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Police appeal after man tries to push woman in front of train in cen...
November 17, 2023 12:08 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe British Transport Police said that the man attempted to push a woman in front of an incoming train at Leicester Square Station.

PM denies scheme amounts to ‘tinkering’ with Rwanda plan after Brave...
November 17, 2023 11:54 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIASpeaking to broadcasters during a visit to a school in Bolsover, Rishi Sunak insisted he will ‘work night and day’ to get the policy running.

PM denies plan amounts to ‘tinkering’ with Rwanda scheme after Brave...
November 17, 2023 11:54 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIASpeaking to broadcasters during a visit to a school in Bolsover, Rishi Sunak insisted he will ‘work night and day’ to get the policy running.

Animal lovers have two weeks left to see giant pandas before they le...
November 17, 2023 11:18 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIATian Tian and Yang Guang are set to return to China after living at Edinburgh Zoo since 2011.

ICO seeks permission to appeal against Clearview AI tribunal ruling
November 17, 2023 11:17 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAClearview AI successfully overturned a data privacy fine at a tribunal last month.

Jury in trial of woman shot in home retires to consider verdicts
November 17, 2023 11:09 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAEnvironmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when a gunman broke into her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 last year.

Police name teenager murdered in a suspected fight in west London
November 17, 2023 10:40 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe 17-year-old died at the scene having been found with stab injuries after police responded to reports of a fight in Hounslow.

Warming climate and storms see Bewick’s swans make latest arrival si...
November 17, 2023 10:14 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe first swans – whose appearance traditionally marks the start of winter – arrived in Gloucestershire on Thursday.

Minister ‘confident’ Sunak’s Rwanda plan will work despite Braverman...
November 17, 2023 10:04 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe Prime Minister has announced emergency legislation and a new treaty with the east African nation.

Kent town opens first Christmas donation hub to tackle cost-of-livin...
November 17, 2023 09:43 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAHub organisers have praised the generosity of donors in its first week of opening.

Matheson’s position ‘untenable’ after iPad data revelation, says Gal...
November 17, 2023 09:26 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAMeghan Gallacher said the SNP minister had ‘admitted lying to the public and press’.

Bedford Prison in ‘urgent’ need of improvement, inspectors warn
November 17, 2023 07:10 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAHM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said ‘this latest inspection is a damning indictment of the state of prisons’.

Leonid meteor shower to light up skies over UK
November 17, 2023 02:45 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe best displays will come for those in central, southern and eastern parts of the UK, according to the Met Office.

Two boys aged 12 to appear in court charged with murder of 19-year-o...
November 17, 2023 02:45 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAShawn Seesahai died in Wolverhampton on Monday evening.

‘I’m forever grateful’ – Inventor James Dyson donates £35m to his fo...
November 17, 2023 02:45 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe billionaire was able to keep studying at Gresham’s School after his father died thanks to a bursary from the headmaster.

What the papers say – November 17
November 17, 2023 01:09 AM AEDT | By PAMEDIARwanda flights, tax cuts and a benefits crackdown appear on the front pages of Friday’s newspapers.

Braverman sets out Rwanda plan solution as she calls for end to ‘sel...
November 16, 2023 10:23 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe sacked home secretary proposed introducing legislation that ‘excludes all avenues of legal challenge’ to deportation for small boat arrivals.

Prison staff retrained after administering CPR on ‘clearly dead’ inm...
November 16, 2023 09:51 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAOfficers at Bullingdon prison tried to revive Dominic Burges despite the 30-year-old being ‘cold, stiff and with no pulse’.

Two boys aged 12 charged with murder of 19-year-old in Wolverhampton
November 16, 2023 09:50 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThey will remain in custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Caretaker convicted of murder of missing 24-year-old woman
November 16, 2023 08:24 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe body of Maureen Gitau is believed to have been incinerated at a rubbish processing plant.