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Welfare reform legislation to be debated next month, MPs told
The Government has faced backlash from some Labour MPs over the ‘damaging disability benefit cuts’, which it said could save up to £5 billion ...
Southampton and New Forest issued amber heat health warning
A heat health alert issued in Southampton and the New Forest has been reissued and upgraded, as an amber warning has now come into effect.
Tributes paid to Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles, who has died aged 74
Tributes have been paid to Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles, who has died aged 74. He died late on Wednesday after “a long and valiant” battle with cancer, his family said. Since 1981, the ...
Maintenance fund to give £9bn a year to fix schools, hospitals and prisons
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said £6 billion a year would go to repairing hospitals and £3 billion to schools and colleges.
Tijjani Reijnders ‘can be very important’ for Man City – Nathan Ake
Nathan Ake expects fellow Dutchman and new Manchester City team-mate Tijjani Reijnders to have a big impact at the club. Reijnders joined City from AC Milan last week in a deal worth an initial ...
Morrisons ‘bounces back’ from cyber attack despite pressure on shoppers
The Bradford-based grocery business revealed on Thursday that group sales grew by 4.2 to £3.9 billion for the 13 weeks to April 27.
Senior doctors asked about prospect of industrial action amid row over pay
Senior doctors in England are taking part in an indicative ballot in an escalation of a row over pay with the Government. Many doctors were given a 4% pay uplift in May. But the British Medical ...
Tough action needed to halt level of attacks on police in NI, federation warns
Legislators and courts need to take “tough and decisive action” to counter the “shocking and appalling” toll of attacks on police officers, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said.
David Lynch memorabilia including scripts and props sell for more than £3m
More than 450 items of memorabilia were sold in the Los Angeles auction, hosted by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, where they fetched a combined 4.25 ...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Innovative filming makes 28 Years Later ‘like no other’
Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson said his latest film 28 Years Later has “got a feel that’s like no other movie”, thanks to the experimental way it was shot. The latest installment of the apocalyptic drama ...
Amber heat-health alert issued for all regions in England as temperatures climb
An amber heat-health alert has been issued for all regions in England as the UK could record a new high for the warmest day of the year on Thursday. Eastern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the ...
Archaeological ‘jigsaw’ reveals 2,000-year-old Roman wall paintings
It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.