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August 20, 2024

‘One in, one out’ measures as riots push overcrowded jails close to breaking point

Far-right riots have pushed Britain’s prisons to breaking point as the government triggers emergency measures to ease overcrowding. Experts fear hard-won capacity gained by releasing prisoners early has “rapidly evaporated” after at least 677 suspected rioters were charged following widespread disorder.

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Body recovered as British tycoon and daughter among six missing after yacht sinks

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are among six people missing after his luxury yacht capsized in stormy weather and sank off the coast of Sicily.

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Streeting ignored messages, says nursing whistleblower

Health secretary Wes Streeting has been accused of ignoring a whistleblower who helped to uncover a major scandal at the nursing regulator.

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Has Cleverly hit the front in Tory leadership election?

Things are livening up in the battle for the Tory leadership. For some weeks, the working assumption has been that Kemi Badenoch is in the lead; now it appears James Cleverly has overtaken her among the Conservative Party membership, with Priti Patel emerging as runner-up, Badenoch third and Tom Tugendhat fourth.

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Staff contacted out of hours could receive compensation

Staff who are consistently contacted by bosses outside of normal working hours could be in line for thousands of pounds of compensation under Labour plans.

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Warning of busiest August bank holiday for nine years’

Drivers have been warned that they will be faced with the busiest August bank holiday on the roads in almost a decade if they head out this weekend.

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Learner driver whose three friends died in crash jailed

A learner driver who killed three of his friends when he crashed into another vehicle has been jailed for over four years.

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Engine explodes during test fire at Shetland space port

A spacecraft company has said it will return to regular operations “as soon as possible” after one of its vessels failed during a test.

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'I knew who I could go to': how Walz gave his queer school students a refuge

A straight, football-coaching national guardsman wasn’t the LGBT+ ally that Seth Elliot Meyer expected.

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Israel accepts US 'bridging proposal' for ceasefire deal

The US secretary of state Antony Blinken says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a “bridging proposal” for a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Mr Blinken said a two-and-a-half hour meeting with Mr Netanyahu in Tel Aviv yesterday had been “very constructive” and urged Hamas to also accept the proposals.

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Ukraine strikes third bridge in cross-border Kursk attack

Russia has confirmed that Ukrainian forces have destroyed a third bridge in the Kursk border region in as many days, severing vital supply lines to Moscow’s forces defending the area against Kyiv’s surprise cross-border assault.

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Modi's Ukrainian trip likely to reassure Western allies

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will make his first visit to Ukraine later this week, the foreign ministry confirmed yesterday.

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Al-Qaeda has new foothold in Taliban-run Afghanistan

The killing of al-Qaeda’s leader in a US drone strike in 2022 was hailed by Joe Biden as a moment of “closure” for the families of the victims of 9/11.

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'Putin's out for revenge but we've broken the stalemate and our morale is very high'

From crippling bridges to defending the territory they have snatched in daring raids, soldiers resting in Ukraine’s border Sumy region tell Askold Krushelnycky they want to push on Ukrainian forces have damaged or destroyed three bridges in Russia’s Kursk region – aiming to cut crucial Russian supply lines in the latest chapter in Kyiv’s daring assault across the border, which the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky says is achieving its military aims.

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How can we get a refund for a mouldy rental property?

Q I have spent three weeks trying to resolve a case of an extremely substandard rental property, with mould and insects in the kitchen (and the wifi didn’t work).

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Ageing speeds up at 44 and 60... but it can be slowed

Researchers have found that ageing comes in two significant spikes. Maria Lally investigates the ways it can be managed.

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Without a Delia, cooking is off the table for a generation

The food writer and TV personality taught millions of Britons key skills in the kitchen. But somewhere between Uber Eats and TikTok recipes, we've lost our way, argues Helen Coffey.

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Celebrity travelogues given a good name by perfect pair

A Channel 4 show featuring Judi Dench and Jay Blades has charmed viewers in droves, Katie Rosseinsky among them.

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Vardy defies the odds to earn equaliser for Foxes

There is still proof of Leicester’s penchant for the improbable and it comes in the inimitable figure of Jamie Vardy.

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Tone deaf and plain wrong to make Fernandez captain

When Enzo Fernandez was handed the Chelsea armband, there was no notable reaction from the rest of the squad, which was partly why manager Enzo Maresca probably felt the matter was closed.

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