A report withheld by the Metropolitan Police for more than three years has revealed that hundreds of rape and sexual assault allegations were withdrawn by victims, highlighting serious failings in the force’s handling of cases. The disclosure follows a long legal battle by The Times, which forced Scotland Yard to release the 2022 “problem profile” […]
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Unemployment in the UK has remained near a five-year high, while wage growth continued to cool in the months leading up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s November budget, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Tuesday that the jobless rate held steady at 5.1 per cent in the three months to November,
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Britain is set to be hit by an Arctic blast over the coming days, bringing snow to large parts of the country, the Met Office has warned. Weather maps show snow covering much of the UK on Wednesday, 28 January, with the wintry conditions expected to continue until Saturday. Birmingham and the wider West Midlands
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Police discovered a number of stolen vehicles at a suspected chop shop near Stourbridge during a patrol in the West Midlands. Officers on patrol in Lye spotted a car connected to criminal activity near a yard on Church Street. On closer inspection, they found several partially stripped vehicles, including a black Nissan Navara, an Audi
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A devoted father-of-three died following a series of missed opportunities and communication failures at the very hospital where he worked, an inquest has heard. Craig Green, 39, a catering assistant at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, died on a Selly Oak ward in July last year, two days after suffering a devastating brain injury caused
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The NHS recorded the second largest monthly fall in its waiting list in 15 years in November, despite staff facing record levels of demand throughout 2025, new figures show. The waiting list dropped by more than 86,000 in November to 7.31 million, marking a major milestone one year after the launch of the Elective Reform
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Rachel Reeves’s repeated policy U-turns have cost the public finances £8.2 billion, according to a new analysis that delivers the first full assessment of the government’s series of climbdowns. The Resolution Foundation said policy uncertainty remains stubbornly high despite Labour’s repeated promises to “restore stability” to economic decision-making. Using figures from the Office for Budget
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The Duke of Sussex was said to be feeling “confident and ready” as he arrived in the UK ahead of a long-awaited High Court trial against Associated Newspapers, which begins on Monday. Prince Harry is one of seven high-profile claimants bringing a so-called “super claim” against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on
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Health bosses have launched an investigation after it emerged that NHS midwives were trained using guidance that highlighted the so-called “potential benefits” of cousin marriage, despite clear medical evidence linking the practice to an increased risk of birth defects. The official midwifery guidance, used in NHS England training, reportedly described concerns about congenital diseases as
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A proposed tourist tax in London could generate more than £350 million a year, according to a new report by Central London Forward (CLF). The analysis looked at a hypothetical 3 per cent levy on overnight stays and concluded that the capital could see a substantial boost to funding for public services and infrastructure. Central
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