93 m. ago Victory for Darlington nurses as they win landmark battle for a female

The Darlington nurses launched a legal action saying transgender policies put them at risk, deprived them of dignity and breached their human rights.

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1 hour ago DWP State Pension change for people born between these dates

The State Pension age is set to start rising from 66 to 67 next year, with the increase due to be completed for all men and women across the UK by 2028.

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1 hour ago ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: An unexpected audience with my late, great father

Briefly, I wanted to stop it. I wasn't braced to hear him and feared it would make me miserable. But the urge to listen was stronger.

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2 h. ago Reform UK are 'chancers' and no friends of working people says GMB chief

The General Secretary is expected to praise Labour’s employment bill - but urge the party to “think again” on other issue

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2 h. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk urged to bury hatchet as feud sparks 'nuclear fear'

US vice president JD Vance has said Elon Musk is making a "huge mistake" going after Donald Trump as Republicans have urged the two billionaires to bury the hatchet

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3 h. ago Urgent search for schoolgirls, 13 and 14, after they suddenly go missing in uniforms

Carla, 14, and Sofia, 13, were wearing their St Monica's High School uniforms when they vanished from the Abraham Moss library and leisure centre in Manchester

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3 h. ago Urgent search launched for missing Scots OAP as concerns grow

Police are growing concerned for Barbara Lamond, who vanished from the Craiglockhart area of Edinburgh on Saturday.

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3 h. ago KEMI BADENOCH: A simple way to deter migrants? Make them wait for ten years before they can claim any benefits

Britain today seems to work more favourably for those who jump the queue, who break the rules, who get into our country illegally but then denigrate our customs and our culture.

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4 h. ago LORD ASHCROFT: 'We can sniff Starmer's fear of Farage' say voters as they back winter fuel U

Voters have been wondering what it was about Reform's surge in local elections that prompted Starmer to tighten his immigration policy and row back the winter fuel allowance cuts.

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4 h. ago Small sport stirs up controversy in Spain as Basque Country makes its international debut

A small sport popular in Spain’s northern Basque Country has stirred up a political controversy that triggered court action and fanned the region’s long-held feelings of nationalism

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5 h. ago Fears for missing Scots schoolgirl believed to have boarded train to England

Police are urgently seeking information to help find 13-year-old Ava Stewart from Kilmarnock.

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7 h. ago Harry Kane saves listless England’s blushes as Andorra frustrate Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel had demanded a convincing win and a performance without doubts. The England manager wanted to suffocate Andorra in this World Cup qualifier; to see his team attack cohesively, to unpick the low block of the nation that sits 173rd in the world rankings. So much for the wishlist.This was the end-of-season game that Tuchel had tried to talk up, mainly because he has so few matches to drill his players before the finals next summer. He was keen to see some energy. And yet his words failed to stir very much. Yes, England won, as they always do against Andorra. Yes, they did so without conceding, as they always do against Andorra. And yes, it is now three wins out of three for Tuchel, with no goals against. But it was not possible to get excited. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trade unions join forces to demand end to ban on 'sympathy strikes'

Secondary industrial action - where a trade union asks its members to take action against their employer in solidarity with workers elsewhere who are in dispute - has been banned since the early 1990s

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7 h. ago Murder detectives find body in urgent searches for Colombian woman, 46, missing from Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez had not been seen by her family or friends who raised the alarm, police said

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7 h. ago Urgent appeal as concerns grow for girls, 13 and 14, who vanished from leisure centre

Sofia and Carla haven't been seen since Thursday

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8 h. ago Attenborough tells William he hopes Ocean film will move people to action

The two men have a shared passion for protecting the natural world.

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8 h. ago Prince William given stark warning from 'appalled' David Attenborough on pressing issue

Prince William joined Sir David Attenborough for a chat about the importance of protecting the world's oceans ahead of William giving a speech urging action in Monaco tomorrow

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9 h. ago Massive Attack at LIDO Festival: 'a moment of unity and a call to action'

Massive Attack deliver a powerful set at LIDO where Gaza takes centre stage

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10 h. ago Terrorism police deployed amid violence fears for World Cup qualifier in England's group

Tensions are high in Tirana as Albania host Serbia in England's 2026 World Cup qualifying group almost 11 years on from infamous abandonment because of drone carrying flag

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10 h. ago Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack

Civil protection agency chief says country is ill-prepared for conflict and calls for urgent upgrades to cold war sheltersGermany is drawing up plans to rapidly expand its network of bomb-proof bunkers and shelters, the government’s most senior civilian protection official has said, warning the state needs to be prepared for an attack from Russia within the next four years.Ralph Tiesler, the head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), said Europe’s largest economy needed to wake up to the reality of conflict, and that in its current state Germany was inadequately prepared. Continue reading...

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