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Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:41:45 GMT
Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year
The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:39:16 GMT
Council warns fake Labubu dolls pose choking risk to children
More than 230 'unsafe' counterfeit dolls seized by south-west London council in July and August

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:05:02 GMT
Leading female politicians and artists reject attempts to link migration and sexual abuse
The letter accuses the right of exploiting ‘violence against women to fuel hate and division’

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:54:13 GMT
Will the UK get another heatwave? Met Office gives verdict on September forecast
The UK has seen four heatwaves this summer

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:46:19 GMT
Former Tory MP David Warburton found dead in London flat aged 59
David Warburton represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset from 2015 until June 2023

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:14:22 GMT
Boy, 13, arrested after 12-year-old died falling from roundabout ‘propelled by e-bike’
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:03:00 GMT
September 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need in September

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:31:09 GMT
Met Office confirms summer 2025 was UK’s hottest on record
The new record has smashed the one previously set in 2018

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:20:21 GMT
Simple at-home brainwave test could detect Alzheimer’s years before diagnosis
Researchers said the test could transform the way the disease is detected

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:01:00 GMT
Stark warning issued as burden placed on teachers has ‘never been higher’
The Government should set out a long-term plan for education like the one it has for the NHS, the ASCL said

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:01:00 GMT
Four in ten women killed by male partner had tried to leave, femicide data shows
Too many men are left at ‘liberty to harm, rape and kill’ after 122 women were killed in a year, report finds

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:01:00 GMT
More than 700,000 GCSE students without specialist physics teachers as government urged to address shortage
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics teachers

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:58:43 GMT
Minister to get power to overrule sentencing guidance after ‘two-tier justice’ row
The justice secretary intervened following a row over guidelines over pre-sentence reports for criminals from ethnic minorities

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:15:07 GMT
Five takeaways from ‘world class’ Universal Studios theme park planned for UK
Bosses promise thousands of jobs will be created with millions of visitors

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:00:01 GMT
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch slams Labour for treating oil and gas sector as a ‘relic of the past’
Badenoch will pledge to make North Sea oil and gas the ‘cornerstone’ of the economy

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:53:31 GMT
Reeves sidelined as Starmer hires new economic team in surprise reshuffle
The prime minister has moved to get a grip on the political agenda after a torrid year and also sacked his director of communications

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:08:41 GMT
Teenage boy and girl arrested on suspicion of murder after Luton stabbing
A man in his 20s was taken to hospital by emergency services with serious injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after.

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:02:40 GMT
Yvette Cooper pauses new refugee family reunions in fresh asylum crackdown
Charities warn the changes will ‘push more desperate people into the arms of smugglers in an effort to reunite with loved ones’

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:46:23 GMT
Retired Church of England vicar involved in ‘Eunuch maker’ extreme body mutilation group jailed
Surgical tools, medical supplies and drugs were seized from Geoffrey Baulcomb’s home

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:39:30 GMT
Domestic abuse warning issued amid new emergency alert test
Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound for up to 10 seconds

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:54:19 GMT
Starmer’s reshuffle and stories about Rayner reveal trouble at the top of the Labour party
Keir Starmer has attempted to take back control of his government with a mini-reshuffle on MPs return from recess. But tension at the top of the party has not gone away, political editor David Maddox reports

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:20:32 GMT
Free childcare rollout should be extended to non-working parents, charity says
Charity Coram Family and Childcare has criticised the eligibility criteria for new free childcare entitlements

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:19:30 GMT
Police launch investigation after newborn baby found dead in Tonypandy home
South Wales Police have opened a probe into the ‘sudden death’

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:43:41 GMT
Angela Rayner unable to explain housing arrangements ‘due to court order’, Downing Street says
It comes amid continued criticism of the deputy prime minister’s purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:26:03 GMT
Rural racism leaves people feeling ‘unwelcome and unsafe’ in UK countryside
Minority groups ‘are depicted as outsiders, reinforcing exclusionary narratives’, study warns

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:06:22 GMT
Average UK house price falls as ‘market catches its breath’
The average UK house price now stands at £271,079

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:39:07 GMT
UK’s last local currency axed due to rise of digital and card payments
UK's last local currency comes to an end due to lack of demand

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:25:32 GMT
Royal Mail issues warning over cuts to second-class deliveries
In its first set of figures since being taken over by EP Group, Royal Mail has returned to profit

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:48:45 GMT
Am I eligible for new free childcare scheme – and how to apply?
There are several key deadlines parents need to be aware of

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:57:00 GMT
Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing Labour voters to Reform
Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over Epping hotel

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:51:08 GMT
Boris tried to meet Queen when he had Covid – the most explosive claims in new royal book
Claims the late Queen was a remainer and was more outspoken than expected have surfaced in Power And The Palace

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