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Crash that killed four teenagers was avoidable, inquest hears
There were \"no catastrophic mechanical failures\" with a car carrying four teenage boys who were killed when it left a road in north Wales and became submerged upside down in a ditch, an inquest has heard.
Private donor pays for Salmond's body to be flown back to Scotland
A private donor has paid to repatriate Alex Salmond's body from North Macedonia, after the Foreign Office rejected calls for the RAF to do so.
Badenoch defended right to flexible working before she opposed it
Kemi Badenoch defended legislation introducing the right to flexible work in a conversation with the businessman James Dyson, despite being outspoken in her opposition to the measures during the Conservative leadership contest.
Carers welcome overpayments review but call for total overhaul of benefits system
Unpaid carers have welcomed plans to launch a review of \"outdated\" benefit rules that have left tens of thousands of people who look after loved ones with huge debts and threatened with prosecution.
Minority ethnic doctors suffer 'persistent' inequality
British BAME doctors and overseas-trained medics working in the UK suffer \"persistent and pernicious\" inequality throughout their careers, the medical regulator has warned.
Portrait reveals genius of Black mathematician who tracked Halley's comet
It was painted to celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of a mathematical genius who was Black and had been born into slavery. But for more than 260 years, the great scientific intellect of Francis Williams went unnoticed.
Boy, seven, dies as 'devastating' explosion hits Newcastle homes
A seven-year-old boy has died after a \"devastating explosion\" destroyed houses in a residential street in Newcastle in the early hours of yesterday.
Lebanon Mayor among 16 killed as municipal building is hit by IDF strike
The mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the city's municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those displaced by war.
Israel must prove it does not have Gaza starvation policy, says US
The US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure yesterday on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to allow more aid into the territory.
‘Fire engulfed everything’ Family describe seeing mother and son burned alive
The brother of a teenage Palestinian computing student who burned to death in a blaze sparked by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital compound has described how he tried to save his injured sibling as flames engulfed tents.
Myth gets new life as a riveting thriller
It begins with a birth certificate. A politician standing for election promises to prove his origins to the nation after his opponent has questioned them (a dig at Donald Trump in relation to Barack Obama's heritage?).
Oldman plans return to York stage where his career began
After decades away from the theatre, Gary Oldman is to return to the Yorkshire playhouse where he once had a role as a pantomime cat. The Oscar winner and star of the TV series Slow Horses will perform Samuel Beckett's monologue Krapp's Last Tape at York Theatre Royal in the spring.
Global food production is in peril as water crisis accelerates, say experts
More than half of the world's food production will be at risk of failure within the next quarter century unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned.
Standing desks may increase risk of circulatory problems
They have been billed as the antidote to sitting in front of a screen all day. But a study suggests standing desks, which have soared in popularity in recent years, do not compensate for being inactive and may even increase the risk of conditions such as swollen veins and blood clots in the legs.
Weight-loss drugs not 'holy grail' of obesity crisis, says NHS director
Weight-loss injections are not the \"holy grail\" of solving the obesity crisis, although they will play an important role in how the NHS treats the disease, the medical director of NHS England has said.
Car 'was on wrong side of M6' before crash that killed five
A car involved in a motorway crash in which five people, including two children, died was travelling on the wrong side of the road at the time, it has emerged.
Magistrates to be given greater sentencing powers by ministers
Ministers will announce plans within days to give magistrates in England and Wales fresh powers to hand down longer custodial sentences to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons, the Guardian understands.
Britain calls on India to cooperate with Canada in row over Sikh killing
Britain joined its Five Eyes intelligence partners yesterday in saying India's cooperation with Canada's legal process was \"the right next step\" in the deepening diplomatic row between the two countries, adding that it had full confidence in Canada's judicial system.
Crosby, Stills & Nash star gives £10,000 to Salford youth club
Graham Nash, the singer-songwriter from Crosby, Stills & Nash who grew up in Salford, has donated £10,000 to the city's embattled Salford Lads Club.
This was Rish!'s big chance to ask Keir the Taylor Swift question. Why did he shake it off?
It's generally not hard to read a politician. You instinctively know when they are being sincere and when they are bullshitting. When push comes to shove, they just aren't as smart as they would like us to believe. They are inherently bad actors. The only people they ever fool are themselves. You know the form. We could all tell when Boris Johnson was lying. Whenever his lips moved.
Labour MPs declare more free hospitality
Ministers have continued to declare free tickets to Taylor Swift, football matches and loans of clothing, according to the latest register of MPs' interests, amid the controversy over Keir Starmer accepting hospitality.
Asylum Accelerated decisions to cut backlog
Nearly 63,000 people who were waiting for their cases to be processed at the time of the general election are expected to be granted asylum by the Labour government, an analysis has found.
Head of state-owned energy company says he plans huge expansion
Britain's national energy company will eventually become a major power generator, running its own windfarms, tidal power and carbon capture schemes, and potentially borrowing its own money, according to its new boss.
Assisted dying bill begins divisive and emotional passage through Westminster
A bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales has been formally introduced in the House of Commons, triggering intense discussion over the coming weeks and months on an emotionally charged and controversial issue.
Francis to publish first memoir written by a pope while in office
Pope Francis has written an autobiography, which will be published globally next year. The book, entitled Hope, will be the first such work written by a sitting pope.
Moscow goes 'feral' with reckless plots against west
The aim is to sow chaos among Ukraine's partners, disrupt military supplies to Kyiv and widen splits in society of all kinds
Tunnels of love: Elizabeth line wins Stirling prize
With the longest platforms, the biggest tunnels and the fastest trains on the London underground, the Elizabeth line boasts a dizzying list of superlatives, carrying more people a day than any other train line in the country.
Glass of Bolly with your bake? Greggs opens champagne bar
Here are words you never expected to read: Greggs champagne bar. The chain's latest stunt is a pop-up bar where its bakes will be served with £75-a-glass champagne in bespoke sausage roll-etched coupes.
Inflation drops to lowest rate since 2021 in boost to chancellor
Inflation in the UK has fallen to its lowest level in three and a half years, giving a pre-budget boost to Rachel Reeves as expectations grow for the Bank of England to cut interest rates.
Now there's wriggle room to borrow for investment
At a glance, last month's sharp drop in the headline inflation figure to 1.7% tells the Bank of England all it needs to know when it considers whether to cut interest rates next month.