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More than 1,600 arrests in week-long crackdown on county lines gangs

The action by police forces across England and Wales also saw 458 weapons seized, including 33 guns and 377 knives.

First asylum seekers back on board Bibby Stockholm after Legionella...

The Home Office said tests for the bacteria had been completed ahead of the return of the occupants to the barge moored in Dorset.

Labour urged to protect UK’s genetic sciences from hostile foreign s...

Campaigners have urged Labour to protect the genomics sector if it forms the next government.

Labour urged to protect UK’s genomic sciences from hostile foreign s...

Campaigners have urged Labour to protect the genomics sector if it forms the next government.

‘Cutbacks in home care amid rising costs leaving family carers overw...

Providers are facing increased running costs which have led to higher rates for those receiving care, the Care Quality Commission said.

Mother of water pistol boy surrounded by armed police says she was b...

The mother said she and her son had been treated with contempt.

MP tells Commons of ‘terrifying’ moment she believed she would die i...

Theo Clarke called on the Government to do more to support women who experience traumatic births.

Mother-of-four feared then boyfriend might kill her, court hears

Claire Holland, 32, has not been seen alive since leaving a pub in Bristol in 2012 and her ex-partner Darren Osment, 41, is accused of her murder.

Napoleon’s post-mortem examination report to go on display for first...

The document is part of an exhibition examining changing views of death throughout history.

Sunak thanks Netanyahu for hostages support as he backs Israel to wi...

The Prime Minister is in Israel as part of a two-day trip to the Middle East.

I’m exhausted by nationalism, says MP who defected from SNP to Torie...

Dr Lisa Cameron said she no longer believes in independence.

Blue plaque honour for North Shields boxer and civil rights campaign...

Charles Minto, born in Nigeria, set up a hostel for black people on Tyneside and helped hundreds of people with work and housing issues.

Protesters gather as asylum seekers brought back to Bibby Stockholm...

It has been more than two months since the vessel was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.

British-Israeli man among those murdered by Hamas during attack on I...

Yonatan Rapoport, known as Yoni, was killed in the attack on Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, the BBC has reported.

Rise in number of maternity and ambulance services ranked inadequate...

The Care Quality Commission raised concerns over staffing and patient experience in the NHS.

40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete

Overall, 214 education settings in England have been confirmed with Raac as of October 16.

More than 40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk c...

Overall, 214 education settings in England have been confirmed as having Raac as of October 16.

Security minister says pro-Palestine stage near Cenotaph was ‘disgra...

The Met Police and Westminster City Council each suggested the other would have been responsible for approving where such a stage was positioned.

Rare red weather warning issued in Scotland as Storm Babet batters U...

A new amber warning for rain has been issued for parts of northern England, the Midlands and Wales, and a rare red warning is in place for Scotland.

‘Destruction and demonisation’ of GPs must stop, says leading doctor

Dr Kamila Hawthorne made the comments when opening the annual conference of the Royal College of GPs in Glasgow.