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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:59:11 GMT
Nursery nurse who lost father to heart attack to run London Marathon for charity
Hannah Evans is raising money for the British Heart Foundation in memory of her father Stephen Evans who died in 2010 aged just 59.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:58:26 GMT
What time is Sir Keir Starmer’s speech today?
Labour leader to tell party conference in Liverpool that Britain is ready for change after 12 years of Tory misrule and economic chaos

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:53:35 GMT
Labour to promise law to ensure international aid tackles climate crisis
Exclusive: Legislation to prioritise ‘greatest threat to humanity’ as Labour restores 0.7% aid commitment

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:50:19 GMT
How is British pound performing against other currencies?
The pound fell against the Albanian Lek, the Lebanese pound, and the Malaysian Ringgit, among many others

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:49:48 GMT
How the pound is performing against other currencies?
The pound fell against the Albanian Lek, the Lebanese pound, and the Malaysian Ringgit, among many others

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:46:07 GMT
Police Federation chair tells government to stop using crime as ‘political gimmick’ after 20% targets announced
Exclusive: Warning from police leader after Suella Braverman says she ‘expects’ forces to cut crimes including murder by a fifth

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:39:23 GMT
Jacob Rees-Mogg claims PayPal indulging in ‘cancel culture’ over blocked accounts
US giant should not ‘push political opinions’, says cabinet minister after Toby Young accounts blocked

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:29:24 GMT
Pensioner killed on road he complained to council about just three weeks earlier
Neighbours say 72-year-old had written to local authority about safety on main road

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:09:49 GMT
Lenders pull mortgages from sale amid market volatility after pound plunges
The Bank of England said it could hike the interest base rate in an attempt to rein in inflation

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:05:45 GMT
Duke who organised Queen’s funeral banned from driving after using phone at wheel
Duke argued he needed to keep licence to arrange King Charles III’s coronation

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:05:40 GMT
Special stamps to be released in memory of the Queen
The four stamps, featuring portraits of the late monarch, are the first set to be approved by King Charles III.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:04:11 GMT
Scotland will not be ‘drag on Labour ticket’ at next election, says Sarwar
Labour only have one MP in Scotland.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:56:10 GMT
Burglary ‘too serious’ for police not to attend – new Met chief
Sir Mark Rowley said it is not acceptable that only half of reported burglaries in London are attended by an officer.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:55:58 GMT
Starmer to accuse Truss of ‘losing control’ of economy as he offers ‘fresh start’ for country
Labour leader borrows slogan from Tony Blair as he describes party as ‘political wing of British people’

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:43:20 GMT
Pound news – live: Sterling rises slightly as Kwarteng ‘deeply damages’ election chances
Currency fell to lowest level since decimalisation in 1971 after chancellor’s tax cuts for wealthiest

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:40:21 GMT
Labour argues ‘cavalry is coming’ after ‘reckless’ Tory economic strategy
The opposition was buoyed by polling giving Labour a huge lead over the Conservatives.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:24:06 GMT
Kwasi Kwarteng said ‘who cares if Sterling crashes?’ after Brexit, report claims
Brexiteer MP overheard talking about markets on night of 2016 referendum vote

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:22:34 GMT
BBC set to give update on Eurovision host city shortlist
There are currently seven UK cities shortlisted to host the singing competition in 2023.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:19:14 GMT
Holly and Phil did nothing wrong by attending lying in state, says Graham Norton
The pair were targeted online after visiting Westminster Hall without queueing with the public.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:58:15 GMT
First edition hardback of Harry Potter to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction
The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,000.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:50:19 GMT
Sky News faces Ofcom probe after Chris Kaba protest mistaken for royal mourners
The watchdog said it was looking at whether the programme broke its rules ‘requiring news to be reported with due accuracy’.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:47:42 GMT
London city hall must strengthen rulebook, probe into Boris Johnson finds
Future London mayors should be in no doubt about declaring interests such as personal relationships, the report found

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:47:00 GMT
Boris Johnson and Jennifer Arcuri probe finds London city hall must strengthen rulebook
Future mayors should be in no doubt about declaring interests such as personal relationships, report finds

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:30:30 GMT
Liz Truss’s chief of staff to be directly employed by No 10 after being paid by own firm
Downing Street says Mark Fullbrook will go on special advisor contract to end ‘ongoing speculation’

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:29:33 GMT
The four new driving laws coming into force in UK this month
From a total mobile phone ban to low emission zones, don’t be caught out by new motoring rules

