England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years, according to a damning
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UK bank fraud victims could face £100 excess on refund claims
Some victims of bank transfer scams will not get a penny back despite beefed-up rules designed to better protect consumers from fraudsters, because several big
Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest
When British conservationists flew to Slovenia this summer hoping to catch enough singing cicadas to reintroduce the species to the New Forest, the grasshopper-sized insects
Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence
Hanif Kureishi, Billy Bragg and freedom of speech groups have voiced alarm after a number of venues cancelled events to promote a book by an
Spain’s floods force some UK sellers to buy oranges from southern hemisphere
Some British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s “catastrophic” floods
‘Obscene’: Anger after cost of King Charles’s coronation revealed
The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7m,
Judge denies he was asked to give advice about Letby because he is a Freemason
A judge has denied he was asked to give legal advice to hospital bosses over concerns about nurse Lucy Letby because he is a Freemason,
Slapps used to silence whistleblowers should be outlawed, says group of MPs
Excessive legal threats used to silence those who tried to expose the Post Office Horizon scandal and allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed should be outlawed,
Essex police drop Allison Pearson case after CPS advice
Essex police have dropped their hate crime investigation into Allison Pearson, the Daily Telegraph columnist visited by police after she wrongly accused people of colour
MoD to cut more than 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs
More than 5,000 civil service jobs are set to go at the Ministry of Defence in a drive to cut costs, prompting alarm among trade