2 minutes ago My aunt is a Waspi woman and is furious at Labour's refusal to pay compensation, says Cabinet minister

Lucy Powell, Leader of the Commons, said her relative is 'not happy at all' after the Prime Minister abandoned a vow to recompense millions of women hit by pension age changes.

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33 minutes ago Nick Candy vows to help Reform disrupt British politics ‘like we have never seen’

Property developer claims more billionaires are joining Elon Musk in backing the party

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97 minutes ago Police officer, 40, who had sex with domestic abuse victim and a woman he arrested while on duty is jailed

Adam Jones engaged in consensual sexual relationships with two women whilst pursuing a third - all of whom were involved with him in a policing capacity, a judge was told.

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4 hours ago ‘I went into labour during Christmas dinner and gave birth just hours later’

Harriet Knock, 26, gave birth to baby Joey on Christmas Day after starting labor while cooking Christmas dinner, two bites into her Christmas dinner she knew she needed to get to the hospital

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7 hours ago Syria has been liberated from Russia and Iran – but outsiders still threaten its new freedom | Robin Yassin

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the westRobin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and English editor of the Isis Prisons MuseumThe liberation of Syria was long hoped for, but unexpected. Over the past weeks, Syrians have experienced the full range of human emotions, with the exception of boredom. On the first two Assad-free Fridays, millions of celebrants swelled the streets to chant and sing and speak formerly forbidden truths. There was a huge presence of women, who had been less visible during the years of war. Relatives are meeting again and assuaging their pain as hundreds of thousands return from the camps of exile.At the same time, millions are having to accept at last that their loved ones have been tortured to death. It now appears that most of the 130,000 lost in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons (a bare minimum figure) are dead. Dozens of mass graves have already be...

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7 hours ago Sir Alan Bates reveals he STILL hasn't received any compensation from the Post Office despite inquiry into the Horizon scandal and being knighted for his heroic efforts for other victims

Sir Alan Bates has revealed he still hasn't received any compensation from the Post Office, despite an inquiry into the Horizon scandal and being knighted.

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7 hours ago 'Labour will torpedo my firm': One of Britain's OLDEST family businesses says inheritance tax plans could destroy his finances in 'blink of an eye' after 250 years of trading

EXCL: Jim Rankin, a sixth-generation owner of Rankin Brothers & Sons, was blindsided by Reeves proposals, which he slams for 'running contrary to the government's ambitions for growth'.

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7 hours ago The utter torment of being spiked: Women in their 20s reveal how attacks on nights out have left them paranoid and terrified

As the UK government plans to make spiking a specific criminal offence, Suffolk-based Chloe Ward, 24, who believes she was spiked with a needle, tells how the nightmare continues to haunt her.

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8 hours ago German Christmas market 'attacker' is charged with five counts of murder

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg on Friday night, killing nine-year-old André Gleißner and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.

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