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‘I can’t stress the desperation of the situation enough,’ says armed forces minister

Britain has pledged to welcome 5,000 refugees in the next year and a total of 20,000 Afghan refugees over the ‘long-term’ amid the crisis

A third child and a man were taken to hospital following tragic smash

Exclusive: Men forcibly removed from UK last month now sleeping rough in Harare and Bulawayo

Processed meat and microwave meals targeted in Fulham area says local council

Police say detectives are ‘confident’ they have found wanted 49-year-old

‘Actual human experience was secondary to creating data that would shore up the evidence base for the model to guarantee further investment,’ says one

Within a year UK consumption of the meat must drop, with a phase-out in schools and hospitals, environmentalists warn

One in three families soon to be hit by ‘biggest overnight cut in benefits sincethe Second World War’

‘He’s an absolute diamond. If he goes over there, I think that’s going to be it. He’ll do something to himself. He’s said this to me,’ says Daniel Priestly, best friend of deportee Bruce Mpofu

Companies acknowledge breaking health and safety laws that resulted in death of 74-year-old Ronnie Alexander

‘We did not have any significant weather phenomenon in the area’ said a Greek meteorologist

RAF hopes to bring out 2,000 more Afghans before 31 August deadline

Veteran investigator who brought two of teen’s killers to justice being played by Steve Coogan in new ITV dramatisation of notorious South London murder

Government warned supply disruption could last ‘at least 18 months’

Professor Ravindra Gupta warns ‘of course there is going to be an associated surge in cases’

Demonstrators gathered at the intersection between Oxford Circus and Regent Street after a third day of protests

Police risk ‘losing trust and confidence of communities they serve’ if they do not address serious concerns over Taser use, IOPC warns

Exclusive: Other embassies have refused to name new ambassadors and EU missions ‘cannot comprehend’ British move, according to senior diplomatic sources

‘Nonsense. The sea was actually closed – there was a red notice’

Alan Griffin killed himself after year under investigation into untrue gossip

Pandemic ‘weaponised’ by abusers as new mechanism to exert control

Zak Palmer ‘panicked’ and led police on a chase with a child in his car, a court heard

Exclusive: ‘Asking for papers to get on emergency evacuation planes is the equivalent of asking people on a sinking Titanic to provide papers in order to board lifeboats,’ signatories say

Follow live as activists gather in the capital

Mother and three other children managed to escape fire

Historic Kirkleatham Walled Garden in Redcar has not been cheap to revive – but council bosses hope investment will bring tends of thousands of visitors to area

Left-winger takes almost 5,000 more votes than nearest rival

The child was playing in a street in Littlehampton, Sussex, when she was approached by the man

Iceland, Nandos, KFC, McDonald’s, Tesco and Haribo are among the many businesses reporting stock issues as a result of an HGV driver shortage being blamed on Brexit

At least twelve are understood to have been hospitalised with illness

Matthew Cronjager, 18, denies preparing acts of terrorism after allegedly trying to make 3D-printed gun

Old Bailey hears victim turned up for ‘a little scrap’ but his attackers had brought blades

Shortage of lorry drivers is ‘impacting the food supply chain on a daily basis’

New boss has previously warned Labour Party there will be no ‘blank cheques’

Police are appealing for help identifying a man after as many as four Jewish men were assaulted last week in Hackney

‘Several’ G7 leaders pushed unsuccessfully for Joe Biden to extend time for evacuations

Teenager was murdered in racially motivated attack in London in 1993

‘These corporations have the power to remove these vile videos, and it’s reprehensible that they haven’t,’ says charity boss

‘Too many areas have been overlooked,’ says Salvation Army

Police expect the search of the fishing spot near York to take a number of days’

The fast-food chain has run out of milkshakes and bottled drinks in all its 1,250 British outlets after being hit by supply chain shortages

He got tired walking home and stopped for a kip

The shadow home secretary said the ‘resettlement scheme does not meet the scale of the challenge’

Police suspected people, including three who died, were ‘feigning being unwell’

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

Watchdog should refer any breaches of spending rules to police, says Angela Rayner