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Scotland confirms £500m in cuts to balance budget
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Scotland confirms £500m in cuts to balance budget

Scotland’s finance secretary Shona Robison has announced up to 500m of spending cuts as she insisted urgent action” was needed to ensure the government can balance its budget.

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September 04, 2024
Mother grieves her three sons and ‘amazing husband'
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Mother grieves her three sons and ‘amazing husband'

Three children found dead at a house in Surrey have been described as full of life and happiness” by their grieving mother.

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September 04, 2024
'Jeremy Kyle' guest blamed show before fatal overdose
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'Jeremy Kyle' guest blamed show before fatal overdose

Aman believed to have killed himself in the days after appearing on The Feremy Kyle Show told his former partner that the programme was responsible for what happens now” in his final text message to her, an inquest has heard.

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September 04, 2024
One child detained, four let go after dog walker's death
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One child detained, four let go after dog walker's death

A dog walker who died after being attacked in a park died from a neck injury, police have said.

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September 04, 2024
Tugendhat doubles down on winning over Tory right
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Tugendhat doubles down on winning over Tory right

Tom Tugendhat doubled down on his bid to reinvent himself as a candidate of the Tory right as he waded into the growing debate within the party over ditching the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

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September 04, 2024
Don't leave our elderly out in the cold, Starmer urged
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Don't leave our elderly out in the cold, Starmer urged

Former Labour frontbencher hits out over winter fuel cuts

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September 04, 2024
Case weighs in on £22bn 'black hole' - who is right?
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Case weighs in on £22bn 'black hole' - who is right?

In a highly unusual move, Simon Case – cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, a job that includes protecting the impartiality of the government machine – has engaged in direct debate with the opposition over some sensitive political issues.

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September 04, 2024
Anger at Starmer over move to restrict arm sales to Israel
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Anger at Starmer over move to restrict arm sales to Israel

Netanyahu brands decision shameful’ as PM feels US heat

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September 04, 2024
Six children and pregnant woman among 12 drowned
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Six children and pregnant woman among 12 drowned

Bottom of boat ripped open’, plunging more than 60 people into waters off France in year’s worst migrant boat tragedy

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September 04, 2024
Unstoppable Inoue should make short work of Doheny
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Unstoppable Inoue should make short work of Doheny

Japan’s four-weight champion faces 23rd world title fight Aocw

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September 03, 2024
How has Red Bull car gone from best-ever to a boat’?
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How has Red Bull car gone from best-ever to a boat’?

Four months ago, ahead of race six of the 2024 F1 season in Miami, nothing confirmed how assured and dominant Red Bull were like their unprecedented streak of success on the track.

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September 03, 2024
Peacock calls on Coe to give para athletes more visibility
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Peacock calls on Coe to give para athletes more visibility

Runner finishes fifth as Team GB secure six golds in one day

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September 03, 2024
'You have to be brave, you can't have a bloated squad'
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'You have to be brave, you can't have a bloated squad'

Manchester United's sporting director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Omar Berrada tell Richard Jolly why they believe the club made progress in its summer overhaul

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September 03, 2024
High earners 'leaving UK' over capital gains tax fears
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High earners 'leaving UK' over capital gains tax fears

Entrepreneurs and top earners are selling up or leaving the UK due to fears the Labour government will announce an increase in capital gains tax (CGT) in the autumn Budget, experts have warned.

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September 03, 2024
'There were people dying around us, it was awful'
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'There were people dying around us, it was awful'

As cult comedy 'Green Wing' turns 20, Jacob Stolworthy sits down with its creator and cast to talk corpsing at the hospital

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September 03, 2024
My cancer is incurable - is more time too much to ask?
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My cancer is incurable - is more time too much to ask?

Leah Hardy talks to Nina Lopes about her battle to access a breast cancer drug denied to some NHS patients in England

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September 03, 2024
The 'career decline' myth
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The 'career decline' myth

As recruitment firm Indeed is forced to pull an ad labelling workers over 50 as past their prime, Grant Feller looks at ageism in the workplace and how to smash stereotypes

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September 03, 2024
How do I take the stress out of my Bordeaux rail jaunt?
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How do I take the stress out of my Bordeaux rail jaunt?

Q I am trying to do the right thing and travel from Scotland to Bordeaux by rail.

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September 03, 2024
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
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MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Nearly half of us leave the GP without having discussed all our concerns. It's no wonder when we're given 10 minutes and made to feel guilty for going anyway, says Helen Coffey

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September 03, 2024
Piece offering: boy, 4, who broke Bronze Age artefact returns to Israeli museum
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Piece offering: boy, 4, who broke Bronze Age artefact returns to Israeli museum

A four-year-old boy who accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar into pieces was welcomed back along with his family to the Hecht Museum in Israel.

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September 03, 2024
Trump's proposal for IVF divides Republican Party
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Trump's proposal for IVF divides Republican Party

Donald Trump's new proposal for the government or insurance companies to be mandated to pay for IVF treatment for Americans has already divided the Republican Party - with two GOP senators giving opposing stances on the matter on Sunday.

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September 03, 2024
Poland claims it has a 'duty' to down Russian missiles
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Poland claims it has a 'duty' to down Russian missiles

Poland and other nations bordering Ukraine have a duty to shoot down incoming Russian missiles - despite the risk of interceptions over Ukrainian territory dragging Nato into the war with Moscow - the country's foreign minister has said.

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September 03, 2024
German coalition clings on as AfD wins state election
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German coalition clings on as AfD wins state election

Far-right party claims that victory gives it mandate to govern

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September 03, 2024
Ex-page 3 model Fox fined for threat to police officer
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Ex-page 3 model Fox fined for threat to police officer

The former page 3 model Samantha Fox has been fined after threatening to knock out a police officer’s teeth while drunk during a brawl at Heathrow airport last December.

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September 03, 2024
Judge can't sentence rioter, 12, as his mother is in Ibiza
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Judge can't sentence rioter, 12, as his mother is in Ibiza

An \"astonished\" judge has been forced to delay the sentencing of a 12-year-old boy involved in violent far-right riots because his mother is on holiday in Ibiza.

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September 03, 2024
Tory councillor's wife guilty of stirring up racial hatred
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Tory councillor's wife guilty of stirring up racial hatred

The wife of a Conservative Party councillor has admitted publishing a social media post stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport knife killings.

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September 03, 2024
What do Labour's Ofsted changes mean for schools?
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What do Labour's Ofsted changes mean for schools?

A major change to the way Ofsted inspections work for schools has been made as a result of Labour delivering on an election pledge to revamp the grading system.

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September 03, 2024
Kemi's bizarre Doctor Who tirade doesn't say 'winner'
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Kemi's bizarre Doctor Who tirade doesn't say 'winner'

Perhaps more unnerving than some of their policies is when politicians try to insert themselves into pop culture.

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September 03, 2024
Corbyn joins MPs' alliance against inequality and war
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Corbyn joins MPs' alliance against inequality and war

Jeremy Corbyn is among five independent MPs to have formed an Independent Alliance group opposing inequality and war.

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September 03, 2024
UK to suspend 30 export licences for arms to Israel
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UK to suspend 30 export licences for arms to Israel

Britain is suspending around 30 of its 350 arms export licences to Israel amid a “clear risk” they could be used to breach international humanitarian law relating to the treatment of Palestinian detainees and the supply of aid to Gaza.

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September 03, 2024