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2024-04-26


UK policy denying visas to children of care workers faces legal challenge


‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled


Home Office considered antisemitism campaigner for counter-extremism unit


‘We end up with nothing’: east Midlands mayoral candidates say role could transform region


Who is CAA, the group headed by campaigner in Met police antisemitism row?


Just two in five pupils in England always feel safe in school, survey finds



2024-04-25


Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns


Two men arrested after torso found in Greater Manchester nature reserve


Sunak under pressure to grant amnesty to unpaid carers fined for rule breaches


Hailed as a hero and then sacked: the carer’s allowance whistleblower


Girl, 13, charged with attempted murder after south Wales school stabbings


Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows


Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link


Reform UK’s Blackpool byelection candidate denies wrongdoing amid charity probe


What is Labour’s plan for rail travel and will it make tickets cheaper?


‘Ludicrous’ plan to build skyscraper over Georgian building in Birmingham rejected


Labour says UK nature under threat and pledges to halt decline


What was the SNP and Greens’ deal and what happens now it has ended?


Decline of gender stereotypes could be factor in drinking and smoking among girls in Great Britain


Former Post Office executive gave ‘false’ evidence at high court, inquiry hears


Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion


Man convicted of murdering stranger in Hartlepool and trying to kill housemate


Senior judges considering whether to allow Lucy Letby appeal


Rishi Sunak under fire for government’s record low in freedom of information


Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open


About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show


Macron criticises Rwanda-style asylum schemes days after UK passes bill


Shareholders back £7m pay rise for London Stock Exchange boss


Sussex police officers deny assaulting man, 93, with Taser and pepper spray


Captain Tom Moore’s Bedfordshire house on sale for £2.25m


Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’


British railways under Tories are symbol of national decline, Labour says


MPs call for clarity over post-Brexit border checks on EU plant and food products


Dancing in Haiti and a pink moon: photos of the day – Thursday


Teacher intervened in stabbing incident at Welsh school, brother says


‘Huge disappointment’ as UK delays bottle deposit plan and excludes glass


‘Confined to this little island’: Britons criticise rejection of EU youth mobility deal


'Served its purpose': Humza Yousaf ends power-sharing deal with Greens – video


Sainsbury’s says sales revival in big-ticket items depends on base rate cut


US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia


Humza Yousaf holds emergency cabinet meeting as SNP abandons power sharing with Greens – UK politics live


SNP ends power-sharing deal with Scottish Greens over climate strategy, reports say


UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built


Runaway horses in ‘serious condition’ after bolting through central London


Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand


Lack of action on Iran could lead to more threats and attacks in UK, says journalist


BHP moves to buy Anglo American mining group


UK has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds


Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn


Fears for Queen Victoria belongings delay English coastal path completion


Sicknote culture wars and Angela Rayner – Politics Weekly UK



2024-04-24


Deprivation linked to higher second cancer risk among England breast cancer survivors


Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly


Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained


BBC unveils 2024 Proms lineup: Daniel Barenboim, Daleks and disco


Inaugural Guardian Advertising Awards take place in London


Freezing nights forecast for parts of UK, with snow possible in some areas


Father of man who died after neglect at Priory calls for investigation into second hospital


Labour’s plans for Great British Railways all but set up by Tory government


Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power


Scottish police search for prisoner who escaped from guards at funeral


Inquest finds gross failings in care of woman who drank too much water


Three men arrested after five people die in Channel boat crossing


Sunak suggests he will not ‘shy away’ from making cuts to hit defence target


Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation


‘He made politics human’: Birkenhead mourns beloved MP Frank Field


Tory duty on Ofwat protects profits over reducing sewage pollution, experts say


Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers


Senior C of E figure rejects claim of asylum seeker baptism ‘conveyor belt’


A kite festival and horses bolt in London: photos of the day – Wednesday


Emerging musicians from northern England need more support, say top artists


Why is US threatening to ban TikTok and will other countries follow suit?


Don’t rescue people who scupper their Channel boats, says Reform UK deputy


Three people injured at school in Wales and one arrested


Angela Rayner tells ministers to focus on no-fault evictions, not her house sale


Jeffrey Donaldson charged with rape, assault and gross indecency


Two horses running loose in central London caught by police


London Underground customer service managers to strike over conditions


All Nato nations should match UK’s defence spending target, says Shapps


GB News can continue to use politicians as presenters, says Ofcom


UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports


Tony Blair leads tributes to Frank Field, ‘an independent thinker always pushing at the frontier of new ideas’ – UK politics live


UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally


Heathrow expects summer holiday season to be ‘busiest on record’


Lloyds profits fall as competition for mortgages heats up


Frank Field, former Labour minister and anti-poverty campaigner, dies aged 81


Jeffrey Donaldson to appear in court on sexual offence charges


‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England


Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly – a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison on a ‘99-year’ sentence?


Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures


Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner? – podcast



2024-04-23


England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report


Ethnic minorities in England ‘need more GP visits’ before cancer diagnosis


Mother of Nottingham stabbing victim criticises police officer’s comments


London Marathon ‘wine guy’ on how he sampled 25 wines during race


Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations


Post Office boss ‘obsessed with his pay’, claims former HR director


Kingsmill owner warns of price rises due to ‘very small’ expected harvests in UK


Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told


Judges reject HMRC appeal and rule firm’s marshmallows are not sweets


Welsh government may reverse 20mph limit on hundreds of roads – but denies U-turn


Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars


Ex-Post Office boss sought ‘non-emotive words’ for Horizon bugs, inquiry hears


Stumbling blocks that could still impede Rwanda deportations


Police clash with St George’s Day protesters at central London rally


Retired UK GP suspended for five months over climate activism


Leading UK lenders raise fixed-rate mortgage deals amid ‘market uncertainty’


Bank of England’s chief economist dampens hopes of summer interest rates cut


Man charged with murder of wife in Nottinghamshire as family speak of ‘devastation’


Tributes paid to woman found dead in Surrey hotel as man charged with murder


UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says


Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction


What’s behind the record FTSE 100 high?


Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns


Rishi Sunak in Warsaw and floods in China: photos of the day – Tuesday


‘Really good, not too long’: Swansea churchgoers praise first ‘micro-service’


Boy, 9, from Derbyshire, wins gull screeching competition


Jane Austen museum appeals to public for help deciphering brother’s memoir


UK government dementia adviser resigns over prosecutions of unpaid carers


Sunak’s weakening of climate targets ‘retrograde’, says former Tory minister


Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe – UK politics latest


Grocery price rises in Great Britain slow as cost of toilet rolls, butter and milk falls


Five asylum seekers reportedly killed in attempt to cross Channel to UK


Jeremy Hunt’s scope for tax cuts hit by higher-than-expected borrowing


Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill


FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts


Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024



2024-04-22


Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort them, says charity


Can AI image generators be policed to prevent explicit deepfakes of children?


The tortuous journey of the UK government’s Rwanda plan


UK bill that would deport asylum seekers to Rwanda will become law


Met’s handling of new evidence about Stephen Lawrence case to be reviewed


Rishi Sunak promises UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine


Almost 600,000 in England awaiting gynaecological treatment, figures show


Trump fangirl Liz Truss channels Maga menace at US conservative thinktank


Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog


Met police chief praises ‘professional’ conduct of officer in antisemitism row


MPs call for carer’s allowance review as numbers overpaid soars


Jeremy Kyle Show guest felt ‘life not worth living’, inquest hears


P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French pay rules


CVC co-founders have combined €2.6bn fortune, IPO prospectus shows


Minister urges MPs and peers to back Rwanda bill as likely final day of debate begins


FTSE 100 hits record closing high amid hopes of interest rate cuts


Taylor Swift fans flock to London pub apparently referenced on new album


Huw Edwards’ resignation signals start of search for BBC News at Ten presenter


Try something new to stop the days whizzing past, researchers suggest


Gogglebox star George Gilbey died of injuries from skylight fall, inquest hears


Jeremy Kyle pushed lie detector results in guest’s face, coroner told


Over 18,000 who faced Rwanda removal are now having cases dealt with in UK


Boy in alleged school hammer attack researched child killers, court hears


What does a longer video of the exchange between Met officer and antisemitism campaigner tell us?


Huw Edwards has resigned from BBC, broadcaster says


Fire in Delhi and flooding in Qingyuan: photos of the day – Monday


Initial story about ‘openly Jewish’ incident not full picture, says ex-senior Met officer


Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming


Royal Mail owner’s chair seeks to charm investors after Czech billionaire’s bid


Heavier drinking during Covid led to 2,500 more deaths from alcohol in 2022 – ONS


FTSE 250 company Tyman snapped up by US rival in £788m deal


Two men in UK charged with spying for China


Child serial killer Lucy Letby renews bid to appeal against murder convictions


Judge throws out case against UK climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights


Aslef drivers to hold more train strikes in early May


‘Cancelled’ Welsh hymns about mental illness and addiction to be sung again


First deportation flight to Rwanda will not leave until July, admits Sunak


Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These charts suggest not


Minister suggests borderline racism to blame for Lords blocking Rwanda bill – UK politics live


Met chief apologises to Stephen Lawrence’s mother over handling of sixth suspect


Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks


Tesco accused of undercutting local shops via its wholesale business


Lawsuit in London to allege Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad firms


