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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:54:57 GMTExtinction Rebellion London protests – live: Demonstrators head to Piccadilly Circus as action continues
Follow live as protesters gather in the capital
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:41:46 GMTIceland boss fears Brexit-linked supply chain chaos could ‘cancel’ Christmas
The boss of supermarket chain Iceland has warned that the Brexit-linked supply chain crisis could “cancel” Christmas.
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:44:31 GMTMore than 10,000 evacuated in UK airlift from Afghanistan, says Boris Johnson
Final scramble to leave Kabul after Joe Biden confirmed 31 August deadline for US troop withdrawal
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:27:17 GMTKatie Price’s £50k engagement ring ‘taken in alleged attack’
Former model and reality TV star also suffered minor facial injuries during alleged assault
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:25:46 GMTExtra-long lorries could be rolled out on Britain’s roads to ease supply issues
Longer lorries could ease the estimated 100,000 person shortfall in drivers
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:19:16 GMTDominic Raab dismisses calls to resign as he denies he was paddle-boarding while Kabul fell
‘Nonsense. The sea was actually closed — there was a red notice’
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:08:53 GMTCoronavirus vaccine protection waning in those first jabbed, study suggests
Protection could fall as low as 50 per cent for the elderly by winter, the study found
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 02:14:38 GMTBoris Johnson fails to persuade Joe Biden to delay Afghanistan exit
Days left to complete airlift as Taliban bans Afghans from airport
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:26:24 GMTNicola Sturgeon urges Boris Johnson to resettle ‘substantially’ more Afghan refugees
UK plans ‘not sufficient,’ claims SNP leader – as party demands recall of parliament
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:24:40 GMTOnlyFans says banks are to blame for ban on sexually explicit content
OnlyFans’ founder Tim Stokely has blamed banks such as Metro Bank and JPMorgan Chase for the forthcoming ban on sexually explicit content
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:18:55 GMTInstitutional racism entrenched in UK entertainment, landmark survey suggests
“The fact that the majority of respondents had directly experienced racism in the workplace should be a stain against the entire industry,” Sir Lenny Henry said.
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:11:18 GMTPigs in blankets at Christmas could be hit by post-Brexit supply problems
Demand for pigs in blankets reaches about 40 million packets every year, but supply could be cut by a third
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:09:18 GMTMore than 1,000 test positive after attending Latitude Festival as part of Covid pilot scheme for large events
40,000 people attended the festival, which is part of the Event Research Programme
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:58:43 GMTLifesaving device to stem stab wounds wins UK’s James Dyson Award
Designer inspired to create React tool after friends become victims of knife crime
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:24:34 GMTBoris Johnson demands Taliban guarantee of safe passage for people fleeing Afghanistan after 31 August
‘Several’ G7 leaders pushed unsuccessfully for Joe Biden to extend time for evacuations
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:17:45 GMTZimbabweans recently deported from UK now homeless on eve of new Home Office flight
Exclusive: Men forcibly removed from UK last month now sleeping rough in Harare and Bulawayo
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:06:36 GMTCornish tourist board urges people not to visit unless tested amid surge in cases
Holidaymakers should pre-book and test themselves extensively, says Visit Cornwall boss
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:38:09 GMTMomentum congratulates hard-left candidate set for victory in Unite leadership contest
Sharon Graham has warned ‘no blank cheques’ for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:01:41 GMT‘Fascist’ teenager attempted to make 3D gun and drew up plans for storage bunker in terror plot, court hears
Matthew Cronjager, 18, arrested after unknowingly communicating with undercover police officer
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:59:20 GMTPublic inquiry into handling of Covid pandemic in Scotland to begin by end of year
Probe will begin months before four-nations inquiry promised by Boris Johnson
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:37:18 GMTNHS fears ‘mass exodus’ of staff as mental health absences soar in 2021
‘Many say they simply can’t face working in the health service anymore,’ says staff survey expert
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:32:15 GMTToxic fumes at luxury hotel spa leave 24 in hospital
Poisonous chlorine gas fills spa after two chemicals accidentally mixed together
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:18:43 GMTPolice release CCTV of woman after ‘unexplained’ lake death
Officers were called to Yarnton, Oxfordshire, after reports of a body in Cresswell Lake
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:11:43 GMTMcDonald’s supplier halts milkshake mix deliveries as Subway also reports food shortages
Analysts blame lorry driver shortages exacerbated by Brexit and Covid
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:20:21 GMTHome Office plans to keep housing migrants at ‘squalid’ barracks site in defiance of court ruling
Plans to keep on using the facility ‘odious’ and ‘outrageous’, say campaigners
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:40:11 GMTClaudia Lawrence: Police looking for missing university chef begin new search in gravel pits near York
Search teams and forensic experts likely to be at scene for ‘number of days’
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:27:36 GMTHundreds of Afghans in refugee camps waiting more than a year for UK to fulfil resettlement promise
Exclusive: Concern Afghan refugees who were accepted for UK resettlement years ago will now have their transfer to Britain delayed further due to Home Office’s decision to scrap global target
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:14:21 GMTOfficials ‘will feel guilt’ over Afghan boy’s death in fall from hotel
‘We are all heartbroken,’ says Home Office’s director general of asylum and protection
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:44:56 GMTUK government to discuss blacklisting Afghanistan and ‘jailing people who visit country’
Ministers are reportedly concerned about radicalised westerners travelling to join terror cells
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:42:00 GMTTwo-year-old dies after caravan catches fires
Mother and three other children managed to escape blaze
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:33:55 GMTOne person taken to hospital as large fire closes Edinburgh’s George IV bridge
Smoke seen pouring out of business next door to cafe made famous by JK Rowling
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:25:07 GMTScottish police officers and prisons still mistreating people in custody despite promises of reform, report says
‘Underlying systemic problems’ partly to blame, but some warnings date back to 2012, review finds
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:22:38 GMTMany UK adults worried about burglary when they go out, says poll
People said that since the pandemic lockdowns, they are more attached to their home than ever before
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:18:09 GMTSocial worker sent indecent video of child to colleagues on WhatsApp by accident
Roy Reid, of Catford, southeast London, facing jail
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:13:03 GMTBen Wallace says he’ll ‘prioritise people over pets’ amid row with animal welfare boss in Afghanistan
Pen Farthing says he’s been ‘abandoned’ by defence secretary in Kabul
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:29:21 GMTAfghanistan: G7 expected to hold threat of future sanctions over Taliban
Leading democracies set to agree unified approach on whether to recognise new regime
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:27:53 GMTNicola Sturgeon faces anger over proposed gender legislation
Power-sharing deal with Green Party commits SNP to Gender Recognition Act reform
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:30:56 GMTKatie Price speaks about alleged attack in her home as man released on bail
‘I’m devastated,’ says reality star as 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assault, theft and coercive and controlling behaviour released on bail
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:26:52 GMTAfghanistan: Six people posing ‘direct threat’ to UK detected among would-be Kabul evacuees
Four people on Britain’s ‘no-fly list’ were prevented from boarding planes, while one made it to Frankfurt before being intercepted, and one reached Birmingham