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Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:51:57 GMT
Twitter: Elon Musk takeover ‘the right path’, says founder Jack Dorsey
The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has reached an agreement to buy the social media platform for $4bn (£34.bn)

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:50:55 GMT
Baby born nine weeks early makes miraculous Covid recovery after being given just hours to live
Mum Chloe Connolly feared daughter Averly would not survive and began making funeral arrangements

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:48:17 GMT
Defence minister backs Ukraine striking Russian soil with British weapons
James Heappey said it is ‘completely legitimate’ for Kyiv to strike targets in Russia to disrupt logistics under the terms of warfare.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:45:20 GMT
Defence minister backs Ukraine striking Russian soil with British weapons
James Heappey said it is ‘completely legitimate’ for Kyiv to strike targets in Russia to disrupt logistics under the terms of warfare.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:42:49 GMT
Hepatitis news UK - live: Health Security Agency probes sudden cases in children
Health experts say they cannot rule out link between cases and Covid

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:29:11 GMT
Boris Johnson news - live: Sue Gray Partygate report ‘to be released by end of May at the earliest’
Prime minister condemns Tory claims against Labour’s deputy leader as ‘misogynist tripe’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:13:52 GMT
Could Covid lockdowns be behind hepatitis surge in children?
There have been 111 serious cases of hepatitis among children since the start of the year.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:04:09 GMT
Heathrow boss says passport delays are ‘really disappointing’
John Holland-Kaye told the PA news agency it is ‘vital’ that people can go on holiday this summer.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:00:09 GMT
Send for new passports ‘as soon as possible’ for summer holidays, minister warns
Conservative MP Simon Hoare described the passport backlog as ‘unprecedented, true, but foreseeable, absolutely’.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:54:31 GMT
Partygate: Sue Gray report may not be finalised ‘until end of next month’
Report by senior civil servant said to be ‘excoriating’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 06:30:32 GMT
Rishi Sunak to consider making new bank holiday permanent to honour Queen
Extra day off would recognise Queen’s ‘extraordinary service’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 06:24:51 GMT
Chancellor set to consider proposals for permanent ‘thank holiday’ - OLD
The extra day off would recognise the Queen’s ‘extraordinary service’.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 06:16:29 GMT
Boris Johnson to plead with ministers for ideas on cost of living as Britons face £10bn fuel cost hike
PM accused of being ‘completely out of ideas’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:15:23 GMT
Boris Johnson news - live: Call to suspend sexist MPs amid outrage at Rayner claims
Prime minister condemns Tory claims against Labour’s deputy leader as ‘misogynist tripe’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:10:12 GMT
What the papers say – April 26
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s take-over of Twitter is one of the topics leading the front pages on Tuesday.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:45:29 GMT
Funeral to take place for D-Day veteran
Harry Billinge, who died aged 96, was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Battle of Normandy

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:58:51 GMT
Island asks Wessexes to use ‘diplomatic influence’ to aid bid for reparations
Edward joked that he had not been taking notes during Gaston Browne’s opening remarks so could not respond to all the points he had made.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:58:39 GMT
Family of captive Briton pleads for Prime Minister to ‘act now’ to free him
Aiden Aslin was fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine, when he was captured earlier this month.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:40:56 GMT
Man and woman charged over attempted murder after suspected gas leak near Falkirk
Suspects appear in Falkirk Sheriff Court, after two individuals taken to hospital

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:38:46 GMT
Civil service chief ‘warns Boris Johnson against forcing government workers back to office’
Prime minister backs Jacob Rees-Mogg despite criticism of minister’s ‘Dickensian’ tactics to repopulate Whitehall

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:07:54 GMT
Two thirds of lesbians postpone coming out due to damaging ‘man-hating’, ‘over-sexualised’ stereotypes
‘It always feels like calling yourself lesbian is the same as sharing details about your sex life,’ says woman

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:02:56 GMT
‘Victim-blaming culture’ leading to missed opportunities to tackle spiking, MPs say
Offenders face ‘few deterrents’, parliamentary committee finds

