Category: UK

What is new ‘Stratus’ Covid strain? Symptoms to look out for as UK cases grow

New XFG.3 variant accounts for a larger proportion of infections than any other

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British couple held in Iran are alive, officials say — but no one has seen them

Lindsay and Craig Foreman’s family feared they were being held in Iran’s Evin prison when it was bombed by Israel

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Oona the puffin found in Hereford garden after being blown 100 miles from seaside nest

The bird is now thriving under the care of vets since she was first found weak and underweight

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UK politics live: Keir Starmer says he didn’t realise Rachel Reeves was crying in Commons during PMQs

Starmer cheered Reeves on her way to the podium to speak about the NHS 10-year-plan

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Restaurants could be forced to report customer calorie counts to help combat obesity

Hospitality bosses claimed they were ‘totally blindsided’ by the plans and said they would lead to increased costs

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Farage claims ‘well-known’ figures want to join Reform UK cabinet

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said it was ‘nonsense’ that ministers ‘must all be politicians in the House of Commons’.

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Mystery over ‘unusually large’ Roman shoes unearthed in Northumberland

The size 14 Roman shoes were unearthed at Magna Roman Fort, Northumberland, earlier this year

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Police force investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Watchdog says Greater Manchester Police has made ‘significant improvements’ following years of failure.

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Yellow weather warning for rain issued by Met Office into cooler weekend

A yellow weather warning for rain has been issued for parts of Scotland

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Police accused of ‘assault on right to protest’ after less than 3% of nuisance arrests result in charges

Greenpeace UK’s director accused police of ‘routinely dragging protesters off the streets for a crime they almost always fail to charge them with’

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