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There was no shielding plan early in the pandemic and vulnerable groups were “appallingly neglected” as a “fatalistic” approach took hold in Downing Street,...

Boris Johnson suggested he saw COVID as “nature’s way of dealing with old people” and was “obsessed” with them accepting their fate, the inquiry...

The number of people who died from COVID-19 in the UK has been projected onto the walls of Barnard Castle – the evening before...

The niece of a Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by one or more British soldiers has called on the King to act on her case...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has described street demonstrations in support of Palestinians as “hate marches”. It comes as five people have been charged after...

The Police Federation has said it is “seriously concerned and bitterly disappointed” after a judge ruled a Metropolitan Police firearms officer charged with murder...

British astronauts could get the chance to blast into the cosmos thanks to a new deal between the UK and a US space company....

Thousands of AI-generated images depicting child abuse have been shared on a dark web forum, new research has found. Around 3,000 AI images of...

A police force was told an officer had “repeatedly asked a 15-year-old girl to send naked pictures of herself” before he went on to...

Patients in need of urgent medical attention are still subject to a postcode lottery where the quality of care depends on where they live,...

The voluntary real living wage – paid by more than 14,000 companies in the UK – is to rise by 10% as low-paid workers...

More than a million children experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year, according to a new report that slams such “horrifying levels...

The home secretary will challenge the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the force’s decision not to arrest pro-Palestine protesters calling for “jihad” against...

A self-proclaimed former gangster who became an author and actor has died. Dave Courtney was found dead at his home in Plumstead, southeast London,...

A woman who died after being swept into a river during Storm Babet has been named as Wendy Taylor. The 57-year-old’s body was recovered...

A woman who died in floods caused by Storm Babet has been named – as her son described finding her body “floating in the...

On 2 December 2018, British backpacker Grace Millane should have been celebrating her 22nd birthday during the trip of a lifetime in New Zealand....

Flooding from major rivers could continue until Tuesday following Storm Babet, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned. Despite the worst of the storm now having...

Sir Bobby Charlton’s death aged 86 has been met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow footballers, fans and politicians.  He was, in the...