The French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday, maritime authorities said, the latest in a deadly
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Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime
Keir Starmer will attempt to reset his premiership with a series of pledges to show he is “delivering change”, including 13,000 extra neighbourhood police and
Tata Steel’s UK losses hit £1.1bn on cost of closing Port Talbot blast furnaces
Losses at Tata Steel’s UK operations ballooned to £1.12bn due to the cost of closing Port Talbot’s two blast furnaces. Accounts for the Indian-owned company
Two-child benefit cap ‘will be scrapped’ in Scotland, vows SNP
The Scottish government has unveiled plans to scrap Westminster’s controversial two-child benefit cap to lift thousands of “children out of poverty”. Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona
Lucy Letby questioned over suspicious deaths of babies in Liverpool
Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday as he condemned “leaking by the police” after it was confirmed the neonatal nurse had
South Western Railway to become first train operator nationalised under Labour
South Western Railway will be the first train operator nationalised under the Labour government, ministers have announced. One of the UK’s biggest commuter services, which
Up to 300,000 children could be missing out on education in England, thinktank suggests
Incomplete records and patchy data mean there could be up to 300,000 children missing out on education in England, according to a thinktank that wants
Lucy Letby questioned in jail over more baby deaths at two hospitals
Cheshire police have interviewed Lucy Letby in prison under caution over the alleged murders of more babies she cared for. Letby, a former neonatal nurse
Use expired ID to get to UK, says minister in charge of flawed eVisas
Passengers will be allowed to use expired identity documents to travel to the UK because of flaws in the eVisa system, a minister has told
BBC pulls two MasterChef Christmas specials amid Gregg Wallace complaints
The BBC has pulled two MasterChef celebrity specials from its Christmas schedule as new allegations emerged against Gregg Wallace. Wallace stepped away from presenting the