Category: UK

Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

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Workers may not get ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal despite government pledge

The defeat is a new blow for for the government as the proposals were a Labour manifesto commitment

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After decades of division, can this European country finally find peace?

Cyprus was divided in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup by Athens junta-backed supporters of uniting the island with Greece

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Fake doctor jailed for carrying out unsafe and illegal circumcisions

Among the operations fraudster Mohammed Alazawi performed was the circumcising of a two-week old baby on a coffee table

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Moment tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

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Starmer’s fury over Afghan data breach as he warns Tories ‘have questions to answer’

On a dramatic day in Westminster, questions have been asked over why nobody was sacked for the data breach and why the information commissioner is not planning to investigate

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Suspended Labour MP ‘can’t promise’ Starmer he won’t rebel again

Suspended Labour MP Brian Leishman was defiant in his promise that he could not guarantee he would rebel again

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Woman fined twice after littering her own parking ticket

Three people in the Cornwall area have recently received £250 littering fines

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Information that led to Afghan superinjunction being lifted was available last year, government admits

Fresh questions have been raised over why the unprecedented gagging order was maintained for so long when the level of risk to Afghans was known last year

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Sainsbury’s to ban unhealthy snacks for staff amid government obesity crackdown

Sainsbury’s says the change in food provisions will give employees a chance to ‘make light meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner’

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