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Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:54:58 GMTPrince Andrew case: High Court to notify duke of US civil proceedings
The news comes after lawyers argued over whether Prince Andrew had been properly served notice of the case in a pre-trial hearing on Monday.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:50:04 GMTCyprus rape case: British woman could have false claim conviction quashed in a month, lawyers say
Now 21-year-old woman’s legal team will launch appeal at country’s Supreme Court on Thursday
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:46:34 GMTPolice chief appointed to tackle violence against women and girls
New police chief for violence against women and girls was recommended after murder of Sarah Everard
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:40:53 GMTCabinet reshuffle - live: Boris Johnson continues shake-up with Penny Mordaunt out and Kemi Badenoch promoted
Latest developments as they happen
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:39:18 GMTAnti-vaxxers share letter threatening schools with legal action over Covid jabs given without parental consent
It comes as Covid vaccine was approved for 12- to 15-year-olds
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:31:31 GMTReshuffle in full: Who is out and who has been promoted?
The PM plans to have a ‘strong and united’ cabinet
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:09:18 GMTBritain forms AUKUS defence pact with Australia and United States to curb China
‘We may be separated geographically but our interests and values are shared’ says Johnson
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:56:43 GMTMichael Gove is not racist or homophobic ‘in any way’, Cabinet minister insists, after crude ‘jokes’ exposed
‘Isn’t it about time we heard from Michael Gove something of an apology for the use of that language?’, Ben Wallace asked
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:58:52 GMTShamima Begum news: Sajid Javid defends stripping Isis bride of citizenship, as she asks forgivenes
Follow the latest updates as former east London schoolgirl gives first live TV interview
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:22:26 GMTBoris Johnson flexes muscles with shake-up of cabinet for post-Covid era
Williamson sacked and Raab and Gove demoted in ‘build back better’ reshuffle
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:48:13 GMTJohnson’s refusal to heal ‘dysfunctional relationship’ with EU is damaging Britain, warns former diplomat
‘The tactic of trying to work with individual EU countries while maintaining a dysfunctional relationship with the EU will not work’
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:30:20 GMTMPs urge government to block ‘unappointable’ candidates from Ofcom job
The committee says that a ‘crucial line is missing’ from recruitment materials that would prevent people who have previously been deemed unfit from applying
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:32:12 GMTDozens of climate protesters arrested as M25 is targeted for the second time in one week
The activists also blocked five junctions of the M25 on Monday leading to long queues and arrests
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:08:37 GMTNadine Dorries: What has new culture secretary said about BBC, books and gay marriage?
‘Big fan of Churchill’ has spoken out on ‘snowflakes’ and her experience as a novelist
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:03:37 GMTITV ‘vigorously defended’ Piers Morgan in Ofcom probe over Meghan Markle comments says chief exec
We were ‘not just endorsing but championing freedom of speech’ says Carolyn McCall
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:58:28 GMTShamima Begum: Government ‘shirking responsibility’ by refusing to repatriate Isis detainees, Tory MP says
Andrew Mitchell warns that current strategy is leaving former Isis members ‘swilling around in ungoverned spaces’
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:30:13 GMTSerial killer Fred West may have targeted women beyond Gloucester, ITV documentary finds
‘I was really scared’ says woman approached in Bristol in 1987
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:14:08 GMTUK government claims people must keep flying to help cut carbon emissions
Minister says government does not have demand management policy for aviation ahead of UN climate summit
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:01:22 GMTMartin Bashir: No criminal inquiry into Princess Diana Panorama interview, police say
Announcement follows damning report into making of BBC’s controversial 1995 programme
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:24:06 GMTFather of man who died in Michael Barrymore’s pool dies without seeing justice
76-year-old mounted 20-year campaign for justice
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:00:16 GMTCouncils launch legal action against Home Office over ‘unfair’ asylum dispersal system
Ministers accused of ‘irrational, undemocratic abuse of power’ after refusal to accept councils’ decision to stop taking in asylum seekers
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:36:35 GMTDoctors condemn ‘shocking’ Sajid Javid for saying ministers do not need face coverings in cabinet
Ministers should ‘lead by example’, says British Medical Association
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:29:24 GMTBoris Johnson refuses to explain how Universal Credit claimants can make up lost £20-a-week
Tory MPs told to abstain in Commons vote, allowing Labour motion demanding cancellation of the cut to pass – but it is non-binding
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:56:03 GMTMan denies stirring up racial hatred with ‘Radio Aryan’ website
‘Sven Longshanks’ is accused of 15 counts of stirring up racial hatred with recordings
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:54:31 GMTLiz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as foreign secretary in reshuffle
Former trade secretary and Tory grassroots darling is second woman to head Foreign Office
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:20:03 GMTWilliamson is biggest cabinet casualty as Boris Johnson wields reshuffle axe
Mr Williamson had faced calls for his dismissal since the GCSE and A-level exams debacle, more than a year ago
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:12:29 GMTFred and Rose West timeline: What happened and how were they caught?
