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Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:33:10 GMTDefence officials to help process Ukrainian refugees fleeing to UK
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has offered assistance after the Home Office was criticised for delays in issuing visas to people escaping the invasion.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:30:28 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: Russia ‘built itself a trap’ and war will be ‘Putin’s end’, says Wallace
Putin’s forces ‘way off timetable,’ says defence secretary
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:30:00 GMTWomen’s Prize For Fiction longlist unveiled
The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced in June.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:29:18 GMTGovernment to burn mountains of unusable Covid PPE at rate of 500 lorryloads a month
The government mistakenly purchased £8.7 billion of unusable medical equipment
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:27:06 GMTRussia ‘built itself a trap’ in Ukraine and are ‘getting desperate’, Ben Wallace says
Defence secretary says the Kremlin has ‘built itself a trap’ in Ukraine
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:25:46 GMTMotorway traffic officers given body-worn cameras after abuse from drivers
National Highways recorded 214 episodes of intimidating behaviour or assault against its staff in just 12 months.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:25:18 GMTOccupying Ukraine an ‘ impossible task’ and will mark ‘Putin’s end’, Ben Wallace insists
Russian leader is a ‘spent force in the world’, defence secretary says
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:16:55 GMTUnison appoints first female Scottish secretary
The union made the announcement on International Women’s Day.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:06:46 GMTPeople urged to use NHS app instead of calling GPs
There is a target of 75% for all adults in England to be using the app by March 2024.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:01:17 GMTSNP MSP to take time off after hospital stay
James Dornan, the SNP MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, has announced he is taking time off following an unspecified health scare.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:14:57 GMTGovernment claims ‘faux fur’ not good enough to replace Buckingham Palace guard bearskin hats
Ministry of Defence claims synthetic replacements do not look right and are too uncomfortable
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:08:06 GMTGreggs warns of further price rises as costs soar
The cost of doing business is expected to grow by up to 7% this year.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMTMakar Kathleen Jamie reworks Burns’ most famous poem to highlight women’s plight
Scotland’s Makar has released ‘A Woman’s A Woman’ to highlight the challenges in times of conflict and disaster.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:57:11 GMTUK faces worst drop in living standards since 1970s, economists warn
Households will see incomes drop by £1,000 on average in the next financial year, according to a new analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:59:46 GMTMPs await Zelensky address as Johnson meets European leaders
Mr Zelensky will address the House of Commons at 5pm by video link after Speaker Lindsay Hoyle approved a request for the ‘historic address’.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:40:29 GMTWedding laws are outdated and restrictive, new research suggests
The study said that laws governing weddings do not reflect the diversity of faith and beliefs in modern society.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 03:01:12 GMTWhat the papers say – March 8
The war in Ukraine’s impact on the refugee debate and energy markets are among the topics on Tuesday’s front pages.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:08:35 GMTStar trek and Girls! Girls Girls! star Laurel Goodwin dies age 79
The actress made her debut in the 1962 film opposite Elvis Presley.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:55:31 GMTZelensky to address the Commons as Johnson continues diplomatic offensive
The Prime Minister will host the leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia before listening to the Ukrainian president.