Synthetic opioids previously linked to UK deaths are being ‘advertised for sale on social media’


Emily Maitlis and The Rest Is Politics to host Channel 4 election night coverage


UK unlikely to make snap decision over Unrwa funding


Refugee who left UK for holiday in 2008 stranded in east Africa for 16 years


Manchester women: filmed by voyeurs and stalked online


Surgeon at NHS hospital promoted despite allegedly assaulting staff


NHS England to review cutting compulsory training for doctors


Sharp rise in Aim delistings casts doubt over City of London’s future


Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs


Spice Girls reunite at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party



2024-04-21


Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn


High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy transition, says report


Keir Starmer asks Labour candidates to ‘fly the flag’ on St George’s Day


Afghanistan interpreter told his British citizenship bars family from UK visa


Sunak pressed to end Rwanda bill impasse by exempting Afghan service veterans


‘Like the Somme without the generals’: Tory nerves grow as local elections loom


Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech


Labour metro mayors liken ID photo rules to US ‘voter suppression tactics’


Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80


Thames Water-linked firm paid £14m in dividends despite concerns over group


UK voters frustrated with politicians’ ‘desperate’ culture war tactics, survey finds


Peter Hain calls for inquiry into MoD’s alleged role in Saudi bribes scandal


People with MND in England and Wales fear losing access to life-extending drug


Locum psychiatrists providing poor care in Scotland, campaigners say


Former Tory MP Mark Menzies quits amid claims he misused party funds


‘George’s machines’: museum devoted to George Wyllie opens on the Clyde


Thousands ‘fuming’ after tickets cancelled for Co-op Live arena show in Manchester


Co-leader of Scottish Greens admits coalition with government could fail


Regulators leave Royal Mail vulnerable to ‘corporate predators’, says investor


‘Most paintings should have been burnt’: Augustus John’s granddaughter attacks artist’s later works


Hipgnosis in takeover battle as UK music investor says it would accept rival bid


The self-storage boom: lifestyle choice or indictment of UK housing crisis?


Former British spy in IRA who allegedly admitted murder will not be prosecuted


Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown


‘Soaked and muddy’: British Muslims tell their stories of prayer at school


Met police chief faces calls to quit after officer’s ‘openly Jewish’ comment at protest


Wet weather but a warm welcome at Glasgow’s Refuweegee – a photo-essay


‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat


Stop crime victims in England and Wales paying thousands for court transcripts, say MPs


UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns


Outgoing Tory MPs take lucrative second jobs and ‘swan off on jollies’


Swifties queue up for special letter from singer in boost for UK’s Record Store Day


Thousands of children strip-searched by police in England and Wales last year


Sex offender banned from using AI tools in landmark UK case



2024-04-20


Tory party has ‘lost any right’ to call itself patriotic, says Keir Starmer


The infected blood scandal: victims of this cruel experiment deserve justice | Observer editorial


Labour shifts poll tactics to target fearful Tory over-65s


Sunak has ‘set Britain back’ on net zero, says UK’s climate adviser


Chris Riddell on the zombie Tory government falling apart at the seams – cartoon


Hilary Cass warned of threats to safety after ‘vile’ abuse over NHS gender services review


‘You can’t rule out a complete panicked meltdown’: Tories fear wipeout after another disastrous week


Wales to change guidance on 20mph speed limits, transport minister says


Being Jewish ‘should never be seen as provocative’, says Home Office


Landlord of ‘child-free’ pub defends exclusion policy


Hunt reportedly mulling stamp duty and NI cuts in bid to woo voters


Fire partly destroys Grade-II listed London pub


Cody Fisher murder sentences considered for review


‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’


Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation


Not just mums who go to Iceland: supermarket drops slogan to be more inclusive


‘It bust loose and went to Europe’: Florida buoy washes up in Scotland


Police officer who cut earrings off recruits guilty of gross misconduct


Scottish Greens to vote on power-sharing deal with SNP after carbon goal ditched


Labour targets TikTok microinfluencers ahead of election


Godspeed: Welsh church to offer 15 minute ‘micro services’


UK small boats policymakers referred to ‘bloody migrants’, says civil servant



2024-04-19


MoD accused of ‘go-slow’ with half of £900m Ukraine fund unused


Met apologises for calling antisemitism campaigner ‘openly Jewish’


Train driver who upskirted female passenger avoids jail sentence


Lancashire police ‘reviewing’ letter relating to Mark Menzies allegations


Sunak accused of making mental illness ‘another front in the culture wars’


