to end quarantine for vaccinated travellers returning from amber list countries
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:06:58 GMTDWP admits wrongly putting pressure on disabled people to accept low benefit offers
Legal challenge argued the practice was ‘unfair, unlawful and discriminatory’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 20:29:16 GMTTory MPs call on Home Office to commit to resettling specific number of refugees after target scrapped
Ex-immigration minister Caroline Nokes among Conservative MPs demanding Priti Patel put numerical commitment on resettlement and calling for ‘unity rather than hostility’ in immigration debate
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:47:56 GMTMet forced to deny Wembley policing operation ‘failed’ as more security blunders emerge
Denial comes as senior Tory suggests joint British-Irish 2030 World Cup bid now looks ‘dead in the water’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:43:51 GMTTories on ‘wrong side of culture war’ over football racism, says Starmer as he demands apology from PM
Labour leader accuses prime minister of giving racism ‘green light, not red card’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:05:47 GMTBoris Johnson announces football ban for online racists
‘If you are guilty of racist abuse online of footballers, then you will not be going to the match – no ifs, no buts’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:45:44 GMTEuro 2020: Met deny ‘policing operation failed’ during Wembley storming
Conservative MP says security operation was ‘absolute shambles’ amid Covid and terror threat
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:41:56 GMT‘Others would be sacked for that language’: GMB guests respond to claim Boris Johnson least racist Tory
‘We have our heads in the sand if we believe the kind of thing the prime minister has said has not empowered people across the country to come out with similar things,’ says journalist Darren Lewis
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:17:54 GMTEnding prosecutions for Troubles-related killings ‘will help reconciliation’, says NI secretary
Tory minister acknowledges move ‘difficult for some to accept’, as victims’ families share outrage
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:09:59 GMTUK at risk of terror attacks launched from Afghanistan after troop withdrawal, warns MI5
The spy chief also said MI5 remain vigilant on the situation in Northern Ireland
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:57:20 GMTUK at risk of terror attacks launched from Afghanistan after troop withdrawal, warns MI5
The spy chief also said MI5 remain vigilant on the situation in Northern Ireland
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:50:55 GMTFire chief apologises to families for ‘woeful and unacceptable’ response to Manchester Arena bomb attack
“We let you down when you needed us the most,” says Manchester fire officer
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:49:55 GMTJadon Sancho says ‘hate will never win’ after suffering racist abuse following Euro 2020 final
‘To young people who received similar abuse, hold your heads up high and keep chasing the dream’ the Three Lions’ No17 said.
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:47:55 GMTGrant Shapps suggests criticism levelled at Priti Patel over taking the knee comments ‘unusual’ and ‘odd’
England footballer claimed home secretary had ‘stoke[d] fire’ of racism
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:31:03 GMTBritish arms sales to Saudi Arabian regime three times higher than previously thought, investigation finds
Probe of secretive open licence system finds total sales since Yemen bombardment began is close £20 billion
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:15:55 GMTPortsmouth FC launches investigation after players allegedly send racist messages following England defeat
Statement says the football club ‘strongly condemn[s] racism’ and is ‘totally committed to elimination of all forms of discrimination’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:40:22 GMTGovernment tells businesses to check Covid ventilation with CO2 monitoring equipment
Ventilation now ‘top priority’ as masks and social distancing take backseat
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:28:31 GMTYouTube footage shows how easy it was to break into Wembley for Euro 2020 final
TikTok star J2hundred, 19, records his efforts to slip past security to watch England vs Italy on Sunday in latest embarrassing lapse to emerge from tournament finale
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:43:11 GMTSian Berry quits Green Party leadership race in trans rights row
‘Will we continue to embrace the principles of listening and solidarity when minority groups are singled out for attack?’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:16:32 GMTSainsbury’s issues urgent recall of vegan lasagne as it contains pork, beef and milk
Vegans on social media say the mix-up has undermined their trust in Sainsbury’s products
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:11:19 GMTEuro 2020: Man arrested over social media posts aimed at England players
Suspect detained in Manchester after two other men arrested by West Mercia Police over other posts
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:51:04 GMTUK plans to end prosecutions for N Ireland 'Troubles' crimes
The U.K. government says it plans to introduce a statute of limitations for alleged crimes committed during decades of violence in Northern Ireland
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:37:44 GMTNorthern Ireland: Starmer says government’s planned blanket amnesty is ‘plain wrong’
Boris Johnson says proposals, opposed by Irish government and all major NI parties should be given a ‘fair wind’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:50:00 GMTUK weather: The latest Met Office forecast
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Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:52:22 GMTNorth’s first female Muslim council leader, Arooj Shah, targeted in firebomb attack on car
‘Cowardly’ attack in Oldham condemned by politicians across Greater Manchester
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:46:54 GMT‘Truly extraordinary’ to claim Boris Johnson guilty of racism, minister claims
Labour MP asked what minister thought of prime minister’s ‘piccaninnies’ remark
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:34:55 GMTPriti Patel criticised by Labour for ‘not bothering to turn up’ to urgent question on racism
Home Office minister says Ms Patel had long-standing meeting with charities tackling violence against women
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:19:03 GMTJamaica opposition leader says Queen should be removed as head of state for island ‘to be truly independent’
Exclusive: ‘This is fundamental to our identity and our nationhood,’ says Mark Golding, leader of Jamaica’s People’s National Party.
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:19:02 GMTMet Police officer charged with misconduct in public office over ‘inappropriate contact with teenagers’
Charges announced as commissioner Cressida Dick is made dame commander following series of controversies
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:08:30 GMTExplained: What is a heatwave?
Forecasters predict spell of hot weather as coronavirus lockdown ends – but does it qualify as a heatwave?
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:57:42 GMT‘Not a single black MP’ initially selected for racism debate, Labour frontbencher complains
Speaker uses ‘discretion’ to add black MPs, after shadow minister flags absence
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:43:27 GMTLateral flow tests 95% effective at detecting Covid at start of symptoms
LFTs and PCR tests have ‘very similar’ accuracy in spotting Covid when symptoms start, a new study shows
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:31:46 GMTRoyal Navy sailor dies aboard HMS Kent
Investigation into death has been launched, Ministry of Defence says
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:29:30 GMTWales needs to plant 180,000 hectares of woodland by 2050 to meet climate targets, minister says
Hitting goals ‘requires call to arms’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:21:13 GMT‘Lost for words’: Marcus Rashford thanks well-wishers after emotional scenes at mural
Artist Akse P19 has since repainted his monochrome depiction of the England player
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:06:55 GMTJuly 19 covid rules and restrictions: Masks, self-isolation and everything that will change
Boris Johnson admits pandemic ‘not over’ and acknowledges rising Covid case numbers and likelihood of more hospitalisations and deaths as he confirms ‘Freedom Day’ will go ahead next week regardless
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:01:54 GMTUK to challenge Malta over ban on those jabbed with India-made AstraZeneca vaccine
Transport secretary vows to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ after British couple barred from flight
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:46:28 GMTGrant Shapps claims government ‘wanted’ masks to be mandatory on London’s public transport
‘It is very much in line with what we expected - indeed wanted - to happen’
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:39:43 GMTUnion threatens to ‘name and shame’ MPs who don’t wear masks at Westminster
‘I will not be wearing a mask – what would be the point?’ says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:23:29 GMT100-year-old starts claiming state pension after two decades of not realising she was eligible
‘I have no idea why it has been kept so quiet,’ daughter says
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:18:01 GMTEuro 2020: Harry Maguire reveals father had ribs broken in Wembley final crowd chaos
Met Police says it did not expect people to storm stadium
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:09 GMT‘Decisive moment for party’: Senior Tory MP challenges colleagues over taking knee
‘Too many of us have fundamentally misunderstood the gesture taking the knee’