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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:53:22 GMTBriton arrested in Germany accused of spying for Russia
A British man working at the embassy in Berlin has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, German offiicals have said.
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:43:46 GMTAnimal testing for cosmetics could return after Home Office decision, warn campaigners
UK’s ‘claims to have banned animal testing for cosmetics are now so compromised as to really be meaningless’, says activist
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:37:46 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: ‘Historic gap’ blamed for unequal A-Level results as Sunak becomes next PM favourite
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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:52:14 GMTJamaica charter flight leaves with fewer than 10 on board after dozens of deportee tickets cancelled
Legal action, attempted suicides and Covid cases force Home Office to dramatically reduce capacity of charter flight after department pursues removals despite calls from Jamaican authorities to halt operation
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:58:45 GMTPolice ask for help identifying body of woman found burned on roadside in Staffordshire
Suspected murder victim was found early on Monday
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:20:24 GMTThe UK’s most and least affordable cities in 2021 revealed
Where are the most expensive and cheapest places to buy a typical home on the average local wages?
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:17:31 GMTWelsh Gower salt marsh lamb given protected status under new post-Brexit regime
The Geographical Indication (GI) scheme was introduced at the end of the transition period,
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:11:05 GMTMinisters set to ‘water down’ bottle deposit scheme in costly mistake, warn green experts
Exclusive: ‘Strong possibility’ government will go for option that means only 7.4 billion containers being recycled instead of 23.7 billion
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:39:23 GMTOperation Brock powers to manage post-Brexit lorry tailbacks in Kent to be made permanent
Department for Transport says measures will ‘remain temporary and only be used when there is significant risk of delays’
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:50:55 GMTLondon riots, ten years on: ‘There was looting but it was a protest and we need to remember that’
‘The conditions that gave rise to unrest ten years ago are still prevalent today’, activist tells Nadine White
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:34:01 GMTFire at television mast cuts off signal for large parts of northeast
Freeview and radio services cut in three counties
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:28:40 GMTTwo children killed in M1 crash by Milton Keynes
Two other passengers, one a child, were injured
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:01:09 GMTAssault on front-line prison workers ‘de-facto decriminalised’, warns report
Labour’s David Lammy called on the Government to ‘urgently improve conditions’ for front line staff
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:52:41 GMTBritish children and partners of Jamaica deportees warn their families are being ‘ripped apart’
‘The whole thing is messing with my head – he’s my dad. It’s making me feel so anxious,’ says teenage son of Sanjay McLean, who faces removal within hours
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:35:00 GMTGovernment making ‘disingenuous’ claims in defending decision to kill Geronimo, expert claims
Alpaca farmers, vets, and campaigners have protested in Westminster against the decision to kill Geronimo
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:34:55 GMT‘Every effort’ should be made to retrieve Covid messages on minister’s ‘broken’ device, says Angela Rayner
‘These missing messages are vital evidence and bereaved families deserve nothing less than the whole truth’
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:13:19 GMTPrivate school pupils likely to ‘elbow out’ state students in scramble for university places, experts warn
‘Intense’ battle for spots at top institutions lies ahead, say education leaders
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:08:51 GMTScottish health secretary sues nursery over ‘race discrimination’
Little Scholars Day Nursery dismisses allegation as ‘demonstrably false’
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:22:28 GMTPedestrian killed after two buses crash at London’s Victoria Station
Buses appeared to crash during morning rush hour
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:09:39 GMTEsther Dingley: Body of missing British hiker found in Pyrenees
Body and equipment found by boyfriend close to where bone was discovered two weeks ago
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:04:02 GMTA-level results news – live: Covid ‘compounding inequalities’ as Williamson backtracks on tuition fees refund
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:56:56 GMTGavin Williamson backtracks on tuition fee refunds if universities fail to restore face-to-face teaching
Education secretary said Office for Students would act, but regulator has no powers to do so – and will not be given any
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:37:58 GMT‘I took a £15k pay cut’: Almost half of mothers ‘trapped’ in jobs due to restricted childcare availability
Exclusive: ‘I took a pay cut and a demotion. It is frustrating I have had to make sacrifices with my career,’ says mother
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:47:25 GMTFamily who refused Covid vaccine die within days of each other
Francis Goncalves says father, mother and brother all passed away after virus spread at family dinner
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:44:46 GMTMan admits killing MMA fighter brother
Manslaughter verdict for younger sibling with paranoid schizophrenia
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:44:18 GMTMan jailed 24 hours after upskirting woman in London underground station
Plain clothes police officers caught Martin Stone, from Israel, filming up stranger’s skirt on escalator
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:27:58 GMTPreserved human remains found in jar by builders working at Liverpool home
Police probe launched after grim discovery in Toxteth
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:18:25 GMTMore than three-quarters of UK adults double-jabbed against Covid
More than 39,688,000 people have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:33:19 GMTRead Virginia Giuffre’s statement about lawsuit against Prince Andrew for alleged sex abuse
‘The powerful and rich are not exempt from being held responsible for their actions,’ she wrote
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:26:33 GMTTop A-level grades soar at private schools in widening divide with state students
Rise in A grades 50 per cent higher in private schools than secondary comprehensives
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:41:40 GMTCovid: Weekly deaths at highest level since March in England and Wales, ONS says
Coronavirus-related fatalities up 24 per cent on previous seven days
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:29:22 GMTAnti-vax protesters attempt to storm studio at BBC Television Centre
Demonstrators gather outside west London complex, which corporation ceased broadcasts from in 2013
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:10:49 GMTCop26 president Alok Sharma admits he has a diesel car, but insists he doesn’t ‘drive it very much’
‘I can assure you that my next car will most certainly be an electric vehicle’, Cabinet minister pledges
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:16:43 GMTGavin Williamson says universities shouldn’t charge full tuition fees if they fail to deliver what students ‘expect’
‘We do expect all universities to be moving back to a situation of actually delivering lessons, lectures face-to-face,’ education secretary says