Bereaved, survivors, and the mine’s owner want an inquiry for answers

Police say arrests are the culmination of a two-year investigation

Begum denied being directly involved in preparations for terrorist activity

Perpetrator is believed to have targeted Dollis Hill station for victims

Sajid Javid says masks are only part of a ‘suite of measures’

Inflation rise largest since records began

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The rapper claimed the vaccine had rendered her cousin’s friend ‘impotent’

Nearly two thirds of people want to see hard shoulders reinstated to stretches of motorway where they have been scrapped to allow greater traffic flow, an RAC survey has found

It would be ‘wrong and unfair’ to hold company responsible for deadly blaze, says Arconic

Mr Parrott plans to own ten properties by the time he is 30

Lord Falconer of Thornton said the bill will fail to improve the criminal justice system

Ministers accused of bringing in ‘wrecking ball’ before end of public consultation

‘Life is starting to return almost back to completely normal’ says health secretary

The ‘Moona Lisa’, a life-size bronze statue of the Mona Lisa bearing her bottom, has gone on display at a Bristol museum

The officer who lost consciousness during the attack, has been left with metal plates in his face

Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds called on Tory MPs to ‘do the right thing’

Global Warming Policy Foundation campaigns against renewable energy

Expert panel says hospital admissions could reach 7,000 a day next month

The victim was just days away from beginning his studies at the University of Dundee

The surgeon will be unable to perform life-saving surgery for up to six weeks without the glasses

Just six Tory MPs oppose levy at second reading – while Jeremy Hunt warns government will have to ‘relax all immigration requirements’ to find staff

Commons Speaker says it’s wrong ‘for the ambassador for China to meet on the Commons estate’

The Taliban takeover has given Islamist groups greater confidence, says military general

Scheme branded ‘world’s most stupid tunnel’ by former aide Dominic Cummings

Scheme gives ‘much-needed and very timely boost’ to shops, cafes and restaurants

Applications are almost impossible to make as British embassy in Kabul is shut

Exclusive: Mayors of major urban areas urge Boris Johnson to preserve universal credit uplift

No applause for home secretary’s pre-recorded speech as government accused of ‘failing police officers’

Extension comes after warnings infrastructure for new checks would not be ready in time

The medical body made the decision following a debate at its annual representative meeting

‘We have not faced a winter with the Delta variant’ chief medical officer warns

Party leader highlights ‘dignity at work’, remembering how his father was ‘looked down on because he worked on the factory floor’

‘Plan B’ is being set out in case booster jabs fail to slow the spread of Covid

Exclusive: Government has previously said it does not design education policy for ethnic groups, before announcing cash injection to boost attainment levels for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children

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In her last trip in the western Balkans as a German chancellor, Angela Merkel visited Albania to urge the leaders of six western Balkan nations gathered there to strengthen their regional cooperation in their strive for European Union membership

Researchers have warned that pupils could develop a ‘skewed’ impression of the period

Excrement and toilet paper spilled into beauty spot’s network of ponds and rivers

Tourist landmark just one area hit by chaos as roads and tube lines across capital suffer under downpour

Vaccine certificates would also be required in ‘any settings with 10,000 or more attendees’ – covering top football matches

More than a quarter of UK’s population have not had a single jab

Backbencher claims CMO ‘does not deserve the confidence of the country’

Cornelius Tully pleads guilty to manslaughter on basis of diminished responsibility

Former Unite boss Len McCluskey says public could see Labour leader as ‘someone who can’t be trusted’

Dozens of followers gathered outside the court to support Mr Wiseman

‘They were lowering it into the garden,’ says neighbour. ‘I heard a load of shouting and screaming’

Emergency services find vehicle in flames

Vaccines minister says long-established principle of ‘Gillick competence’ will apply