Category: UK

‘I’m glad I could help them, Mum’: Southport attack survivor, 7, stabbed 33 times after trying to shield friends

Inquiry hears of devastating toll on girls who survived the horrifying knife rampage, including scars, flashbacks and crippling fear

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‘I meant it!’: Former Tory minister reacts to infamous viral comment caught on hot mic

Former education secretary Gillian Keegan has spoken to ex-Labour MPs Jon Ashworth and Gloria De Piero for their Politics Inside Out podcast and addressed an infamous post interview comment she made when she mistakenly thought the camera was off

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Bride’s brother convicted of murdering Good Samaritan with his car before stabbing groom at wedding

Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception

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Government makes deal with Google to provide free tech for UK public services

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said he is determined to ‘break free’ from the ‘ball-and-chain’ technology currently used in many systems.

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Millions of households face hosepipe ban as one of UK’s biggest firms warns supplies are on the brink

The Environment Agency has declared parts of southeast England as in a period of ‘prolonged dry weather’ after low rainfall

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Starmer opens the door for stealth tax extension as he tries to balance books

During a fiery PMQs, Keir Starmer ruled out increases to income tax, VAT and national insurance – but could not answer questions on wealth taxes or a freeze on tax thresholds

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Listen to drug smuggler’s voicemail before trying to flee police with cocaine-laden boat

Listen to a voicemail that a drug smuggler left right before trying to flee from police in a boat filled with cocaine.

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Primary school teacher banned after failing to tell bosses she was in relationship with sex offender

Leanne Till was found to have made the ‘deliberate decision’ not to inform the school of her relationship

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Calls for removal of migrant effigies in boat on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland

12 life-sized mannequins in life jackets have been placed on the bonfire which will be lit in the next few days

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Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home

The remains of 802 children were buried at the church-run home for unmarried mothers from 1925 to 1961

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