Thames Water will run out of cash by March next year if it fails to secure court approval for a £3bn financial lifeline, the troubled
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Hundreds of trials derailed by failure to get defendants to court on time
Hundreds of trials are being derailed because prison vans fail to transport the defendant to court on time, figures show. A Guardian analysis found 207
Abandon some jury trials or fund crisis-hit system, former chief justice says
Ministers should consider abandoning jury trials for some crown court cases unless they properly fund a justice system “in serious crisis”, the former lord chief
Ministers must reassure consumers feeding cattle Bovaer is safe, says Lady Sheehan
The government must urgently reassure consumers that feed additives given to cattle to reduce methane emissions are harmless, and a vital tool in tackling the
Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says
Council deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special educational needs
Government seeks Whitehall ‘startup’ culture with tech worker secondments
Tech employees will be seconded to work in Whitehall for year-long stints to help the UK government function “more like a startup” under plans to
Cleanup begins after damage brought by Storm Darragh, which left two men dead
A cleanup operation is under way across the UK as communities survey the damage brought by Storm Darragh, which killed two people over the weekend.
Police offer £50k reward to find killer of Greater Manchester schoolgirl in 1984
Police have offered a £50,000 reward as a new appeal for information is launched over the murder of a schoolgirl in Greater Manchester 40 years
Keir Starmer welcomes collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s ‘barbaric regime’
Keir Starmer has welcomed the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s “barbaric regime” in Syria and called for civilians to be protected after rebel forces took control
Undercover officer denies role in arson attack on Debenhams in 1987
An undercover police officer has denied that he set fire to a high street department store while masquerading as an animal rights campaigner, a public