Hoopla around Truss and Rayner shows Michael Ashcroft still steering the debate


Extremist Israeli settlers hit by EU and US sanctions


Sunak rejects offer of mobility scheme for young people between EU and UK


Jeremy Hunt’s tax cut plans to face IMF scrutiny next month


UK airline emissions on track to reach record high in 2024


EU and UK citizens: share your views on a resumption of freedom of movement for the young


Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges


Sunak’s disability benefit plans are familiarly wishy-washy culture war fodder


Man who raped girl, 15, in Bournemouth sea sentenced to six and a half years


Ashcroft demands Starmer apologises for Rayner ‘smear’ accusations


Logical step or overreach? Guardian readers share their views on Sunak’s smoking ban


Bloody Sunday: families decry move not to prosecute 15 ex-soldiers for perjury


What implications does England’s review of trans healthcare have for Australia?


Brexit plans in ‘complete disarray’ as EU import checks delayed, say businesses


Harry Styles stalker jailed for sending him 8,000 cards in a month


‘We’re already vulnerable’: the carers told to repay huge sums by the DWP


‘Avalanche of utter stress’: carers’ health suffering as DWP claws back benefits


Humza Yousaf ‘shocked’ by embezzlement charges against Peter Murrell


Saving us from ourselves? Britain’s ‘nanny state’ debate keeps on rolling


Weapons-obsessed man found guilty over explosion at his Bedfordshire home


Go Phish and Gold Beach sunrise: photos of the day – Friday


Judge rejects Sun publisher’s bid to delay Prince Harry phone-hacking case


Lemn Sissay: ‘brilliant’ plans to improve child social care ignored by ministers


‘Five-year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace


How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it


Play aims to unravel the mystery of poet Nan Shepherd’s masterwork


Women urged to contact police over ‘Manchester nightlife’ online videos


Two Dundee University students drown after falling into waterfall


Housing is many UK voters’ priority but rental system remains unfixed


Boris Johnson ‘refused to be open’ with watchdog about hedge fund role


Artist evicted by London landlord cuts rent by commuting from Argentina


Watchdog investigates police over contact with woman killed in Bradford


Amazon UK could be forced to recognise union as GMB wins right to hold ballot


Rescuers deflate football-sized swollen hedgehog


Sunak announces disability benefit curbs to tackle ‘sicknote culture’


Tory activist ‘appalled’ by party’s response to Mark Menzies claims


Rishi Sunak vows to end what he calls ‘sicknote culture’ – UK politics live


Retail sales in Great Britain flatline as households continue to feel squeeze


Those signed off feeling depressed classed as incapable of work, says Stride


India seeks UK carbon tax exemption in free trade deal talks


Only 40 LNER intercity rail services to run on Saturday as train drivers strike


What is bitcoin halving – and will it affect the price?


Half a million unpaid carers in UK not claiming £4,200 a year benefit


‘Humiliated’: carer made to pay back £3.8k after mistake declaring income


Expansion plans require 85,000 more childcare places by September 2025


Letting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves


Rwanda bill: what does the latest delay mean?


Lost orchards and blossom flourish in placenames across England and Wales


Joanna Scanlan among actors backing gender equality push in theatre


Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers



2024-04-18


Prince Harry confirms he is now a US resident


Quarter of UK’s three- and four-year-olds own a smartphone, data shows


Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system


English primary schools cutting teacher numbers amid budget pressure, survey finds


Former civil servant says ‘racism in Cabinet Office’ forced her to resign


Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13


Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell charged over embezzlement


Trussonomic lessons: what can be learned from former PM’s book?


Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material


‘I had to do an 80-mile trip’: people in UK describe stress of drug shortages


Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state


London mosque denies it advised school all prayers could be deferred


Keir Starmer says police should investigate Mark Menzies allegations


National Portrait Gallery reveals shortlist for global painting prize


Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit free movement for UK and EU young people


Losing the whip: who are the 18 UK MPs sitting as independents?


Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the day – Thursday


‘My soul mate’: Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who has died aged 53


Scottish gender clinic pauses prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s


KitKat owner Nestlé faces vote forcing it to cut back on unhealthy products


Grant Shapps does not rule out RAF planes being used for deportation flights to Rwanda – UK politics live


Cameron and Truss: former PMs stage their comebacks – Politics Weekly UK



2024-04-17


Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year


Experts divided over implications of prayer ban ruling at London school


Football-based mentoring found to boost wellbeing for at-risk pupils in England


Cancelled Glasgow book festival Aye Write receives lifeline donation


Why has Hugh Grant settled his phone hacking claim against the Sun?


Hugh Grant settles high court claim against Sun publisher


John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons team up for new single



2024-04-16


‘Not even a pipe dream’: John Akomfrah represents Britain at Venice Biennale



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