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Scaffolder appears in court over trying to move Just Stop Oil protes...

Louis Grieves was charged after trying to move the protesters out of the way of his van on Blackfriars Bridge.

No 10 says ‘final HS2 decision’ was made at conference despite video

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman suggested the recording was merely part of ‘preparatory work’.

Met Police officers accused of racism in stop and search of black sp...

Athletes Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner, Bianca Williams, believe they were racially profiled during an encounter with police in 2020.

Counter-terror officers lead murder probe after man found with fatal...

Inquiries into the incident in Hartlepool are continuing.

‘Amazing sight’ as pod of dolphins swim down Cork river at sunset

Crowds lined the river along George’s Quay and Father Matthew Quay as the dolphins swam by.

‘Virtual reality could help ease cancer patients’ pain’

The benefits of VR could also potentially help people with a number of other long-term conditions, academics have said.

Close AI ‘confidence gap’ to make it a powerful force for good, say...

A British Standards Institution survey found almost half of people in the UK support using artificial intelligence to bring down NHS waiting lists.

Man jailed for 29 years for murdering wife and blaming teenage son

Amidu Koroma stabbed community nurse Mariam Kamara four times in the face, neck and chest with a kitchen knife as she slept in her bed.

Storm Babet set to batter UK with ‘extremely heavy’ rain and high wi...

Storm Babet is set to batter the UK with “extremely” heavy rain from Wednesday to Saturday, the Met Office said.

Social housing complaints probed by ombudsman hit record high

Property condition remained the leading category as to why complaints were being made, followed by complaints handling, and health and safety.

Trump wants ‘vindication’ over denied allegations of ‘perverted’ act...

The former president of the United States, 77, is bringing a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence.

Investigation launched into Flying Scotsman crash which left two peo...

The low-speed crash led to one passenger and a staff member being taken to hospital.

New shipwrecks survey uncovers locations of three Dunkirk boats

Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, carried out detailed surveys of 30 wrecks linked to Operation Dynamo in the Second World War.

Tory Peter Bone facing suspension over finding of bullying and sexua...

The finding by Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel said he ‘committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct’.

Ministers press for opening of Rafah crossing to allow Britons to fl...

Defence minister James Heappey warned of the ‘almost inevitable’ impact on civilians in Gaza of conflict with Israel.

Ex-patient makes wooden gifts for hospital staff who helped him reco...

Campbell McDonald crafted the pieces as tokens of gratitude for the care he received from staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Celebrating deaths in Israel and Gaza is despicable, says minister

James Heappey said he hopes police find two women who wore stickers appearing to feature Hamas paragliders during pro-Palestine protests in London.

Priti Patel ‘begged’ US to take British terror suspect Aine Davis, c...

On June 18 last year, British officials learned that prosecutors in New York were seeking to extradite Davis to the US.

Muslim convert alleged to have been part of IS cell admits terrorism...

Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was charged with three offences after returning to the UK and being arrested at Luton Airport last August.

£77m paid out so far to survivors of historical institutional abuse

The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board in Northern Ireland has received more than 4,035 applications.