Convicted MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been thrown out of the Conservative Party after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. A spokesman for the Tories said Khan,
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Food bank providers are “deeply concerned about the scale of suffering” across the UK and have warned they are struggling to keep up with “relentless” demand. Many are reaching breaking
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Downing Street has rejected a call by NHS leaders to reintroduce greater mask-wearing and a push to encourage mixing outdoors. The NHS Confederation urged the Government to reconsider its “living
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The council response in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire was “chaotic and disorganised” and worsened an already dire situation for survivors and bereaved, an inquiry into the blaze
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Police officers answering a 999 call from a mental health hospital to help find a vulnerable patient who had absconded and later died were left “frustrated” when a receptionist there
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Scottish expertise is helping Greek authorities establish how best to deal with serious sexual assault cases, the UK’s Ambassador to Greece has said. Matthew Lodge praised authorities in Greece for
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The family of two young children killed in a motorway crash caused by a drunk driver have said they are “devastated” and “angry” after he was sentenced to just nine
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NHS trusts have come under fire for posting job adverts for midwives committed to “normal birth” – just over a week after a highly damning report into baby and mother
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Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson’s Tories of “disgraceful inaction” on the cost-of-living crisis, which she said has left people “terrified to open their bills”. The Scottish First Minister and
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More than three-quarters of a million people in the UK say they have experienced long Covid that has lasted for at least a year, new figures show. The Office for
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