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Discrimination against afro hair 'should be made illegal'

The Labour MP Paulette Hamilton and the singer Mel B are among leading black Britons urging parliamentarians to make the UK the first western country to introduce a law to end afro hair discrimination.

Catherine says she can now 'focus on staying cancer free'

The Princess of Wales has said she is doing what she can to \"stay cancer free\" after completing chemotherapy treatment and is planning to return to limited public engagements in the coming months.

'Generational shift' as apps and websites overtake TV as most popular news source

Online platforms have overtaken TV channels as the most popular source for news in the UK, according to figures that demonstrate a \"generational shift\" in viewing habits.

Israeli airstrikes on targets in Syria 'leave at least 25 dead'

Israeli jets launched a substantial strike on targets in Syria on Sunday night, killing at least 25 people, according to an opposition war monitor, which called it one of the most violent such attacks in years.

Letting it go Tears and tributes as Frozen bids the West End farewell

Sometimes it has been a flurry and at others a blizzard. For three years theatregoers dressed in shades of Elsa blue have descended on Covent Garden for Disney's blockbuster stage musical Frozen.

Mental health inquiry will uncover hundreds more deaths, chair says

Hundreds more avoidable deaths than previously estimated will be uncovered in the first statutory inquiry into mental health services, its chair said yesterday.

West Bank In a city of scars, Israel's raid stirs a long hatred

In the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, residents are struggling to return to normality after the longest - and deadliest - Israeli military operation in the area for 20 years. On Sunday, the start of the working week, traffic again choked the city centre for the first time in nearly two weeks after roads were repaired; street vendors sold peaches and the first of the season's pomegranates as the city slowly came back to life.

PM defiant on winter fuel cut as MPs prepare to vote

Reeves also faces down MPs concerned over axe to pensioner payments

Progress on heart disease 'at risk after Tory NHS failures'

Decades of progress in tackling heart disease and strokes is in danger of unravelling in part because of NHS failures under the last government, a report into the state of the health service in England will argue.

Corruption 'red flag' on £15bn Covid contracts

Corruption \"red flags\" in government Covid contracts worth more than £15bn have been uncovered, representing nearly one in every three pounds awarded by the Conservative administration during the pandemic, according to a detailed study.

Scores of MPs could refuse to back Starmer over cut in fuel payments

PM urges backbenchers to support measure he accepts is 'unpopular'

Workers' rights Reform plans 'backed by senior managers'

Labour's plans to boost workers' rights have widespread support from senior managers, a survey suggests, as the TUC hits back at corporate lobbying against the proposals.

Starmer: We will tackle people smuggling gangs in same way we dealt with rioters

Keir Starmer has vowed to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer.

Gustafsson quits as CEO of Darktrace after sale

Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and chief executive of the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace, is to leave the company after its $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to the US private equity business Thoma Bravo.

Owner of Ivy 'close to deal' to sell chain to private equity

Richard Caring and fellow shareholders are reportedly close to selling the Ivy chain of restaurants for £1bn to a little-known private equity group.

'Like a boiling pot' - How the maelstrom under Greenland's glaciers may help slow sea level rise

There are stadium-sized blocks of ice crashing from the soaring face of the Kangerlussuup glacier in western Greenland, fierce underwater currents of meltwater shooting out from its base and visibility below the surface is virtually zero owing to a torrent of suspended mud and sand. It's little wonder scientists have never explored this maelstrom.

The state of the race - Why North Carolina shows how tight the US election really is

The narrow geographical focus of the US presidential election is becoming sharply apparent, with the first ballots to determine the next occupant of the White House starting to be mailed out to voters.

Amsterdam's pot crackdown: pavement gardeners bemused over city's new rules

Residents have reacted with bemusement at plans by authorities in Amsterdam to crack down on what it sees as a plague of messy plant pots.

US-Turkish woman, 26, shot dead at West Bank protest

A US-Turkish dual national has been shot dead reportedly by Israeli troops while participating in a protest against settler expansion in the occupied West Bank.

Poltava Military faces questions over toll in strike on 'elite' facility

Polina Melnyk and Ihor Tkachov were having breakfast on Tuesday when they heard the whistle of a missile fly low over their Poltava apartment block and, moments later, the sound of two explosions.

Abandoned sports centre may become first national skate park

An abandoned sports centre that escaped demolition after being turned into a backup Covid morgue could get a new role as Britain's first national skateboarding park.

Ex-Top Gear presenter 'warned BBC about safety concerns'

The former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has said he expressed safety concerns to the BBC three months before Andrew Flintoff's car crash, which left him with facial injuries and broken ribs.

Calls for Pickles to lose peerage and government role after report criticism

Eric Pickles, the housing secretary at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, is facing calls to quit as a Tory peer over the report into the disaster but he blamed \"middle-ranking officials\" for failing to act on a coroner's warning about fire safety.

'I keep finding ways': Storey wins 19th gold in thriller

In a victory for middle-aged women everywhere, 46-year-old Dame Sarah Storey chased down and out-sprinted a teenager, the 19-year-old French star Heïdi Gaugain, to win the women's C4-5 cycling road race by half a wheel in a high-stakes last two kilometres into Clichy-sous-Bois.

Suspended councillor denies encouraging violent disorder

A suspended Labour councillor has pleaded not guilty to encouraging violent disorder while addressing a crowd during an anti-racism demonstration in east London.

Untouched parts of England's green belt at risk as councils face pressure to hit housing targets

1.5m New homes to be built across England over five years under Labour's pledge on construction

Moving in - Starmer agrees to compromise on dog-like cat as family pet

On the face of it, the new kitten that joined Keir Starmer's family appears to have had a peaceful first week at an address where feline and human rivals have been known to get their claws out.

Grammar schools in England fundraise with £70 mock 11-plus tests

£153,000 The amount a firm offering mock exams for £40-£60 gave Sutton grammar school's PTA in 2021-22

Pride in British history falls but support for arts remains, survey finds

A striking fall in pride in Britain's history, but widespread support for the arts, shows the public is choosing \"Shakespeare over invasion, exploitation and occupation\", a historian has said.

Documentary claims romantic day out in 70s Berlin inspired Bowie's 'Heroes'

It was the unofficial soundtrack to the 2012 Olympics, inspired a Philip Glass symphony and is David Bowie's most popular track on Spotify.