Category: UK

Teacher banned from the classroom after doing student’s coursework for them

She has been banned from teaching indefinitely, with the right to have the prohibition order reviewed in two years

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New suspect ethnicity guidance ‘may not stop spread of disinformation’, policing minister admits

Police have been encouraged to share the nationality and ethnicity of suspects if there is a ‘policing reason to do’, but not immigration status

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Flight attendant who was too stressed to fly wins discrimination claim over sacking

Jennifer Clifford had worked for British Airways for almost 40 years

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UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two-child benefit cap

The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap

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Interest rates live: Boost for mortgage holders as Bank of England cuts rate for third time this year

Monetary Policy Committee members have voted on a cut down to 4 per cent which will hamper savings but boost the mortgage market

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Homelessness minister facing calls to resign after ‘hiking rent at London townhouse by £700’

Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’

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Overflowing bins and climate change: Why might rats be getting bigger in the UK?

Adult rats can weigh up to 600g according to ecologists, and they probably became that big by eating our junk food

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Mapped: Worst areas for rat infestations in the UK as over half a million reported

Analysis of Freedom of Information (FOI) responses from councils showed over 500,000 reported rat infestations from 2023 to mid-2025

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Businessman denies dumping 27-tonne waste mountain that cost £10,000 to clear

The 20-metre mound of waste cost £10,000 to clear, according to the council

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Three charged with supporting Palestine Action at London rally

A man and woman, both 71, from West Sussex and Surrey, and a woman, 53, from Hackney, were charged

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