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:02:16 GMT
Meghan’s father Thomas Markle says he has a right to meet his grandchildren
Thomas Markle, 77, said he is planning to fly over to the UK in June for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Venues with bad track record on spiking ‘must improve to have licence renewed’
Spiking will remain an ‘invisible crime’ unless action is taken to improve awareness, the Home Affairs Committee has warned in a new report.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
TUC calls for boycott of P&O Ferries
The union organisation said the ferry company deserves ‘pariah status’.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Researchers look to recruit 120 ex-footballers for study into dementia risk
The £1.3 million project aims to investigate ways to reduce dementia risk among footballers.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Uber launches travel service for pets
.Fares for Uber Pet journeys will include a surcharge of £3.20 in London and £2 outside the capital.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Imports to EU in relative 25% fall after Brexit trade agreement, researchers say
But exports to the bloc avoided a sustained decline.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Passenger numbers at UK airports last year were 78% below pre-Covid levels
Analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data found just 64.4 million passengers arrived or departed on flights at UK airports in 2021.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Scottish voters making more use of transferable voting says leading pollster
A new report by the Electoral Reform Society found 85.8% of valid ballot papers contained at least two choices in the 2017 Scottish local elections.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
It is now or never to halt the cash crisis, says Which?
The consumer group wants legislation to be introduced urgently to protect the future of cash.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
‘I’m just an ordinary bloke’: Man recalls son as he continues meningitis fight
Steve Dayman’s 14-month-old son Spencer died of meningitis in 1982.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Planning application ‘significant’ in unsolved murder of banker, police say
A planning application for decking across from the home of murdered Alistair Wilson in Nairn may hold the key to finding the killer, police say.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Children cannot avoid daydreaming but it may affect learning, study shows
The study at Queen’s University Belfast is the first which looks at the impact of mind wandering on learning.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:55:09 GMT
Liverpool Women’s Hospital donates neonatal equipment to Ukraine
The equipment, including feeding syringes, cannulas, and ventilators, arrived in Lviv on April 10

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:50:16 GMT
Sophie hoists disabled woman into boat and hugs boy, eight, at sailing academy
The countess received a card from young Aleccai Brown saying ‘welcome to Antigua’ on her visit to the island.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:30:12 GMT
UK sends ambulances and fire engines to Ukraine and lifts tariffs to help country’s exporters
New ban to close loophole on exports of repressive equipment to Russia

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:30:00 GMT
People feel unsafe amid ‘staggering fall’ in police stations – Lib Dems
New figures suggest a total of 217 police stations and counters in England and Wales were shut between 2015 to 2021.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:30:00 GMT
Ambulances and more medical supplies donated to Ukraine
A further 22 ambulances are being sent to the nation while 40 fire engines have arrived.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:28:02 GMT
Johnson backs Rees-Mogg over ‘Dickensian’ Whitehall return-to-office push
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries criticised Jacob Rees-Mogg’s drive to get civil servants back to their desks but No 10 backed him.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:12:22 GMT
Donald Trump claims Boris Johnson intervened to cancel interview with Piers Morgan
The former US president says prime minister ‘getting a little bit too liberal and green’

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:59:00 GMT
Katie Kenyon: Man arrested as police ‘increasingly concerned’ for missing woman last seen getting into van
The 50-year-old man arrested by police is known to the missing woman, officers said

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:57:24 GMT
Modern slavery backlash fears slow British company disclosures, regulator says
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sampled 100 reports of major companies

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:42:54 GMT
‘Lovely’ grandmother and three family members stabbed to death at home in south London
Tributes to ‘really close’ family as police question suspect over deaths of three women and one man

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:40:40 GMT
William backs air ambulance charity’s bid to raise £15m for new helicopters
The Duke of Cambridge is patron of London’s Air Ambulance Charity.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:31:22 GMT
Number of investigated cases of hepatitis in children rises to 111
The UKHSA said the rise in severe cases of hepatitis may be linked to adenoviruses.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:44:07 GMT
Punish sexist MPs with suspension, says most senior woman in Commons
‘Basic Instinct’ attack on Angela Rayner condemned by Boris Johnson as ‘misogynistic tripe’

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:02:32 GMT
Peers defeat government over ‘repugnant’ threat to election watchdog’s independence
Lords votes against plan to give ministers powers to set Electoral Commission’s priorities

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:20:33 GMT
MPs frustrated as national security adviser quizzed over Nowzad evacuation
Sir Stephen Lovegrove was accused of giving evidence ‘opposite’ to that supplied by top civil servant Sir Philip Barton.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:56:58 GMT
Unionists welcome move to refer NI Protocol legal challenge to Supreme Court
Northern Ireland’s Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan has granted leave to appeal a ruling that the post-Brexit trading arrangement is lawful.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:49:31 GMT
Same-sex couple ‘proud to be part of history’ after Antarctic wedding
Eric Bourne said his marriage to Stephen Carpenter resulted in “the best day” of his life.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:57:10 GMT
Priti Patel abandons ‘pushbacks’ in Channel days before legal challenge
Government lawyers confirm controversial tactic has been withdrawn, week before hearing was due to begin