Case of Gloucester serial killers among most lurid and disturbing in British criminal history
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:08:45 GMTWarning after schoolboy almost dies from swallowing magnets for TikTok challenge
NHS reports rise in hospitalisations due to craze
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:07:24 GMTShamima Begum says ‘sorry’ to Manchester bombing victims in GMB interview
Begum denied being directly involved in preparations for terrorist activity
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:59:32 GMTPolice will not dig at Berkeley farm where Fred and Rose West victims are believed to be buried
Police have been urged to dig up three sites, in Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:59:11 GMTDominic Raab demoted from foreign secretary but handed title of deputy prime minister
Mr Raab becomes justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and deputy prime minister – after tussle with Boris Johnson
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:58:22 GMTInflation rises to 3.2% as food costs soar
Month-on-month rise is largest since records began in 1997
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:05:40 GMTDUP councillor who shared anti-vax messages online dies after contracting Covid
Retweeted posts on Paul Hamill’s Twitter suggest ex-mayor was sceptical of Covid vaccines
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:57:20 GMTRobert Jenrick sacked as housing secretary in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle
Departure comes after major climbdown on planning reforms
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:55:09 GMTWhich is the best line on the London Underground?
Well over a billion passengers ride the Tube every year but attitudes differ from person to person on the relative merits of its key routes
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:44:08 GMTWhy is Boris Johnson wearing a wheat sheaf on his lapel?
It is for event organised by National Farmers’ Union for England and Wales
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:25:46 GMT‘Death trap highways’: New smart motorway safety works will still leave motorists in danger, campaigners say
Extra emergency laybys and more warning signs will be introduced – but opponents say only reinstating hard shoulders can prevent increasing deaths
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:03:25 GMTBoris Johnson rejects plea for emergency work visas after Tory MP warns ‘crops are rotting in the fields’
Producers having to throw away vast amounts of produce after EU labour dries up
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:02:26 GMTUK's Johnson to shake up Cabinet, eyeing pandemic recovery
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to shake up his Cabinet on Wednesday as he attempts to move on from a series of political missteps and U-turns
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:35:44 GMTBoris Johnson poised to wield axe on cabinet under-performers in reshuffle
Williamson and Raab among ministers thought to be at risk
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:17:17 GMTHealth Secretary defends Tory MPs refusing to wear masks in parliament
Sajid Javid says masks are only part of a ‘suite of measures’
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:21:50 GMTLords Former Lord Chancellor says Priti Patel’s policing bill is ‘not proportionate’
Lord Falconer of Thornton said the bill will fail to improve the criminal justice system
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:19:10 GMTLeader says Poland wants to be in EU, but remain sovereign
Poland’s most powerful politician says the country’s future is in the European Union but that Poland also wishes to remain a sovereign country
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:09:25 GMTEaling murder investigation launched after five-year-old girl found dead in London
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Leyborne Avenue just before 1pm
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:07:57 GMTMurder suspect talked down from roof after fatal stabbing
The police confirmed the suspect and the victim were known to one another
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:54:11 GMTMPs back £12bn-a-year tax hike for NHS and social care amid warning of doctor and nurse shortages
Just six Tory MPs oppose levy at second reading – while Jeremy Hunt warns government will have to ‘relax all immigration requirements’ to find staff
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:44:58 GMTShamima Begum: Timeline of events since she fled to join ISIS six years ago
‘There is no justification for killing people in the name of God,’ Ms Begum has said.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:59:16 GMTBereaved and survivors continue to call for inquiry 10 years after Gleision Colliery mining disaster
Bereaved, survivors, and the mine’s owner want an inquiry for answers