19 h. ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Eljamel inquiry chairman will ‘listen to those whose voices have not been heard’

Lord Weir is chairing a public inquiry into former Dundee-based neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel who left dozens of patients with life-changing injuries.

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41 h. ago Government failure to order public inquiry into Sean Brown murder ‘cannot stand’

The GAA official was murdered in 1997 by loyalists.

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1 week ago Evidence from killer nurse Lucy Letby's new defence team 'is full of errors', grieving families say

In submissions to the public inquiry into the killer nurse, the families accused her new legal team of inaccuracies, including details of supposed infections which two babies did not have.

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2 w. ago Pensioner to stand trial over 'gunshot murder' of dog walker Brian Low in Aberfeldy

David Campbell, 76, denies shooting and killing Mr Low, 65, on February 16 last year.

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2 w. ago Watchdog investigating whether Defra breaking laws on cleaning up English rivers

Office for Environmental Protection says targets for water quality likely to be missed, and clarifying rules may helpThe Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog has launched an investigation into the UK government over potential failures to clean up England’s rivers under EU-derived laws.The OEP published a report last year saying that plans to clean up waterways were too generic and did not address specific issues at individual sites. It said plans were being put in place despite low government confidence that their objectives could be achieved. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby public inquiry will not be paused – Lady Justice Thirlwall

The Thirlwall Inquiry has been examining how the former neonatal nurse was able to murder or attack 14 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby inquiry chair rejects calls to pause investigation

Lawyers for jailed nurse had argued there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence undermining guilty verdictsThe chair of the public inquiry into the murder of babies by Lucy Letby has rejected calls to pause her investigation.Lady Justice Thirlwall was urged by the jailed nurse and former executives at the Countess of Chester hospital to halt the inquiry until the outcome of Letby’s legal appeals. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SNP Government told to apologise over 'failure' to carry out safeguarding review despite pledge 5 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Cole-Hamillton warned "nobody else is allowed to be alone with children or vulnerable adults without a basic check being done first".

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby 'attempting to control narrative' over public inquiry suspension bid

The families of her victims have spoken out

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2 w. ago Real possibility that Letby’s convictions may be overturned, say former bosses

Former senior hospital managers have called for the public inquiry to be halted after Letby’s case was passed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby and former hospital bosses demand public inquiry into her crimes is halted

Lady Justice Thirlwall, overseeing the inquiry, yesterday revealed she had received a letter from the 35-year-old's solicitor requesting the hearings be immediately suspended.

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2 w. ago Convicted murderer Lucy Letby calls for suspension of public inquiry

A panel working for the former nurse’s defence team said bad medical care and natural causes were behind collapses and deaths on a neonatal unit.

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby calls for public inquiry into baby deaths to be halted

Lawyers for the ex-nurse have said the inquiry should be suspended until review of convictions has concluded

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2 w. ago Hospital executives call for suspension of Lucy Letby public inquiry

Inquiry chair Lady Justice Thirlwall said she had received the request last month.

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2 w. ago Protesters claiming baby serial killer Lucy Letby is innocent demonstrate outside public inquiry looking into her crimes

Around 40 people waving placards saying 'Free Lucy Letby, no babies were murdered' and 'Lucy Letby not guilty' arrived at Liverpool Town Hall early this morning.

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2 w. ago The Southport killings might not have happened if there'd been an inquiry, and now Keir Starmer won't give us the answers we need

Lady Julia Amess met Sir Keir Starmer Yvette Cooper in Downing Street last week to plead for a public inquiry into the brutal killing of her dearly-loved husband Sir David.

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2 w. ago Five members break into row while attempting to clear up 'myth' about band name

Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abz Love, and Jason 'J' Brown are back as Five - and have now finally revealed exactly how to spell the name of their chart-topping band

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2 w. ago Five break out into a row as they clear up 'silly' myth about the band that's plagued them for 26 years

Speaking to MailOnline, the group - consisting of Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abz Love and Jason 'J' Brown - couldn't help but bicker as they cleared it up

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2 w. ago Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, claims IOC chief

Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers competed in Paris under cloud of controversyA gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA following a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete. A bitter war of words ensued b...

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