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:14:14 GMT
Prince Edward and Sophie mocked for ‘tone-deaf’ gift of a signed photo to St Lucia leader
Some commentators have condemned the Wessexes’ gesture as ‘narcissistic’, ‘tone-deaf’ and ‘insulting’ with claims that their present would ‘make a lovely ash tray’

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 23:43:31 GMT
Royal family warned against ‘insulting’ Black people as St Lucia leg of royal tour begins
Campaigners in Antigua urge monarchy to account for slavery during what they describe as the Wessexes’ “goodwill-don’t-leave-us tour” of Caribbean

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:02:13 GMT
Charlotte Brontë ‘little book’ saved for the public after £980,000 sale
The minature book could be, inch-for-inch, the most valuable literary manuscript ever sold

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:54:34 GMT
Alex Salmond lawyer guilty of professional misconduct over comments on train
The QC was caught on video talking about the former first minister and two of his accusers while making a rail trip.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:42:28 GMT
Pensioner died after being tied to chair by burglar demanding PIN, court told
Adris Mohammed is alleged to have gone back to the home of 78-year-old David Varlow to hunt for other things to steal, a week after tying him up.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:26:30 GMT
Kidnap suspect known to missing Katie Kenyon, say police
Katie Kenyon, 33, from Padiham, Burnley, has not been seen by her worried family since last Friday morning.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:26:03 GMT
Sophie plays steel drums as Wessexes receive friendly welcome in Antigua
The countess joined in with Princess Margaret School during a rendition of Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:20:59 GMT
UK believes 15,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine as it pledges further help
Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘must not be allowed to prevail’.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:13:00 GMT
Finance boss jailed for £1m fraud
Michael Black, 56, fraudulently pocketed £1.2 million from three businesses he worked for between 2010 and 2019.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:00:41 GMT
More than 800 Ukrainian refugees waiting since March to come to UK – hosts
Frustrated hosts say more than 800 refugees who applied during the first two weeks of the Homes for Ukraine scheme are still waiting for visas.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:52:06 GMT
Pubs to stay open until 1am over June bank holiday weekend to mark Queen’s jubilee
Home secretary Priti Patel said the extended hours will allow Brits to ‘raise a glass to toast Her Majesty’

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:48:18 GMT
Stansted passengers face queues of nearly two hours at passport control
Frustrated travellers posted images of long queues on social media.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:41:45 GMT
Wessexes urged to use ‘diplomatic influence’ for island’s reparations bid
Edward and Sophie arrived in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:38:14 GMT
Speaker summons Mail on Sunday editor to meeting after sexist article about Angela Rayner
Lindsay Hoyle criticised the article in the chamber on Monday

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:19:14 GMT
Johnson condemns claims about Angela Rayner as ‘sexist, misogynistic tripe’
The Prime Minister condemned the anonymous MP quoted in the Mail on Sunday as the paper’s editor was called in for a meeting with the Speaker.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:17:26 GMT
Ministers targeted by Russian hoax callers pretending to be captured British citizens
Exclusive: Russian information operations believed to be behind calls made to private offices of cabinet members

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:09:26 GMT
P&O Ferries boss should be jailed over sacking of workers, says unions chief
STUC president Pat Rafferty said that Peter Hebblethwaite should be imprisoned to send a clear message to employers.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:05:04 GMT
Nicola Sturgeon: Men need to change to make politics better for women
The First Minister said women were too often reduced ‘to their body parts’.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:03:00 GMT
Partner of Army veteran taking human rights case against British Government
Dennis Hutchings died after contracting Covid-19 while awaiting trial over a fatal shooting in 1974

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:44:11 GMT
Photos of Downing Street parties may never be published
Senior civil servant’s report will be checked for privacy breaches before publication, says No 10

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:41:09 GMT
Edward and Sophie touch down on latest Caribbean stop
The Earl and Countess of Wessex arrived in Antigua and Barbuda after warnings to avoid “phony sanctimony” over slavery.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:36:35 GMT
Armed police put Surrey school on lockdown in response to ‘suspicious phone call’
In response to social media ‘speculation’, police said no weapons have been recovered at the scene

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:34:13 GMT
Man doused in fuel by kidnappers who threatened to set him on fire in County Down
Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident that left the victim “very shaken”

