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Thu, 02 Sep 2021 08:17:47 GMTDominic Raab flies to Qatar to discuss ‘top priority’ Afghanistan evacuations
Foreign secretary expected to discuss possibility of persuading Taliban to reopen Kabul airport
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 08:04:33 GMTNHS ‘ready and eager’ to roll out Covid vaccine to children under 16, says Gavin Williamson
Education secretary heaps pressure on scientists to approve jab for 12 to 15-year-olds
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:10:57 GMTUniversal credit: 100 civil society groups urge Boris Johnson to abandon benefit cut
PM told move will ‘pile unnecessary financial pressure’ on 5.5 million households
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:38:57 GMT Matt Hancock spotted on Swiss Alps break with lover Gina Coladangelo
The Tory MP has tried to keep a low profile in recent months since stepping down as health secretary
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:02:45 GMTScientists closer to making bread with ‘low cancer-causing risk’ when toasted
The British researchers’ wheat gene-editing experiment will be the first of its kind in Europe
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:28:33 GMT‘No plans’ to move Trident nuclear submarines abroad in event of Scottish independence, government insists
One option reportedly considered could create a ‘nuclear Gibraltar’ within Scotland, official says
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:01:13 GMTMinisters’ plans for voter ID risk breaching human rights law, warns report
Elderly, disabled and ethnic minorities ‘may be denied right to vote’
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:00:48 GMTTwo million face uncertainty over the end of furlough and benefit cuts, economists warn
There’s a shortage of vacancies in sectors with high numbers of furloughed workers, according to think tank the IPPR
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:59:39 GMTSchool spending set to remain below 2010 levels – as poorest areas ‘hammered’ by biggest cuts
Funding ‘runs counter’ to aim of levelling up poorest parts of the country, says IFS
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:28:29 GMTHilary Mantel and William Boyd warn of book industry collapse if ‘disgraceful’ post-Brexit change goes ahead
Exclusive: Former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy said prospect of new rules makes her ‘blood run cold’
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:06:25 GMTYouTube, Facebook and TikTok ‘earning millions’ from horrific animal-cruelty videos
‘These corporations have the power to remove these vile videos, and it’s reprehensible that they haven’t,’ says charity boss
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:26:14 GMTAfghanistan: Report warned Dominic Raab in July of fast advance of Taliban
Foreign secretary accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ after telling MPs he thought Kabul would not fall this year
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:41:54 GMTGovernment bars unions from ‘seat at the table’ in trade talks
The exclusion from sensitive discussions comes despite promises to the contrary over the past year
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:34:43 GMT‘Talented and creative’ Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, 22, stabbed to death by boyfriend in ‘murder-suicide’
No-one else is being sought in connection with the murder described as a ‘contained incident’
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:34:31 GMTColin Pitchfork release is ‘very big risk’ to children says victim’s uncle
Pitchfork’s release ‘shows total disregard for the value of the lives of Lynda Mann and my niece’, says victim’s uncle
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:30:39 GMT‘Topshop terrorist’ jailed for committing 15 terror offences after release from prison
Ibrahim Anderson was previously jailed for inviting support for Isis outside Topshop on Oxford Street
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:26:42 GMTThird vaccine dose for 500,000 vulnerable Britons after JCVI advice
But there is still no word on Covid jabs for school pupils aged 12-15 or the autumn booster programme
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:51:26 GMTJudge orders neo-Nazi terror offender to read classic literature or face prison
Judge to ‘test’ student Ben John on reading list as part of conditions for suspending two-year prison sentence
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:47:03 GMTRunnymede Trust wins battle with Tory MPs over race report criticism
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:41:41 GMTBritish Alpaca Society condemns ministers over ‘disgraceful’ method used by vets who seized Geronimo
Alpacas should have headcollars fitted when they are moved, says animal society
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:48:51 GMTDriver ‘walked home in tears’ after £400k Lamborghini seized by police for anti-social driving
Officers caught the Lamborghini Aventador being driven in “an anti-social manner” on the A1 in the early hours of Monday morning
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:00:28 GMTEx-chancellor Philip Hammond rebuked over lobbying by sleaze watchdog
Contact with senior Treasury official on bank’s behalf was ‘not acceptable’
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:43:57 GMTSyed Taalay Ahmed: British journalist shot dead in Ghana robbery
The 31-year-old’s body is reportedly being flown back to the UK today.
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:18:10 GMTMan City’s Benjamin Mendy denied bail ahead of possible rape trial
Footballer suspended from club after being accused of sex attacks on three women
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:17:21 GMTHandshakes at job interviews could be made redundant
Reservations about physical interactions remain
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:02:25 GMTColin Pitchfork: Double child killer released from prison
He raped and strangled two schoolgirls in 1980s
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:53:36 GMTMan accused of planning coordinated UK terror attacks ‘to stop Chinese communist takeover’
Oliver Lewin motivated by belief in upcoming ‘apocalyptic event’, court hears
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:38:13 GMTAfghanistan: Questions facing Dominic Raab as foreign secretary grilled by MPs over Kabul chaos
Government’s handling of Afghanistan crisis described as ‘biggest failure of foreign policy in a generation’
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:32:24 GMTLabour staff back strike action if party demands compulsory redundancies
Ballot comes ahead of crucial annual conference for Keir Starmer
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:22:46 GMTWhite ‘old boys’ network holding ethnic minority surgeons back from job promotions, researchers say
‘Deep-rooted disadvantages’ for ethnic minorities and women in healthcare sector, experts say
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:06:15 GMTWhy was Geronimo the alpaca killed by government vets?
Animal was put down despite owner’s pleas
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:02:35 GMT‘Do not travel here illegally’: Afghan refugees crossing Channel will not be resettled in UK, says minister
Arrival must happen in ‘orderly and legal way,’ says Home Office minister
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:53:48 GMTNew cleaner petrol rolled out in UK but quarter of drivers unaware of it
Department for Transport hopes changes could cut transport CO2 emissions by 750,000 tonnes a year
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:53:00 GMTUK embassy ‘told Afghans to go to Kabul airport hours before suicide bombing’
Advice to use Abbey Gate entrance was ‘confusing and conflicting,’ says Afghan women