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:01:39 GMTBritish man transports 80 vulnerable Ukrainians across Polish border in cab
British-Ukrainian Roman Tymchyshyn, 31, has also transported refugees’ pets including a cat, a rabbit, two dogs and a turtle.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:43:59 GMTCrackdown on dirty money will need second bill because current moves not enough, says Priti Patel
‘We simply cannot get all the measures in right now’, admits home secretary
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:19:15 GMTChanges in brain structure after Covid-19 described in new research paper
Changes were detected in areas of the brain associated with smell and memory.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:02:07 GMTMPs back economic crime reforms as action urged on seizing oligarchs’ assets
Reforms in the Bill have faced months of delays and only moved up the Government’s list of priorities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:13:45 GMTUkrainian refugees face ‘chaos’ trying to apply to UK family visa scheme
Priti Patel urged to ‘accept that things are going wrong’ as families who have fled Russian conflict forced to travel for hours to attend visa appointments, with some unable to book one at all
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:39:31 GMTUK issues 300 visas under Ukraine Family Scheme after Home Office receives almost 9,000 applications
Ukrainians who reach France must go to Paris for UK visa appointments – with only 100 available
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:54:46 GMT74-year-old British veteran travels to Ukraine to support the country’s military
Ian Cunningham, who left the British Army in 1977, told PA he had been ‘appalled’ by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:48:37 GMTBoris Johnson denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev
Claim ‘simply incorrect’, says prime minister
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:38:48 GMTPrivate school downgraded by Ofsted for its approach to social justice issues
One of London’s most expensive schools has been downgraded for “placing more weight on teaching social justice than on subject-specific knowledge”
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:36:38 GMTEast London high-rise residents complained of fire safety concerns before blaze
London Fire Brigade was called to the Relay Building in Whitechapel High Street shortly before 4pm on Monday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:21:20 GMTUkrainian baker ‘overwhelmed’ as charity sale raises more than £30,000
The owner of a bakery in Glasgow has said he hoped his fundraising drive will inspire others to host their own charity bake sales for Ukraine.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:19:42 GMTNuremberg-style tribunal needed to prosecute Putin for invasion – Starmer
The Labour leader said a tribunal would be the best way of trying the Russian leader for a ‘crime of aggression’.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:17:25 GMTWomen need to beware of losing out through flexible working – Theresa May
The Conservative backbencher was in conversation with Australian ex-premier Julia Gillard to mark International Women’s Day.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:05:36 GMTWoman rescued from fire at high-rise block of flats and offices in east London
Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters are at the scene.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:49:07 GMTOmagh families say they will return to court if fresh investigation is not ordered
The families met with the leaders of the DUP and TUV at Stormont on Monday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:22:58 GMTIreland prepares to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees
Around 1,800 Ukrainians have already arrived in Ireland since the outbreak of war, the Government has confirmed.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:57:50 GMTEurope turns back on desperate Ukrainian plea for boycott of Russian energy
Buying Putin’s gas and oil like ‘giving money to terrorist’, says Zelensky
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:35:17 GMTUkraine’s president Zelensky to address MPs in Commons on Tuesday
Parliamentarians ‘want to hear directly from president’, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:33:35 GMTDizzee Rascal guilty of assaulting ex-fiancee and smashes camera after verdict
Grime artist convicted of assaulting Cassandra Jones at a home in south London
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:46:09 GMTDUP leader defends plan to use petition of concern on integrated education bill
Bill proposed by Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong is due to have its final stage in the Assembly on Wednesday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:44:19 GMTDonations for Ukraine inundate Scottish organisation
A social enterprise has been inundated with supplies to help those in Ukraine, with hopes of bringing refugees to the safety of Scotland.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:27:21 GMTEd Sheeran ‘always tried to be completely fair’ in crediting people, court hears
The singer-songwriter began to give evidence on Monday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:25:45 GMTCharles visits award-winning cheese producer
The heir to the throne also visited the Royal British Legion Centenary Woodland at Nansledan in Newquay.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:17:33 GMTEd Sheeran denies being an artist who ‘alters’ others music in copyright trial
