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Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:47:06 GMTCovid vaccine ‘to be made mandatory for NHS workers’ despite fears over healthcare staff shortages
There could be a mass exodus of NHS staff over compulsory vaccines, unions have warned
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:45:42 GMT‘The most-rewarding thing I’ve done’: Inside the scheme placing Afghanistan’s teenage refugees with mentors
Vetted volunteers will be asked to become family friends in bid to help newcomers who have no-one else here. By Colin Drury in Yorkshire
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:43:45 GMTBoris Johnson news - live: Minister attacks National Insurance hike plans, amid Cop26 ‘wargaming’ row
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Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:33:59 GMTLabour open to tax on wealth to help pay for social care, says Lisa Nandy
TUC calls for £17bn hike in capital gains tax on shares and property and £10 minimum hourly wage for care workers
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:32:56 GMTGrenfell Tower to be demolished over safety fears
Structural experts have “unambiguously and unanimously” advised the building should be carefully taken down.
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 07:57:12 GMTDachshunds should no longer be bred with ‘exaggerated’ features, new guidance says
Dogs, which suffer back problems due to short legs, now ‘the breed of choice’ on social media
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 02:50:53 GMTPrince Charles aide steps down amid probe into claims he helped Saudi tycoon donor secure CBE
A Saudi businessman donated more than £1.5m to royal charities, allegedly in the hope of securing British citizenship
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 00:09:12 GMTHome Office admits Heathrow queues ‘unacceptable’ as airport criticises Border Force over immigration checks
Passengers complain of ‘shambles’ after being forced to wait for as long as five hours
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:49:33 GMTExtinction Rebellion: More than 500 arrested during protests in London
Two weeks of action in capital culiminated in ‘march for nature’ on Saturday
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:21:36 GMTUK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan ‘very stupid’, says John Major
Hasty withdrawal of troops will be a ‘stain on the West’s reputation’ for at least a lifetime, says ex-Tory leader
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 21:56:46 GMTNo 10 wargaming to stop Nicola Sturgeon using Cop26 as ‘advert’ for Scottish independence
Exclusive: Downing Street plot to cut SNP leader out of climate talks ‘pathetic and puerile’
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 19:35:45 GMTMan charged over death of woman who fell from Arthur’s Seat
Fawziyah Javed, 31, from Pudsey, West Yorkshire, died on Thursday
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 19:05:51 GMTScientific adviser backs rethink of experts’ thumbs-down for teenage Covid jabs
With significant pressure on the NHS, England has little ‘wriggle room’ to avoid new lockdowns
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 19:04:45 GMTHospital review launched after Lord Young’s daughter dies hours after complaining of headache
Gaia Young said she was feeling ill on 20 July – 16 hours later she was declared brain dead
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:53:39 GMT‘Get Brexit done’: Infamous Tory slogan was inspired by disgruntled Yorkshire woman
Catchphrase credited with helping party win 2019 election was first uttered in Bradford focus group
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:53:06 GMT‘Many dozens’ of Tory MPs up in arms over Boris Johnson plan for tax hike to fund social care
Backbench WhatsApp groups buzzing with concern over manifesto-breaching scheme
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:50:35 GMTNearly three-quarters of Covid hospital patients under 50 are unvaccinated
Two-thirds of people under 50 who died from Covid-19 were also unvaccinated
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:32:19 GMTHardys wine owner warns of shortage ahead of Christmas holidays
Shortfall in lorry drivers ‘could definitely impact Christmas’, says wine boss
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:24:11 GMTCovid ‘shatters’ fragile support network for mothers working in TV, study says
‘Working in television has always been like balancing on a tightrope but Covid cut it in two’
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:17:27 GMTPlane crashes into sea during wing-walking stunt at Bournemouth Air Festival
All onboard were rescued and are being treated by ambulance crews
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:37:03 GMTUK Brexit minister warns of 'cold mistrust' era with EU
Britain’s Brexit minister has warned of a long-term chill in relations between the U.K. and the European Union if previously agreed trading arrangements governing Northern Ireland are not resolved
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:23:01 GMTOutdated government messaging undermined Covid response, says former No 10 comms chief
‘New slide please’: Chris Whitty’s famous graphs made it onto screens with moments to spare
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 16:49:36 GMTRecord waiting lists creating ‘two-tier health service’ as patients forced to go private, warns Labour
Exclusive: ‘Boom’ for private firms as patients go into debt to get diagnostic tests done
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 16:11:21 GMTTwo divers presumed dead after failing to surface off Cornish coast
The alarm was raised after the pair failed to return to the surface
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:49:16 GMTPolice arrest four people after officer seriously injured in crash on M62
Crash involved a car and two police vehicles, one of which left the road
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:56:57 GMTScores of GP surgeries that wrongly refuse to register undocumented migrants rated ‘good’ by CQC
Exclusive: Failure by watchdog to ‘properly scrutinise’ GP registration processes will mean vulnerable people continue to be denied medical care in breach of NHS guidance, health campaigners warn
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:21:10 GMTDame Hilary Mantel has said she intends to become Irish to escape Brexit Britain
The Wolf Hall author said Boris Johnson ‘should not be in public life’ and revealed she was ‘baffled’ by the monarchy
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:08:41 GMTTories rapped over pollution after ministers OK delays to Clean Air Zones
Exclusive: Just four out of 61 zones introduced under plan dating back to 2017
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 13:23:31 GMTMan charged after body of 48-year-old woman found in car
A 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 12:09:51 GMTSnoozing on the job: My week siesta-ing in the name of research
The National Trust is to allow staff to have a mid-afternoon nap from next summer – so could the rest of us benefit from a daily snooze?
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:17:56 GMTNational Trust set for divisive vote over end to trail hunting
The issue has caused splits in the trust’s 5.6 million members
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:15:45 GMTMarried Bishop quits Church of England to join Catholic Church
Archbishop of Canterbury said he accepted the resignation with regret
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:01:04 GMTWindrush claimants fear being ‘forgotten’ by government amid Afghanistan crisis
Windrush victims are still waiting for compensation.
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 10:34:05 GMTDriver dies in crash between car and tipper truck
A 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene