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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:54:56 GMTMatt Hancock news – live: Questions remain on affair as ex-civil service head urges reform over ‘sorry saga’
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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:21:31 GMTBan on mobile phones in English schools proposed by Gavin Williamson
Education secretary says he wants to ensure pupils can ‘benefit from calm classrooms which support them to thrive’
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:19:49 GMTAutomatic Covid isolation for school pupils ‘to end from September’
Thousands of pupils have missed school because another has tested positive for Covid-19
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:09:39 GMTJavid warns UK has to learn to live with Covid but 19 July will be start of ‘exciting new journey’
Health secretary says ‘we owe it to the British people… not to wait a moment longer than we need to’
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:43:54 GMTPolice hunt suspect after female officer kicked in head at anti-lockdown protest
A female officer was knocked to the floor and kicked in the head
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:39:15 GMTProfessor Chris Whitty grabbed by ‘thugs’ in London park as video investigated by police
‘This is disgusting and these thugs must be found and charged’ says minister
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:34:30 GMTSurge in fake delivery texts as fraudsters exploit pandemic
‘Couriers and the telecoms industry must take further steps to protect consumers’ say Which?
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:04:32 GMTParents ‘putting enormous pressure’ on teachers to change grades
Shadow education secretary blames government for piling pressure on staff with system that ‘cannot deliver fairness’
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:48:45 GMTBritish Embassy in UAE faces backlash after flying rainbow flag for Pride
Conservative Emiratis dub the move ‘racist’ and ‘disrespectful’, but analysts say it could be the latest indication that the UAE is about to decriminalise homosexuality
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 02:26:43 GMTRemote hearings in family courts can obstruct justice, Law Society warns
People report feeling ‘left out and invisible’ in court proceedings
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 02:13:57 GMTNew criminal offence needed to protect shop workers after ‘shocking increase’ in abuse, MPs say
Attacks on supermarket staff should be treated with ‘same seriousness’ as those on emergency workers, committee says
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:06:38 GMTElephant and Castle: Huge fire and explosion near London station injures six and disrupts trains
Plumes of black smoke seen billowing into the sky after cars fire at garage under railway arches
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:47:13 GMTPfizer and Moderna vaccines produce immunity for years, study suggests
Findings suggest patients who have received either vaccine may not need a booster dose
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 20:23:22 GMTWimbledon crowd gives standing ovation to Oxford Covid vaccine developer Dame Sarah Gilbert
Tennis fans show support for vaccine scientists and keyworkers on first day at Centre Court
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:36:56 GMTThreat of inquiry into ministers’ use of private emails for official work, after MPs told it is allowed
Information Commissioner considers taking action – warning of public concern that records are being concealed
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:00:58 GMT Security camera in Hancock’s office which caught his affair was ‘outlier’ and not general policy, government says
Camera inside the Department of Health was an ‘outlier’, minister says
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:53:58 GMTJavid pledges to look at school Covid rules as thousands of pupils self-isolate
New health secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to look again at coronavirus measures in schools, after thousands of pupils were told to self-isolate.
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:51:16 GMTMatt Hancock resigns: These are the questions still left to answer
Private emails, leaks, and parliamentary passes are among issues yet to be settled
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:41:16 GMTDalian Atkinson: Police officer convicted of ex-footballer’s manslaughter kept his job despite gross misconduct
Benjamin Monk remained in post with West Mercia Police in 2011 after being found to have breached required standards for honesty and integrity, court hears
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:58:16 GMTEspionage cannot be ruled out in investigation into MoD documents left at bus stop, government says
But minister says senior official who lost papers self-reported incident
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:45:43 GMTBoris Johnson suggests he sacked Matt Hancock – despite refusing to dismiss him when scandal broke
Claim comes despite prime minister keeping his health secretary in post on Friday – declaring the matter ‘closed’
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:07:25 GMTEU suggests deal could be struck on Brexit ‘sausage wars’ in next 48 hours
Maros Sefcovic said he was ‘confident’ an agreement could be found
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:07:16 GMT‘It will be a whole new world’: Fears EU settlement deadline will place domestic abuse victims at grave risk
‘When your abuser has been isolating and controlling you and keeping you removed from society to begin with, proving your residency is no simple task,’ says expert
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:15:24 GMT£600m government subsidies driving food waste are ‘bonkers’, says Boris Johnson’s adviser
Exclusive: The government’s food waste tsar, Ben Elliot, has vowed to tackle the imbalance caused by subsidies for biogas production
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:14:35 GMTBatley and Spen by-election: Labour’s Muslim vote collapsing as Palestine – and potholes – cause anger
Kim Leadbeater is standing for the party in the seat where her sister was killed, but support is being squeezed by the arrival of George Galloway. By Colin Drury in Batley
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:45:11 GMTNeo-Nazi teenager who threatened to attack migrants in Dover admits terror offences
Boy set up far-right online group where members discussed attacking refugees with Molotov cocktails and metal bats
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:42:40 GMTUK poorest nation per capita in northwest Europe, research shows
SNP says figures show why Scotland better off breaking from ‘poor man of northwest Europe’
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:40:22 GMT‘Status quo is untenable’: UN calls for end to police brutality against Black people
Highly critical UN report condemns ‘dehumanisation of people of African descent’ by law-enforcement across world
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:30:15 GMTTwo thirds of public concerned by plans to ‘criminalise protest’, polling shows
Exclusive: Campaigners say there is ‘no appetite’ for controversial protest laws proposed by government
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:02:08 GMTDominic Cummings claims PM Johnson only let Hancock go after ‘89 texts an hour’ from wife Carrie Johnson
Former adviser makes comments as prime minister claims he sacked health secretary for breaking Covid rules
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:43:46 GMTMan admits killing university worker and injuring seven people in Birmingham stabbing spree
Jacob Billington, 23, died after being stabbed in the neck in September 2020
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:07:46 GMTSajid Javid says camera that caught Matt Hancock’s affair has been ‘disabled’
‘I’m not really sure why there was one in office,’ says new health secretary
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:52:42 GMTMore than 50 arrested as thousands attend illegal rave and set loose dozens of cows
Herd of cattle with calves run free after revellers ‘cut down fence to make dancing area bigger’
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:29:53 GMTHong Kong to ban all flights from UK over Delta variant as Britain classified as ‘extremely high-risk’
The government said people who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours would be restricted from boarding passenger flights for Hong Kong
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:29:18 GMTBoris Johnson refuses to deny using private email for government matters amid security risk concerns
The prime minister refused to comment
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:38:02 GMTSajid Javid rules out further lockdowns: ‘There’s no going back’
New health secretary appears to confirm he will be more hawkish about lifting restrictions than his disgraced predecessor
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:37:20 GMTColin Pitchfork: Decision to release child killer has ‘rocked public confidence’, says justice secretary
Pitchfork was jailed for life after strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:28:59 GMTVaccinate teenagers to prevent winter Covid surge, says government adviser
Vaccinating children over 12 could prove key to ‘interrupting’ spread, says top scientist
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:11:45 GMTWhat do classified documents found at Kent bus stop reveal about Russia confrontation?
Papers suggest UK military prepared for hostile Russian response to ‘Op Ditroite’ voyage in Black Sea
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:45:31 GMTLabour to oppose Priti Patel’s ‘unconscionable’ plan to detain refugees offshore
UK planning to team up with Denmark to set up camp in Rwanda