The singer began giving live evidence on Monday as part of his legal battle with two songwriters.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:14:27 GMTKeir Starmer calls for Nuremberg-style war crimes tribunal for Putin
Russian leader and his ‘criminal cronies’ must be held to account, says Labour leader
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:12:14 GMTSlovakia’s premier calls for coordination in response to Ukraine crisis
Eduard Heger was speaking before a meeting with Boris Johnson.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:09:04 GMTTransport operators face £2,000 fines for bringing Ukrainians without visas to UK
Firms say they are bound by 1999 law amid reports of families being turned around at French ports
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:54:32 GMTAldgate fire: Hundred firefighters sent to high-rise blaze on Whitechapel High Street
Glass panels drop hundreds of metres to ground as flames envelop floor
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:46:13 GMTLorry crashes through gates of Russian embassy in Dublin as man arrested
Video footage shared online shows church supplies truck reversing into gates
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:38:46 GMTDizzee Rascal smashes press photographer’s camera outside court
Dizzee Rascal was found guilty of assaulting his ex-fiancee.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:32:17 GMTGovernment under fire over support for Ukrainian refugees
The Home Office has been accused of a chaotic response to the crisis.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:32:10 GMTJohnson calls for ‘step-by-step’ approach to banning Russian oil and gas
The PM said European countries need to secure substitute sources of energy supply if they are to tighten the squeeze on Moscow.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:29:54 GMTCanada’s PM praises Queen as she holds first in-person audience since Covid bout
The Queen tested positive for coronavirus on February 20 and has spent the last two weeks carrying out only light duties.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:26:32 GMTNo business as usual until progress is made on NI Protocol, says Donaldson
The DUP leader said he is disappointed the UK Government has not moved to protect Northern Ireland’s position in the GB market.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:16:59 GMTBBC News programme ‘breached’ Ofcom broadcast standards
The broadcaster has said it ‘accepts’ the Ofcom decision.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:16:54 GMTUK first as breast cancer drug is approved for use in Scotland
The Scottish Medicines Consortium approved the use of sacituzumab govitecan for patients with triple negative cancer.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:06:05 GMTMinister writes to head of civil service over helping refugees fleeing Ukraine
Deirdre Hargey says she hopes to establish a refugee scheme despite NI not having a functioning Executive.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:03:13 GMTBoris Johnson announces additional £175m in aid for Ukraine
Reducing Europe’s reliance on Russian energy sources can proceed only ‘step by step’, says Dutch PM
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:00:38 GMTNurses’ leaders call for ‘significant’ pay rise
The RCN has warned that staff will leave unless the Government improves NHS pay.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:57:07 GMTMissing RAF airman Corrie McKeague ‘developed binge-drinking problem as teenager after finding friend’s body’
First day of inquest hears how parents’ divorce and death of female friend on railway line when he was 15 shaped gunner’s life before disappearance on night out in September 2016
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:54:38 GMTUK households throw away the equivalent of eight meals a week on average
Households are the biggest contributor to food waste in the UK, making up 70 per cent of the total
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:43:34 GMTOpen All Hours actress Lynda Baron dies aged 82
The sitcom star was best known for her role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:48:38 GMTDizzee Rascal found guilty of assaulting ex-fiancee during ‘chaotic’ row
The grime artist has been found guilty of assaulting his ex-fiancee during a dispute over contact with his children and finances.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:40:45 GMTTory MP writes to every government department asking them to scrap all Covid precautions
Philip Davies accused of wasting time and pretending Covid does not exist
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:37:08 GMTHolyrood Finance Committee convener slams Westminster ‘council tax swindle’
SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson hit out at the UK Government.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:35:57 GMTHearing loss and epilepsy identified as early signs of Parkinson’s – study
Researchers say it is important doctors are aware of the signs so patients can get a timely diagnosis and early help.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:35:45 GMTUkraine war: French interior minister warns that refugees could be ‘pushed to take small boats’ by UK visa delays
Priti Patel says a new visa processing centre is being set up en route to Calais
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:34:15 GMTPolice name teenage pedestrian who died when he was hit by a coach
Shane Dickson, 15, from Airdrie was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:23:05 GMTDizzee Rascal found guilty of assaulting ex-fiancee
The grime artist, whose real name is Dylan Mills was found guilty after a trial at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:22:47 GMTHargey seeks ministers’ support to advance football stadia programme
