Category: UK
Police officers who tasered and pepper-sprayed 92-year-old amputee cleared of assault
Footage of the incident shows the moment Mr Burgess was pepper-sprayed
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Thames Water hit with record £123m fine from watchdog
Ofwat issues largest ever penalty to water giant after two investigations into wastewater and dividend payments
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Conservative decision to underfund Covid self-isolation support cost lives, inquiry hears
The UK spent much less than other countries, said the former NHS Test and Trace lead
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Princess Diana’s former home targeted in suspected arson attack, her brother Earl Spencer claims
Earl Spencer said he was ‘stunned’ to learn of the blaze at Althorp Estate
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Peter Mandelson criticises ‘fetish’ for scrapping EU rules that work in Britain’s favour
The UK’s ambassador to the US sought to reassure critics of Keir Starmer’s Brexit deal
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Voices: The UK should be taking the lead on international aid – not abandoning women and girls around the world
With aid budgets slashed and progress on gender equality under threat, the UK needs to continue support for sexual and reproductive rights, writes International Development Committee chair Sarah Champion
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Men who tried to smuggle nearly £600,000 of cannabis from Canada to UK jailed
Both men had two suitcases, each containing hundreds of illegal packages
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Teacher banned from classroom after encouraging pupils to sign petition to remove headteacher
Police officers had to be stationed at school gates over threats received after petition gained 6,000 signatures, panel hears
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Comedian’s show cancelled after he made joke about Liverpool parade crash
Andrew Lawrence has been described as ‘an embarrassment to the profession’
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Early prisoner release ‘will make UK less safe’ without extra cash, police chiefs and MI5 warn
The intervention will pile pressure on Rachel Reeves to pour more money into policing at the spending review
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