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Black missing children are being failed, report finds

The mother of a Black teenager has described how she was “treated like a pest” when she reported her son missing as a new report warns of systemic negligence around such cases.

Morgan to be first woman to lead Welsh government

Health minister set to take over from Vaughan Gething

Labour to work with Crown Estate on wind farms plans

Britain’s newly created state-owned energy company, Great British Energy, is to partner with the monarchy’s property firm to help speed up the building of offshore wind farms.

Dujardin 'whipped horse 24 times like a circus elephant'

Charlotte Dujardin, one of the stars of Team GB ahead of the Olympics, has been banned from the Paris Games and dropped as ambassador for an animal charity over allegations she whipped a horse “24 times” like it was “an elephant in a circus”.

Travel costs up £300,000 for royals despite less visits

Royal travel costs soared by hundreds of thousands of pounds last year despite fewer engagements due to the illness of the King and Princess of Wales, figures show.

IPP prisoners not included in latest sentencing review

Prisoners facing indefinite sentences will not have their cases addressed as part of the Labour government’s planned sentencing review, prisons minister Lord Timpson has said.

Knife crime rises again as shoplifting at 20-year high

Knife crime offences have risen by 4 per cent since last year, with a “notable increase” in the number of robberies involving a bladed weapon.

Self-deprecating Sunak was a reminder of gentler times

It’s going to be difficult to explain to our grandchildren how politics used to work.

A quarter of three-child families cannot afford food

Impact of two-child benefit cap revealed by charity's report

Tugendhat enters contest to be next Conservative leader

Tom Tugendhat has become the second senior Tory to announce a leadership bid, indicating he would be prepared to quit the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the UK’s borders.

Why is Labour in a hurry to negotiate new trade deals?

Keir Starmer continues to insist that a Labour government is not going to seek to rejoin the single market or a customs union with the EU.

Work begins by PM to put Britain back on world stage

Security and trade deals with Germany and India on agenda

Soldier stabbed on street as 'his wife screams for help'

A British army soldier was repeatedly stabbed in an attack outside his home, as a woman thought to be his wife looked on in horror.

Taekwondo champ has been eyeing gold since age of 10

If you haven't yet heard of Caden Cunningham, there's a good chance you will have by the end of these Olympics.

Nerveless Richards pooling his resources in medal hunt

Matt Richards won relay gold in Tokyo but mental strength will hold the key to individual glory, he tells Jack Rathborn

"Winning one more got me out of bed in the morning'

Mark Cavendish tells Lawrence Ostlere about overtaking Eddy Merckx's stage wins record on his last Tour de France

'Error of judgement' video ends Dujardin's Olympics

Dressage champion 'deeply ashamed' and pulls out of Games

Games, set and match: I'll quit after Paris, says Murray

Scot confirms retirement after 'my last ever tournament'

Virgin Atlantic orders seven planes to complete overhaul

Virgin Atlantic has announced a new plane order, which will complete its multibillion-dollar fleet transformation.

ODDS AND FRIENDS

Lisa Kudrow has had a Buffay of comic roles that often go unnoticed. As the actor leads new sci-fi series 'Time Bandits', Adam White praises the appeal of this quirky comedy legend

Where would you go for sun without a longhaul flight?

Q If you could go anywhere in February for some sunshine and relaxation, without too long a flight, where would it be?

Pan Am the greatest airline? Well, recollections may vary

When it comes to the high-profile Pan American World Airways, Simon Calder finds some loved it more than others

I'm sick of reckless cyclists.ruining it for everyone

Every day on the way to the office, bikers are hurtling through red lights and nearly mowing down unsuspecting pedestrians. This needs to stop, writes Ellie Harrison

What Obama really thinks about Biden's replacement

They're meant to be old friends, so where is the ex-president when his party's likely nominee needs him? Alex Hannaford talks to people who know them and can explain his silence

TV contestant kills and eats a rare bird in New Zealand

Two contestants were disqualified from a US reality TV show after one of them hunted, killed and ate a protected bird in New Zealand.

More than 200 people dead after mudslides in Ethiopia

At least 229 people have been killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia following heavy rainfall.

Son fears father could die after year in Azeri detention

Gubad Ibadoghlu was driving home with his wife in northern Baku, Azerbaijan, when several cars rammed into them.

Palestinian factions agree to unity after talks in Beijing

Hamas and Fatah sign China-sponsored reconciliation deal

Secret Service boss resigns after Trump rally shooting

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her post after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Monarchy income to rise by £45m as estate profits soar

The monarchy is to receive a boost of more than £45m, with a 53 per cent jump in its official annual income to more than £130m.