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:26:54 GMT
Duchess of Cambridge joins Anzac Day commemoration at Westminster Abbey
William and Kate joined hundreds of guests from Australia and New Zealand’s communities in the UK.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:16:59 GMT
Family of late D-Day veteran Harry Billinge urge well-wishers to be guardians
Harry Billinge, who has died aged 96, was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Battle of Normandy.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:12:44 GMT
Government withdraws migrant pushback policy ahead of High Court challenge
The policy would have allowed border force patrols to intercept migrant vessels in the Channel and return them to France.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:05:38 GMT
Sinn Fein ‘striking balance between unity push and bread-and-butter issues’
Party president Mary Lou McDonald joined colleagues to launch Sinn Fein’s Assembly election manifesto in Belfast.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:01:14 GMT
More than 50 students offered places on first-ever Cambridge pre-degree course
The one-year foundation course is part of the university’s plans to recruit a more diverse range of students.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:59:09 GMT
Three dead after car crashes into tree and bursts into flames in Derbyshire
Two people remain in hospital

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:58:05 GMT
Disruption to council and school services as Unite workers strike over pay
Two weeks of strike action by council and Housing Executive workers began on Monday in Northern Ireland.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:56:23 GMT
Motorcyclist ‘wrestles machete off armed robbers’ as they chase him through street
Horrified witness says incident was ‘one of the worst things’ they have ever seen

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:37:05 GMT
Boris Johnson threatens to unleash ‘terrors of the earth’ on Tory who made Rayner remark
PM calls claim ‘appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe’

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:30:09 GMT
Fewer than 200 asylum seekers will be deported to Rwanda under existing rules, data analysis shows
New figures cast doubt over Boris Johnson’s claim that tens of thousands will be removed under new deal

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:23:27 GMT
UK-France diplomatic reset ‘not high on agenda’ after Macron victory
The UK is hoping for a ‘reset’, but experts said Emmanuel Macron will be more focused on reforming the EU than improving relations with Britain.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:12:59 GMT
Brexit: Your questions on new protocol row and Rees-Mogg’s hunt for benefits answered live
Got questions about Brexit? Pop them in the comments and Adam Forrest will answer as many as he can

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:04:30 GMT
Boris Johnson backs Jacob Rees-Mogg leaving notes on civil servants’ desks
The minister for government efficiency has launched a crusade against civil servants working from home

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:02:51 GMT
Boris Johnson says he is still a Tory ‘asset’ despite partygate claims
The Prime Minister is facing calls to quit from some of his own MPs after he was fined for a breach of Covid regulations.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:53:51 GMT
Man accused of murdering teacher Ashling Murphy, 23, to stand trial next year
Ms Murphy, a talented musician, was killed while jogging along a canal near Tullamore, Co Offaly, in January.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:05:52 GMT
Keir Starmer says ‘sexist’ culture in Parliament has to change after Angela Rayner story
‘It’s rank sexism, rank misogyny,’ Labour leader says

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:05:12 GMT
Johnson condemns claims about Rayner as ‘sexist, misogynistic tripe’
Boris Johnson said the suggestion Labour’s Angela Rayner sought to distract him with her legs because she lacked his debating skills was ‘appalling’.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:58:52 GMT
‘Significant’ drop in life expectancy in most deprived areas of England
People in deprived areas also live a larger number of years in poorer states of health.

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:28:09 GMT
Priti Patel accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over plans to place asylum seekers on RAF site in rural village
Tory MP points out that two years ago home secretary ordered that asylum seekers be removed from hotel in her own constituency on basis that area was too rural

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:42:37 GMT
Rishi Sunak falls to bottom of cabinet rankings in Tory faithful survey
Chancellor was third from bottom in survey last month

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:33:25 GMT
Four killed in ‘devastating’ stabbing attack
One man has been arrested after three women and a man were found fatally injured at a house in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, early on Monday.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:13:15 GMT
Mother who killed son, 10, and daughter, 4, in drink-driving crash jailed for four years
Smaller died in the crash on his 10th birthday alongside his sister Lilly

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:25:09 GMT
Osprey lays her first egg of season
Dorcha is expected to lay more eggs this week.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:17:59 GMT
Woman, 23, to stand trial accused of murdering Bradley Lewis
Abigail White is accused of killing Bradley Lewis, 22, in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, on March 25 2022.

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:43:55 GMT
Working mothers forced to quit over flexible arrangements as bosses ‘reject requests too easily’
Exclusive: New research shows vast majority want flexible working as union warns workers are pushed into cutting hours or taking unpaid leave instead



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