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:29:18 GMT
The four new driving laws coming into force in UK this month
From a total mobile phone ban to low emission zones, don’t be caught out by new motoring rules

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:27:02 GMT
Royal family return to normal duties as mourning period ends
The Prince and Princess of Wales are to visit the nation for the first time since taking up their titles.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:53:02 GMT
I want to hear from those we have let down, says Met boss
Sir Mark Rowley, who took over as the boss at Scotland Yard earlier this month, said he is ‘determined’ to get the culture right within the force.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:58:57 GMT
Top Truss aide to be directly employed by No 10 after being paid by own firm
The previous arrangement drew accusations of renewed ‘Tory sleaze’ from opposition parties.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:53:17 GMT
Pound - live: Bank of England ‘won’t hesitate’ to hike interest rates to curb inflation
The pound sterling tumbled to an unprecedented $1.0327

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:16:41 GMT
What the papers say – September 27
The national mastheads focus on market reaction to the Government’s promised tax cuts.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:09:13 GMT
Labour surges to largest poll lead over Tories in more than two decades
The 17-point lead represents a level of support Labour had not had since 2001

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:50:32 GMT
Starmer takes aim at Tories as Labour buoyed by promising poll
The Labour leader will quote Sir Tony Blair to dub his party the ‘political wing of the British people’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:09:54 GMT
Steve Coogan ‘not a monarchist’ despite recent royal-related projects
The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:03:50 GMT
Abolishing non-dom tax status ‘would raise more than £3.2bn each year’
Research suggests non-doms earn at least £10.9bn in offshore income and capital gains annually

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:58 GMT
Top trade union official accuses UK government of ‘Thatcherism on steroids’
Scotland’s top trade union official has accused the UK Government of deploying ‘Thatcherism on steroids’ after the pound plunged to a new low.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Coins and banknotes featuring the King and Queen Elizabeth II will co-circulate
New banknotes featuring Charles are expected to enter circulation by mid-2024.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
New stamps and banknotes featuring Charles’ image to be introduced sustainably
King Charles III’s image will appear on stamps, coins and banknotes in the future.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
William and Kate to visit Wales for first official visit with new titles
The Prince and Princess of Wales will journey from Holyhead to Swansea on a day-long tour of the country on Tuesday.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Serious child safeguarding concerns remain, Education Secretary told
Council officials in Bradford and Solihull where vulnerable children were murdered gave ‘inadequate’ reassurances, a cross-party group of MPs said.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Fresh strike for workers at UK’s largest container port
Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Steven Moffat: The BBC will never be safe in the hands of the Government
The screenwriter and producer decried what he described as attempts to ‘defund the truth’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Preventable cancer cases on the rise, charity says
Some 40% of cancers could be prevented through lifestyle changes, the World Cancer Research Fund said.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
London Marathon fundraising will ‘turbo charge’ heart research, charity says
The British Heart Foundation is the TCS London Marathon’s charity of the year and hopes to raise more than £3 million for regenerative medicine.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT
Solicitor to run London Marathon for heart charity after death of sister, 16
Hannah Halden’s 16-year-old sister Lona collapsed and died after a cardiac arrest at their family home.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:28:54 GMT
Mistakes made in RAF diversity recruitment drive, admits Ministry of Defence
The Royal Air Force introduced a new recruiting IT system earlier this year to improve the diversity of its workforce.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:21:10 GMT
MoD admits RAF ‘made mistakes’ during diversity recruitment drive
The RAF is ‘investigating some processes and decisions taken in the past’

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT
Welsh Government to spend £1.8m promoting World Cup participation
A series of projects supporting culture, arts and heritage will be launched in a bid to secure a lasting legacy for Welsh football.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:43:19 GMT
Starmer to quote Blair in calling Labour ‘political wing of the British people’
Sir Keir will outline an ambition to ‘turn the UK into a growth superpower’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:30:00 GMT
Keir Starmer: Labour government would help Scotland shape its own future
The Labour leader is expected to outline how Labour would help Scotland at the party’s conference in Liverpool.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:21:29 GMT
Charles’s new monogram revealed
The monarchy’s seven-day period of royal mourning is coming to an end.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:21:01 GMT
King Charles’s new royal cypher revealed
The monarchy’s seven-day period of royal mourning is coming to an end

