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Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:38:08 GMTEthnic minority unemployment rising three times as fast as white rate, figures show
TUC calling for government to extend furlough and ban zero-hours contracts to help combat disparity
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:52:11 GMTPriti Patel claims UK cannot accommodate 20,000 refugees ‘all in one go’ amid criticism of scheme
Home secretary says separate scheme evacuating Afghans who helped British forces could double to reach 10,000 people
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:09:37 GMTRail passengers ‘face largest fare hike in a decade’
Train tickets could rise by an average of 4.8 per cent in 2022
Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:09:54 GMTBoris Johnson news: PM’s Bullingdon Club ‘chum’ picked for sleaze watchdog from 173 candidates
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Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:54:44 GMTLive animal transport: Government introduces rules on shorter journey times and warmer temperatures
The RSPCA said it welcomed ‘tighter controls over transporting live animals within Great Britain’
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:42:32 GMTScottish government considers making coronavirus powers permanent
The Scottish government is considering making its emergency coronavirus powers, such as the ability to shut schools and impose lockdowns, permanent
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:38:29 GMTGeronimo the alpaca survives another day while High Court battle is paused
Geronimo the alpaca lives to see the other day as a High Court hearing on its destruction order is paused until Wednesday afternoon
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:04:22 GMTProtesters claim to ‘seize Edinburgh Castle’ under Magna Carta
1215 English charter was signed before Act of Union and has never applied to Scotland
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:53:48 GMTJust 5,000 Afghans to be offered refuge in UK this year – despite calls to help tens of thousands
Boris Johnson accused of kicking crisis into ‘long grass’ with promise to help 20,000 in long-term
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:36:16 GMTPlymouth shooting: Gunman received mental health support in lockdown
Jake Davison, who shot five people before turning his gun on himself, was in contact with a mental health helpline during the eighteen months prior to his attack
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:34:54 GMTPolice hunting for man suspected of murdering his wife in Leeds
Mark Barrott last sighted in Aberdeen, say police
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:25:15 GMTLabour mocked for asking staff to use ‘agile ceremonies’ in plan to axe 90 jobs
Corporate jargon compared to Tory spin doctor from The Thick of It
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:13:34 GMT‘We don’t want people suffering’: Afghans in UK on Taliban takeover in native country
‘Freedom is finished,’ one man says
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:41:27 GMTEU must talk to Taliban since they ‘won the war,’ says bloc’s foreign policy chief
‘ We have to talk with them for everything – even to try to protect women and girls’
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:32:06 GMTThousands isolated unnecessarily because of NHS Covid app error
App users were not told that they could be asked to isolate if they had been in contact with an infected person five days prior to them testing positive for Covid, rather than two
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:29:17 GMTMatt Hancock becomes unlikely TikTok star after being mobbed on District line
Social media user posts video of friends accosting Tory MP on Tube
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:43:29 GMTAfghanistan: UK security services concerned about potential terrorist activity in ‘ungoverned spaces’
Intelligence agencies monitoring impact of Taliban takeover on jihadists in the UK
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:27:36 GMTUsers warned about bad heroin after spate of deaths
Public Health England have warned drug users of a possible link between a spate of fatal overdoses and heroin mixed with a synthetic opioid
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:58:38 GMTSenior Tories tell Boris Johnson he has ‘a duty’ to let in ‘tens of thousands’ of fleeing Afghans
UK must be as generous as likes of Canada, prime minister told – but Priti Patel vows to maintain ‘vital security checks’
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:50:12 GMTMurder investigation after man with head injury found dead in London cemetery
Victim found unresponsive in on Monday morning
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:35:28 GMTPensions set to soar through £10,000 a year mark unless Rishi Sunak suspends ‘triple lock’
Chancellor has hinted he could ditch promise to raise pension payments
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:47:54 GMT‘Selfish’ UK student trapped in Kabul flown to safety by British Army
The British student was evacuated to Dubai
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:16:29 GMTConservatives attack Joe Biden’s ‘grotesque’ Afghanistan speech as ‘devoid of empathy’
‘Blame shifting in the fact of the predicted disaster that is Afghanistan today is extraordinary,’ says senior Tory MP
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:56:57 GMTPrivacy watchdog warns pubgoers about handing over data to venues
The Information Commissioner’s Office has said that venues should only ask for ‘relevant and necessary’ data
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:31:30 GMTCovid PCR travel tests a ‘predictable rip off’, ex-chair of competition watchdog says
Lord Tyrie is calling for a clampdown on firms selling tests at inflated prices
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:57:47 GMTJob vacancies in UK hit record high amid easing of lockdown restrictions
‘World of work continues to rebound robustly from the effects of the pandemic’, Office for National Statistics official says
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:34:53 GMTForeign Office accused of having ‘no grasp’ of Afghan crisis and of leaving young soldiers in charge
Dominic Raab admits his ‘rapid deployment team’ yet to arrive – amid claim that ‘18-year-old squaddies’ left to process visa applications
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:05:50 GMTPolice search for person who painted over new Banksy artwork
The artwork was located in the Suffolk town of Lowestoft
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:31:29 GMT‘Pitiful’: Raab criticised for suggesting aid spending in Afghanistan could rise by 10% after multi-million pound cuts
‘They should do the honourable thing and immediately recommit pre-aid cut levels to Afghanistan and support those women and girls who need it now more than ever’
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:02:07 GMTBoy, 5, takes quarry to court over life-shortening ‘poisoning’
Case will be heard at High Court in London this week
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:34:26 GMTIPCC report: 14 ways to fight the climate crisis after publication of ‘Code Red’ warning
The 234 scientists from 66 countries who authored the report stressed that humanity still has the ability to change course and avoid the worst consequences