The Communities Minister updated the Assembly on the progress of the £36.2m programme.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:30:46 GMTUK not doing ‘anywhere near enough’ for Ukrainian refugees, says Sturgeon
Scotland’s first minister wants No 10 to adopt a similar approach to Ireland
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:10:53 GMTEdwin Poots to take South Belfast Assembly seat
The MLA, who currently represents Lagan Valley, said the family of the late Christopher Stalford asked him to do so.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:07:51 GMTRare Pictish symbol stone found as archaeologists unearth 1.7 metre-long object
The stone was found in a farmer’s field by a team from the University of Aberdeen studying the Pictish landscape of Aberlemno.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:05:06 GMTUkrainian teenager vows to stay in Lviv as army ‘needs her support’
Prior to the war, Nadiia Shymkiv was a student at Ukraine Catholic University studying law.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:02:04 GMTSanctions likely to push inflation up 1%, MPs told
The UK and other countries have levelled hard sanctions against Russia following its aggressive war against Ukraine.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:00:00 GMTResearchers find DNA differences that put people at higher risk of severe Covid
Scientists also now know more about the virus than other conditions routinely seen in hospitals such as sepsis and flu.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:56:40 GMTUK ambassador to Ukraine leaves country as Russian war escalates, Liz Truss says
Foreign secretary says Melinda Simmons left Lviv due to ‘serious security situation’
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:42:50 GMTThree-month-old baby killed by ‘out of control’ dog as man and woman arrested
A woman, 40, and man, 54, have been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog which was out of control
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:42:45 GMT‘Near-perfect’ Harry Potter first edition could break record, say auctioneers
A similar copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone fetched almost £350,000 in the US in 2021.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:41:12 GMTPair arrested over ‘out-of-control dog’ after baby death
Lincolnshire Police said the incident was reported to the force by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:30:05 GMTInquest into death of Kelly’s Bar victim to open after 50 years
John Moran died in the aftermath of the gun and bomb attack at Kelly’s Bar on the Whiterock Road.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:21:49 GMTM4 crash: Woman dies and two seriously injured in collision near Reading
Thames Valley Police appeals to potential witnesses for information
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:10:52 GMTGrenfell: Former official apologises to bereaved families after email exposed
Richard Harral, former head of technical policy at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, gave evidence on Monday.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:09:39 GMTPig grunts translated into emotions for the first time – study
The findings suggest farmers could set up an automated recognition system to alert them to when their pigs are distressed.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:59:35 GMTThere are places I remember…
A mural of Ringo Starr has gone up on The Empress pub building near the former Beatle’s childhood home in Liverpool.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:57:50 GMTParliament welcomes new MP for Birmingham Erdington
Labour’s Paulette Hamilton was cheered by party colleagues.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:53:41 GMTBand of Builders transform home to help father-of-two’s recovery
Building surveyor Howard Holden suffered unexplained heart failure in his sleep at his home in Lancashsire.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:51:20 GMTPioneering Helen tells how she quit the police to become a private detective
Helen Wilson, 84, left the police force in the 1960s to become a private detective.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:36:59 GMTOne of the world’s 26 master model builders for Lego hails ‘rewarding’ job
James Windle is the mind behind the builds at Manchester’s Legoland Discovery Centre.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:25:22 GMTJames Cleverly grilled over Ukraine visas in interview after ‘around 50’ issued
Home Office said 5,535 applications had been completed while ‘around 50’ given green light
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:22:15 GMTBoris Johnson unveils six-point plan to help Ukraine amid criticism of UK help for refugees
Six-point ‘plan of action’ will also include more weapons, fresh economic pressure on Russia and strengthening of west’s security
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:17:23 GMTQueen welcomes Canadian PM at first in-person audience since catching Covid
The monarch met Justin Trudeau at Windsor Castle on Monday – two weeks after she tested positive for the virus.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:15:16 GMTUkraine: Vladimir Putin sees ‘no way out’ but to ‘continue with destruction’, Boris Johnson says
PM suggests ‘trauma’ of war has shown ‘real strength of the affection’ between UK and European Union
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:11:10 GMTGlasgow statue famous for traffic cone ‘hat’ gets makeover for Ukraine
A cone with a crocheted cover in the colours of the Ukraine flag was placed on the Duke of Wellington statue in Royal Exchange Square.