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:55:39 GMT
Labour members back axing first-past-the-post despite Starmer opposition
Labour’s annual conference has voted in favour of proportional representation for Westminster elections – despite the policy being rejected by the party leadership.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:51:59 GMT
Bank of England forced to intervene as pound crashes to all-time low after ‘disastrous’ mini-Budget
Emergency action fails to prop up pound, leaving Liz Truss facing political crisis after just three weeks in power

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:48:47 GMT
Truss congratulates far-right leader set to be Italy’s first female premier
The Prime Minister described the UK and Italy as ‘close allies’ in a message to Giorgia Meloni.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:31:40 GMT
Duke who organised Queen’s funeral to argue against driving ban due to planning King’s coronation
The cross-bench peer admitted to running a red light while on the phone with his wife

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:31:18 GMT
British prisoner of war freed from Russian captivity says he was ‘expecting to be killed’
‘I was expecting I’d be killed or spending years there,’ says Aiden Aslin

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:26:39 GMT
Nicola Sturgeon: Mini-budget is disaster it would be wrong to follow
The Scottish First Minister said plans to cut taxes were ‘morally repugnant, fiscally damaging and reckless’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:26:27 GMT
Tumbling pound will intensify cost of living crisis, government warned
Fall in pound will ‘worsen inflation and lengthen the cost of living crisis’, says think tank

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:54:49 GMT
Labour members back proportional representation in general elections
Several Labour members spoke in favour of electoral reform during the debate on Monday afternoon.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:54:43 GMT
Government approach to devolution ‘offensive and wrong’, says Nandy
The shadow communities secretary said ministers had forced areas to compete ‘Hunger Games-style’ for ‘crumbs from the table’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:54:38 GMT
Molly Russell: Instagram exec says posts seen by teen ‘promoting’ suicide were safe
Meta’s head of health tells inquest content 14-year-old viewed before her death were ‘by and large, admissive’ under the platform’s guidelines

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:44:41 GMT
Young soldier died in non-operational incident, Ministry of Defence confirms
The Ministry of Defence says Sapper Connor Morrison of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment died during a “non-operational incident”.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:31:06 GMT
Truss thanks Saudi crown price for help freeing Britons captured in Ukraine
New PM also offers the UK’s ‘continued encouragement for progress in Saudi Arabia’s domestic reforms’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:16:18 GMT
Electric bike sparked Bristol tower block fire that led to man’s death, investigators reveal
A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape the blaze in the Easton area of Bristol on Sunday.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:15:34 GMT
Electric bike sparked Bristol tower block fire that led to man’s death, investigators say
A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape the blaze in the Easton area of Bristol on Sunday.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:55:54 GMT
Men’s football must invest heavily in the women’s game, says Gary Neville
In August, the Premier League said it remained in ‘active conversations’ with the FA over how it can help women’s football.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:48:56 GMT
Driving ban for peer who is arranging King’s coronation
The Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, 65, pleaded guilty at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court on Monday to using his mobile phone behind the wheel.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:47:11 GMT
Drop in pound ‘could push up price of pint’, warn brewery bosses
The pound fell to a record-low against the dollar on Monday morning

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:45:31 GMT
Drop in pound could push up price of pint, brewery bosses warn
The pound fell to a record-low against the dollar on Monday morning

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:39:26 GMT
Lammy: Be nice, don’t fight with Britain’s allies
Shadow foreign secretary condemns the Government’s proposals to unilaterally scrap parts of Northern Ireland Protocol as ‘entirely unacceptable’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:26:26 GMT
Labour says it would deliver ‘rapid deals’ with the EU on NI trade issues
Peter Kyle said there are ‘problems’ with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:25:07 GMT
Judges ‘wrong’ to take position over barrister pay dispute, High Court told
The Director of Public Prosecutions is challenging judges’ refusals to extend custody in two separate criminal cases in Bristol and Manchester.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:19:20 GMT
Judges who released alleged violent offenders due to barristers’ strike ‘acted unlawfully’
High Court to decide whether trial delays caused by ongoing strike are a legal reason to keep people in prison before trial

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:08:38 GMT
‘Council housing, council housing, council housing’ is new Labour mantra – Nandy
The shadow communities secretary told the Labour Party conference that housing was not a market but a ‘fundamental human right’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:05:58 GMT
Britain has ‘clearly gone too far’: World press reacts to pound’s fall
Papers around the world marked sterling’s record low with concern

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:00:00 GMT
Liz Truss accused of ‘lying’ to parliament about meeting with Gulf autocrats
Foreign Office accused of cover-up after refusing to explain prime minister’s comments

