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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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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The Midlands is set to be hit by a major snow bomb on Thursday, January 29, with forecasts warning of widespread snowfall across England and Scotland. Weather charts and maps from WX Charts show that the West Midlands and East Midlands will not escape the icy conditions. Counties at risk include Staffordshire, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire,
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More than 10 million spectators are expected to line the streets when the 2027 Tour de France begins in the United Kingdom, organisers have announced. The first three stages of the men’s race will feature a Grand Départ in Edinburgh on July 2, followed by a second stage in northwest England and a third stage
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Killers who are sent to hospital rather than prison may no longer be able to claim Universal Credit under new government proposals aimed at closing what ministers describe as a “loophole” in the welfare system. Currently, while prisoners are banned from receiving state benefits, offenders sentenced to psychiatric hospitals remain eligible. This can amount to
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A Poole care home resident has had a long-held wish fulfilled after seeing her late father’s artwork on public display at a Bournemouth museum. Myrna, who lives at Marjorie House in Lilliput, a care home run by not-for-profit charity Care South, visited the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum as part of the organisation’s Make a
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A driver has claimed his parked electric car suddenly accelerated and killed a five-year-old boy after the child touched an external sensor, a court has heard. Ashenafei Demissie, 52, was sitting in his Volkswagen ID.4 in a residential car park when the vehicle surged forward, striking Fareed Amir, five, and Demissie’s own son, Raphael, 12.
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A man has been jailed for sharing disturbing images of children with others in an online chatroom. Rafattullah Rustayee, 25, was found with more than 800 pictures and videos of children as young as three being abused. Police also discovered that he had been speaking with other offenders about their sexual interest in children and
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A mother has died and her teenage daughter remains missing following what police have described as a “tragic incident” in the sea off the East Yorkshire coast. Humberside Police confirmed that Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace Keeling, 15, encountered difficulties in the water at Withernsea on Friday afternoon. Emergency services were called to
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