When doctors tried to work out whether Marie Tidball would need a specially designed birth plan, one asked her to lie fully clothed on the
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Child dies after car driven on to sports pitch in Cumbria
A child has died and another has been injured after a car was driven on to a sports pitch in Cumbria, police said. Cumbria police
UK, France and Germany say Gaza aid freeze could breach international law
Britain has joined Germany and France to warn that Israel could be in breach of international law by halting the entry of aid into Gaza,
Conservative peer accused of using antisemitic tropes in Lords debate
A Conservative peer has been accused of using antisemitic tropes after saying in a debate in the Lords that Jewish people should pay for a
Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Lib Dems mock Badenoch for defending him – as it happened
12.04pm.) Around a dozen Labour MPs have expressed concerns about the cuts to the aid budget in a Commons debate on the Foreign Office estimates.
JD Vance claims he was not referring to Britain or France in jibe about European troops – UK politics live
10.36am.). He posted this reponse to a post from the Italian journalist Antonello Guerrara saying he must have been referring to British and French peacekeepers.
UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments
The shadow defence secretary and other MPs have reacted with fury after JD Vance appeared to describe a proposed Anglo-French peace deployment to Ukraine as
Man sent texts from housemate’s phone after killing him, Manchester court told
Warning: this article contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing A man accused of killing his housemate in a “brutal attack” and scattering
Invasive Asian hornets ‘preying on’ hundreds of native insect species in Europe
Invasive Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different species of insects in Europe, including many which are important pollinators, researchers have warned. The findings, from
Greggs blames slide in sales growth on bad weather as Britons cut back snacks
Greggs has recorded its worst sales growth since the pandemic, when it was forced to shut stores, amid poor weather at the start of 2025