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:53:55 GMT
EU, US question Serbia's EU commitment after Russia deal
The European Union and the U.S. have questioned Serbia’s commitment to join Europe’s 27-nation bloc after Belgrade signed an agreement with Moscow pledging long-term “consultations” on foreign policy matters amid the Russian aggression in Ukr...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:45:11 GMT
Labour will never make a deal with the SNP to secure power, says Ian Murray
The shadow Scottish secretary, Labour’s only MP in Scotland, said the party would never form a coalition with the SNP at Westminster.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:31:17 GMT
Heated words after Instagram chief says posts viewed by Molly Russell were safe
Elizabeth Lagone apologised for content Molly viewed that ‘violated our policies’.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:26:32 GMT
Truss urged to attend meeting of Macron’s European club to boost UK-EU trust
Prime Minister Liz Truss attending the European Political Community meeting would be a ‘very good signal’, the EU’s ambassador to the UK said.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:17:46 GMT
Kwasi Kwarteng to reveal new fiscal rules in November amid market panic
Chancellor to set out medium-term ‘fiscal plan’ – but no proper budget until spring 2023, says Treasury

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:09:45 GMT
Bank warns interest rates to rise by ‘as much as needed’ to rein in inflation
Governor’s comments will fuel expectations of rise in cost of borrowing and mortgages

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:07:22 GMT
British Library acquires collection of Beatles’ only authorised biographer
Writer and broadcaster Hunter Davies said he was pleased the items will now be available to the public and researchers.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:06:49 GMT
Two teenagers charged with murder of boy outside Huddersfield school gates appear in court
Khayri McLean, 15, was stabbed near the entrance of North Huddersfield Trust School

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:55:25 GMT
TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy
TikTok may face a £27m fine for breaching UK data protection law involving children’s privacy over more than two years to July 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:43:32 GMT
Labour pledges thousands more doctors, nurses and midwives by restoring 45p tax rate
Rachel Reeves says billions saved will deliver ‘one of the biggest expansions of NHS workforce in history‘ – in clear dividing line with Tories

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:40:34 GMT
Royal family to return to normal official duties when royal mourning ends
The monarchy has been observing royal mourning for seven days since the Queen’s funeral.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:40:04 GMT
Fresh inquest starts into death of young woman refused hospital admission
The original 2015 inquest into the death of Sally Mays, 22, was quashed by the High Court last year.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:39:03 GMT
Murder accused told handyman: ‘I did and I didn’t’ kill Renee MacRae, court told
William MacDowell, 80, is on trial accused of killing Renee MacRae and her toddler son Andrew in November 1976.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:37:18 GMT
Bid to allow Jeremy Corbyn to stand as Labour candidate again is defeated
Conference rejects rule change while former leader is suspended from parliamentary party over antisemitism stance

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:33:42 GMT
Public services braced for huge cuts as Liz Truss abandons spending review
Budgets were set when prices were expected to rise by just 4 per cent – but inflation is now 10 per cent

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:32:30 GMT
Liz Truss facing more cabinet backlash over moves to bring in more overseas workers
Work and pensions secretary ‘comfortable’ with relaxing rules to fill shortages – but home secretary said to be adamant numbers come down

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:31:04 GMT
Commons sleaze watchdog rejects call to ditch probe into Boris Johnson ‘lies’
Parliament’s sleaze watchdog has firmly rejected demands to call off its inquiry into Boris Johnson.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:29:08 GMT
Gary Neville says Liz Truss is ‘taking the Mickey’ over tax cuts for rich
Former England international to join Sir Keir Starmer at Labour Party conference

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:26:22 GMT
‘Shocking’: Labour condemns Liz Truss paying chief of staff through lobbying firm
Mark Fullbrook was already in spotlight over FBI interview in connection with alleged corruption in Puerto Rico

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:24:30 GMT
‘A matter for the Bank of England’: Liz Truss refuses to discuss if UK in recession
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng also claims he can’t comment on ‘market movements’ following pound’s plunge

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:22:20 GMT
Russian officials hit with UK sanctions over ‘sham referendums’ in Ukraine
Measures include travel bans and freezing of assets

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:20:42 GMT
Starmer says a Labour government would bring back 45p tax rate
A Labour government would bring back the 45p tax rate for the highest earners, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:14:16 GMT
Pound recovering after hitting all-time low against the dollar
Sterling plunged to its lowest level against the US dollar - at just over $1.03 - since decimalisation in 1971



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