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Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:42:29 GMT
Meningitis B outbreak latest: Strain behind several cases revealed after disease detected in three Kent schools
The father of an 18-year-old girl named as Juliette who died after contracting the disease has said they are ‘beyond devastated’

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:09:55 GMT
Simple way to check your meningitis vaccine status amid Kent outbreak
A doctor has shared a simple way to check that you have received the meningitis vaccine amid an outbreak in Kent.

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:05 GMT
Reeves to push for ‘deeper relationship with the EU’ as she makes major AI pledge
Chancellor to push for stronger EU ties in bid to grow Britain’s economy

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMT
Children being ‘failed’ by tech companies as sex abuse image crimes rise by almost 10%
NSPCC chief executive Chris Sherwood said tech firms “can do more to prevent this from happening in the first place”

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:54:57 GMT
Simon Harris calls Jessie Buckley ‘best of Ireland’ and Conor McGregor ‘worst’
Mr Harris insisted the focus of the day should be on Jessie Buckley, who won the Academy Award for best actress

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:43:53 GMT
Students queue in ‘Covid-esque’ scenes after two die in meningitis outbreak
Shocked University of Kent students queueing for antibiotics said it ‘feels like a repeat’ of the pandemic

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:24:18 GMT
Man claims estranged wife ‘filmed passwords to steal £180m of bitcoin’
Businessman Ping Fai Yuen has alleged his estranged wife secretly filmed him recording his passwords at home

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:26:42 GMT
Paedophile nursery worker jailed after sexually abusing young children
Nursery worker Nathan Bennett, 30, has been jailed for 24 years

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:00:58 GMT
Farage’s immigration plans will spark an EU trade war ‘worse than Trump tariffs’, warns minister
Exclusive: European affairs minister delivers warning ahead of a major speech by Rachel Reeves on resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:00:52 GMT
Experts say claims drilling in North Sea will reduce UK energy bills are ‘sheer fantasy’
The analysis comes amid soaring energy prices as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran which has closed the Strait of Hormuz – a key shipping route for oil and gas supplies

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:20:30 GMT
Met commissioner ‘pressing US for access to unredacted Epstein files’ in Mandelson probe
Mark Rowley asked the US ambassador to the UK for full documents relating to Peter Mandelson

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:08:51 GMT
Major UK car park firm collapses into administration
Hundreds of jobs at risk as NCP car parks may be put up for sale

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:38:42 GMT
Britons should pay as little tax as legally possible, Richard Tice says
Reform MP hits back at calls for HMRC to investigate his tax affairs after reports he had ‘avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax’

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:32:16 GMT
BBC seeks $10 billion Trump lawsuit to be dismissed
A 2024 Panorama episode gave the impression that Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:22:31 GMT
People deserve the chance to decide how UK aid is spent in a changing world
As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly Greenhill writes

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:19:14 GMT
Three arrested after man’s body found in wheelie bin in Coventry
Police are working to formally identify the man who was discovered near a park in Coventry

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:03:52 GMT
US-Iran war will cause food prices to spike, NFU chief warns
Farming insiders warn UK producers may end season early and not grow anything due to rising costs

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:59:39 GMT
Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn
Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:58:25 GMT
Starmer tells Trump: UK will not be dragged into wider war on Iran
Prime minister says UK is working with allies on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz but admits ending blockade is not ‘straightforward’

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:54:19 GMT
Why hasn’t the UK sent warships to the Strait of Hormuz?
Donald Trump has warned that the Nato alliance faces a “very bad” future unless allies send warships to help reopen the key oil route

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:44:44 GMT
‘Unconscious bias’ led to Met Police David Carrick investigation failure, tribunal hears
A Metropolitan Police detective is facing allegations of failing to properly oversee an investigation into serial rapist David Carrick, with a tribunal hearing claims of "unconscious bias" linked to the victim’s race and sex.

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:14:29 GMT
DJ King Charles serves up royal remix during Manchester visit
The King moved to the groove as an onlooker said: ‘It’s not as easy as it looks, is it?’

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:00:27 GMT
Moment gang raid Yorkshire garage to steal £80,000 of bikes in minutes
Thieves have stolen over £80,000 worth of motorbikes in minutes in a ram raid incident in Keighley, Yorkshire.

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:44:53 GMT
UK should brace for fuel rationing over Iran war crisis, former BP chief warns Starmer
Former adviser says UK should be preparing for ‘significant shortfall of supply over the next two months’

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:36:00 GMT
Five taken to hospital after 11-vehicle crash on motorway
Two children were among the multiple people injured in the collision on the M73 in Glasgow

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:29:06 GMT
London aquarium says ‘no change is not an option’ for indoor penguins
The aquarium first introduced 10 gentoo penguins from Edinburgh Zoo in May 2011

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:17:43 GMT
University student and sixth-form pupil die after outbreak of ‘invasive’ meningitis in Kent
At least 13 cases of the virus have been reported to health officials

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:36:21 GMT
Government warned it faces young voter backlash over student loan reform failure
The government has been warned it needs to push through reforms to the student loans system or it will risk losing the support of young voters

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:13:51 GMT
Britain will not rejoin EU or set up customs union, Starmer’s top negotiator warns
Exclusive: European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds will tell ideologues on both sides of the Brexit debate that ‘alignment is not a dirty word’ as he seeks to embed a relationship reset with ‘ruthless pragmatism’

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:47:23 GMT
Tube strikes: Travel chaos as London Underground drivers set to walk out
Drivers are in a dispute over working hours

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:45:52 GMT
Voices: ‘Iran is someone else’s war’: Readers on why Gen Z are reluctant to fight
Our community believes younger generations are far less willing to fight because growing up without conscription, amid broken social contracts and limited trust in leaders, has left them disengaged from the idea of war

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:11:34 GMT
1.7m UK homes facing soaring bills as heating oil costs doubled in a week amid Iran conflict
Heating oil’s more volatile pricing is fed straight through to consumers, a key difference to gas and electricity energy supplies

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:06:08 GMT
Women ‘missing out’ on motherhood because of ‘delay’ in men maturing, think tank claims
The Centre for Social Justice said more men should be encouraged to work and marry at a younger age to tackle falling fertility rates

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