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Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:59:53 GMTRoyal news - live: Prince Harry case against the Sun returns to court days after Hugh Grant settles
The Duke of Sussex claims he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for Rupert Murdoch’s publisher
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:30:40 GMTRishi Sunak calls for end to ‘sick note culture’ as he unveils benefits system shakeup
PM will set out his vision for a ‘new welfare settlement for Britain’
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:30:15 GMTSpectator writer boasts of ‘paying for sex’ at brothel after arousal at Cambridge lecture
Lloyd Evans’s article described as ‘grim’, ‘misogynistic’ and ‘horrific’ on social media
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:26:50 GMTUK government urges de-escalation as Israel launches attack on Iran
UK is ‘very firmly engaged in counselling moderation,’ says government minister
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:25:13 GMTWatch live as Rishi Sunak calls for end to ‘sick note culture’ in welfare reform speech
Watch live as Rishi Sunak calls for an end to “sick note culture” in his welfare reform speech today (19 April).
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:18:36 GMTWoman charged with murder after man’s body found at property in Bradford cul-de-sac
Firefighters rushed to put out a small fire in the home in Shetland Close
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:40:05 GMTVoices: Do you back Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban? Join The Independent Debate
While former health secretary Lord Clarke warned the ban risked being difficult to enforce, current health secretary Victoria Atkins said ‘nicotine robs people of their freedom to choose’
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:33:40 GMTBillionaire Tetra Pak heir Hans Rausing suffers new tragedy as second wife dies of cancer
Hans Rausing said his wife Julia ‘leaves behind an extraordinary legacy’ as friends say the philanthropist bore her illness with great courage
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:12:58 GMTByron’s brutal takedown of wife and mother-in-law revealed in unseen letter giving insight into burnt memoir
The poet’s manuscript was destroyed after he died amid fears of damage to his reputation
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:25:04 GMTMinisters will be told to use AI to screen migrants for threats, adviser says
The UK’s reviewer of terrorism legislation warned facilities had become ‘so overwhelmed’ that people were released before all checks were done.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:57:36 GMTGunman opens fire on busy London street in front of terrified children
A gunman opened fire at a group of rivals in front of terrified children on a busy London street, newly-released footage shows.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:53:24 GMTLiz Truss accused of using ‘fabricated’ Rothschild quote in new memoir
Former PM’s publisher reportedly forced to apologise over use of ‘fabricated’ quote
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:16:00 GMTSainsbury’s worker sacked after not paying for 30p bags for life during £30 shop
The Sainsbury’s employee was sacked after working at the London supermarket for nearly 20 years
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:03:04 GMTPub landlord stabbed to death by ex-sister-in-law seconds after calling police, court told
Stephanie Langley said ‘I’m glad I did it’ as paramedics tried to save him, court told
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:49:30 GMTNicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged in police probe into SNP finances
Former chief executive of party accused over claims of embezzlement of party funds
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:43:10 GMTMother’s heartbreaking final words to baby daughter when dropping her off at nursery where she died
Genevieve Meehan died after she was strapped face down to a bean bag at Tiny Toes Nursery, court heard
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:31:45 GMTHusband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon charged with embezzlement in party finance probe
The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been charged with embezzlement in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s pro-independence governing party
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:11:05 GMTKeir Starmer demands police probe into suspended Tory MP over ‘bad people’ pay-off claims
Mark Menzies is accused of using thousands of pounds of party funds to pay off people who had locked him in a flat, but he disputes the allegations – while Labour says the Tories are a party of ‘stagnation, scandal and sleaze’
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:57:59 GMTAngela Rayner told kitchen renovations offset tax on council house sale
The deputy Labour leader is preparing her defence as the probe into her tax affairs continues
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:55:04 GMTNicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell rearrested in police probe into SNP’s finances
The arrest comes as part of a probe into money that had been raised by the SNP since 2017 for a second independence referendum campaign
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:59:06 GMTLatest Ipsos poll shows Tories at their lowest rating in 45 years
Rishi Sunak’s own approval ratings are now historically low as his flagship policy encounters yet more setbacks and his party is gripped by sleaze
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:39:09 GMTConstance Marten trial - latest: Judge summing up evidence as court case over baby death enters final stages
Marten and Gordon are accused of gross negligence manslaghter of the newborn
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:29:32 GMTMoment suspect in ‘industrial’ theft of 480,000 card numbers arrested at airport
The moment a suspect associated with a UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an “industrial scale” was arrested at an airport was caught on police bodycam footage.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:52:23 GMTMenzies claims should be investigated by police, Labour says as Starmer has full confidence in Rayner - live
Mark Menzies accused of using campaign funds to pay off ‘bad people’ and medical expenses after being locked in a flat late at night
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:37:20 GMTUK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds
Britain’s governing Conservative Party suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have misused campaign funds
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:36:25 GMTRwanda bill - live: Sunak doubles down on refusal to help Afghan heroes as no guarantee of fights by spring
Commons leader confirms Rwanda bill will return to the House of Commons on Monday
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:13:13 GMTPrince William promises to ‘look after’ Kate at first royal event since her cancer diagnosis
Prince William has been spending time with wife and children since last engagement in March
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:58:21 GMTTwo boys sentenced for killing more than 20 animals at environmental college
Animals including rabbits, snakes and birds were killed by the youths at an environmental college
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:39:59 GMTNearly half of renters forced to move home without wanting to, report shows
40 per cent of renters say their last move was not made by choice
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:14:19 GMTRishi Sunak delays Rwanda flight plans as Downing Street refuses to commit to Spring
Downing Street refused to confirm that flights would take off by Spring as previously promised
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:31:59 GMTWestminster sleaze and scandals: All the MPs who are suspended or have lost the whip
The number of MPs sitting as independents now outnumber the Lib Dems
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:15:45 GMTLiz Truss, lettuce and the Deep State: Seven car crash moments from former PM’s book tour
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister has launched her new book, ‘Ten Years to Save the West’
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:44:20 GMTWatch as Oliver Dowden speaks on economic security at Chatham House
Watch as Oliver Dowden delivers a speech on economic security on Thursday 18 April.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:39:22 GMTMan’s ‘dangerous’ laser attack on Airbus 320 plane carrying 200 passengers
This is the moment a man launches a “dangerous” laser attack on an Airbus 320 plane carrying 200 passengers as it prepares to land at a UK airport.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:04 GMTGrant Shapps clashes with Kay Burley over Mark Menzies sleaze scandal: ‘Do you think it is funny?’
Grant Shapps clashed with Sky News host Sky Burley as he was quizzed over the latest sleaze scandal to hit the Conservatives.