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Nurses’ union to pause strike action as it enters ‘intensive talks’ with ministers on pay

The Royal College of Nursing says it will pause strike action as it enters “intensive talks” with ministers over pay. RCN members in England...

Asda and Morrisons imposing purchase limits on some fruits and vegetables due to supply challenges

Asda and Morrisons are imposing limits on some of the fruit and vegetables customers can buy due to supply shortages. Asda is temporarily limiting...

Business

Asda limits purchase of some fruits and vegetables due to supply challenges

Asda has imposed a limit on some fruit and vegetables customers can buy due to supply shortages. The British supermarket chain is limiting the...

Sports

Pastrnak, Kaprizov or Marner? Execs, players rank the top NHL wingers

7:00 AM ET After 18 seasons, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is still one of the top 10 wingers in the NHL, according to...

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: Missing aristocrat and boyfriend’s cash ‘will be coming to an end’ – as new CCTV released

Two new CCTV clips have been released of a missing aristocrat and her convicted sex offender boyfriend who have been missing with their baby...

Sports

Connelly on transfer trends: What last season can teach us about 2023

7:30 AM ET The 2022 college football season was plenty of things. It was the year of the burgeoning Georgia dynasty. It was the...

World

Vladimir Putin blames West for starting war in Ukraine as he suspends participation in key nuclear treaty

Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for starting the war in Ukraine and claimed Russia responded with force “in order to stop it”. In...

World

Ukraine war: One of the fiercest battles of the conflict is intensifying as volunteers work to evacuate civilians

The Ukrainian soldiers fired an American round from a French mortar at a common enemy. They said the target was a storage site for...

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Liberte: Short film shines light on unsung British WWII secret agent Noor Inayat Khan

“Beautiful, striking and petite,” Noor Inayat Khan was “the unlikeliest of spies”. An accomplished musician and children’s writer, described as “a daydreamer” by her...

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Gareth Southgate to be played by Joseph Fiennes in Dear England – a new play about penalty misses and his ‘quiet reform’ of the beautiful game

Joseph Fiennes is to play Gareth Southgate in a new play about the England men’s football manager’s “quiet reform” of the beautiful game –...

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Julian Sands: US officials vow to ‘bring closure’ to actor’s family – five weeks after he went missing

US authorities say they want to “bring closure” to the family of missing British actor Julian Sands. It is more than five weeks since...

Environment

Eight years after joining IS in Syria, Shamima Begum is about to find out if she is allowed back in the UK

Shamima Begum – who left home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in Syria – will find out...

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Mackenzie Crook urges people to check outhouses as search for missing sister-in-law Laurel Aldridge continues

Actor Mackenzie Crook has said his family remain “determined and driven” to find his missing sister-in-law a week on from her disappearance – and...

World

Vladimir Putin: ‘They started the war and we used force in order to stop it’

Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for starting the war in Ukraine and claimed Russia responded with force “in order to stop it”. In...

Politics

Brexit deal over Northern Ireland not likely this week, minister suggests

A deal to resolve post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland is not likely this week, a minister has suggested.

World

Ukraine war: Biden’s secretive trip to Kyiv was disguised as a ‘golf tourney’ – here’s how it unfolded

US President Joe Biden has become the latest and most powerful Western leader to visit Kyiv since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last...

World

Three dead after Turkey hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake two weeks after disaster

Three people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border two weeks after massive quake...

World

Turkey-Syria earthquake: ‘Miracle baby’ born in rubble is adopted by her aunt and uncle – and given a new name

A baby born in the rubble of Syria’s earthquake earlier this month has been adopted by her aunt and uncle. The little girl’s mother,...

World

Robert Mugabe’s son charged in Zimbabwe for damaging cars at Harare party

The eldest son of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former president, has been arrested over allegations he damaged property at a party. Robert Mugabe Jnr, 31,...

Business

Jeremy Hunt to ‘stick to plan’ despite £30bn less borrowing in year to date than predicted

Public borrowing in the financial year to date is £30.6bn less than predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), according to the last...