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November 18, 2024
Two Metropolitan Police officers charged with sexual assault
Jerome Beasley, 41, and Luke Robinson, 39, are due to appear in court on Wednesday.
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November 18, 2024
What is a zombie knife? Weapons still available to buy despite ban
A new law in September was supposed to take the long-bladed weapons out of circulation
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November 18, 2024
Top Australian DJ Alan Jones charged with sexually abusing eight males
Jones, 83, will appear in a Sydney court on December 18, police said
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November 18, 2024
Pressure on ministers to break Cop29 deadlock as UN climate talks enter week two
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday to join other government ministers for the second week of the UN clima...
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November 18, 2024
Starmer to meet China’s Xi in margins of G20 summit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted a ‘pragmatic and serious’ relationship with Beijing.
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November 18, 2024
UK expected to join US in allowing Ukraine to fire missiles into Russia
Joe Biden has given consent for US-supplied missiles to be fired into Russia
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November 18, 2024
Parents of sextortion victim urge others not to feel ashamed and to seek help
Murray Dowey took his own life last year at the age of 16.
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November 18, 2024
Police should focus on ‘crimes that matters most’ not tweets, PM says
Officers visited Allison Pearson at her Essex home over a year-old deleted message on X, formerly Twitter
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November 18, 2024
Biden approves US-supplied missile use in Russia as Starmer affirms Kyiv support
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said support for Ukraine would be on the top of the agenda at the G20 summit.
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November 18, 2024
Northern Ireland MPs and peers call for rethink of agricultural inheritance tax
DUP MP Carla Lockhart warned of the generational transfer of farms being disrupted and the sector endangered.
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November 18, 2024
Two children among 11 dead after Russian bombardment in north-east Ukraine
The attack followed a morning of Russia pounding Ukraine's power grid with as many as 120 missiles and 90 drones, killing at least seven peo...
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November 18, 2024
Pressure on ministers to break Cop29 deadlock as UN climate talks enter week two
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday to join other government ministers for the second week of the UN clima...
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November 18, 2024
Jeremy Clarkson set to rally with thousands of other farmers against 'tractor tax'
Clarkson has previously accused the government of ‘ethnically cleansing’ the British countryside
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November 18, 2024
Blind photographer captures mouth and feet artists to challenge stereotypes
Ian Treherne was born with a condition that causes both blindness and deafness.
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November 18, 2024
Cocoa may protect against negative effects of fatty foods when stressed
The findings indicate that eating food high in flavanols could be a way to counteract some of the impact of poorer food choices on the body.
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November 18, 2024
Starmer to meet China’s Xi in margins of G20 summit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted a ‘pragmatic and serious’ relationship with Beijing.
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November 18, 2024
‘Disruptive snow’, ice and cold temperatures to sweep much of Britain today
Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said
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November 18, 2024
Biden approves US-supplied missile use in Russia as Starmer affirms Kyiv support
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said support for Ukraine would be on the top of the agenda at the G20 summit.
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November 18, 2024
Donald Trump Jr accuses Biden of 'triggering WW3' over US missiles for Ukraine
US president-elect Donald Trump has pledged to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible
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November 18, 2024
Masked burglars broke into Windsor Castle estate while royals slept
Two men reportedly scaled a 6ft fence at night and used a stolen truck to break through a security gate
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November 18, 2024
‘She sounded scared’: Neighbour heard row days before Harshita Brella was found dead
The neighbour also heard two men arguing on a different day, shortly before Ms Brella’s body was discovered
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November 18, 2024
Joe Biden lets Ukraine strike inside Russia with US long-range missiles
Ukraine’s President Zelensky says missiles will ‘speak for themselves’
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November 18, 2024
Starmer: Funding arrangements to be set by the end of the year
The Prime Minister said that tough decisions were taken in the Budget ‘in order to stabilise the economy’.
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November 18, 2024
‘She sounded scared’: Neighbour heard row before death of Harshita Brella
The neighbour also heard two men arguing on a different day, shortly before Ms Brella’s body was discovered.
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November 18, 2024
‘Fighting for our lives’: Survivors recall 2004 tsunami ahead of anniversary
Louis Mullan and Paul Murray were caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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November 18, 2024
‘Full support’ of Ukraine at top of British agenda at G20, Starmer says
The G20 comes as US President Biden has authorised the use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia for the fir...
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November 18, 2024
Starmer lands in Rio to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at G20 summit
‘China’s economy is obviously the second biggest in the world … I will be having serious pragmatic discussions with the president when I me...
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November 18, 2024
What the papers say
These are the stories making headines to start the week.
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November 18, 2024
UK braces for ‘disruptive snow’, ice and cold temperatures
Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.
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November 18, 2024
Plaid Cymru calls for new Wales Bill to give it powers on par with Scotland
Transport, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland but currently unavailable to Wales.
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November 18, 2024
Ministers pressed on excluding Chinese firms from UK’s genomics sector
Senior Tories have questioned whether Labour will follow steps taken by the US and Europe aimed at protecting the UK’s genomics sector.
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November 18, 2024
Young Ukrainian refugees ‘thriving’ and fluent in English after joining Scouts
Artem Horchuck and Yehor Kremnov, both six, became friends after joining their local Squirrels group in Gosport, Hampshire.
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November 18, 2024
Children’s social care reforms to include rules to stop profiteering
The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.
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November 18, 2024
‘Mistrust’ of pharma firms blocking benefits of industry collaboration
Partnerships between the NHS and life sciences companies could improve patient care, the King’s Fund said.
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November 17, 2024
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after two people stabbed in Manchester
Police were called at around 5am on Sunday morning to reports that two people had been stabbed in Moss Side.
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November 17, 2024
Keir Starmer: Vast majority of farmers will not be hit by inheritance tax change
Treasury data shows that around three-quarters of farmers will pay nothing in inheritance tax as a result of the controversial changes.
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November 17, 2024
Starmer to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at G20 summit
He will be the first British prime minister to meet the Chinese leader in more than half a decade when they hold talks in Rio de Janeiro on...
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November 17, 2024
Glastonbury festival-goers ‘excited’ to snap up tickets before sell-out
The passes went on sale at 9am and event organisers said at 9.35am all the tickets were gone.
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November 17, 2024
Keir Starmer: Vast majority of farmers will not be hit by inheritance tax change
Treasury data shows that around three-quarters of farmers will pay nothing in inheritance tax as a result of the controversial changes.
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November 17, 2024
King Richard III’s voice recreated using state-of-the-art technology
The last Plantagenet king was given a Yorkshire accent
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November 17, 2024
Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles
President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia for the first time, according to...
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November 17, 2024
Thousands march to Cenotaph in honour of Jewish servicemen and women
Nearly 3,000 people marched from Horse Guards Parade down Whitehall to the Cenotaph
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November 17, 2024
International manhunt launched for husband of woman, 24, found dead in car boot
Pankaj Lamba is suspected of killing Harshita Brella in Northamptonshire before dumping her body in east London and fleeing the country
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November 17, 2024
PM has ‘no plans’ to speak to Putin as he puts Ukraine top of G20 summit agenda
Sir Keir Starmer is heading to the G20 summit in Brazil
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November 17, 2024
King Richard III’s voice recreated using state-of-the-art technology
The last Plantagenet king was given a Yorkshire accent.
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November 17, 2024
Starmer: Taking down gangs ‘single most effective way’ to stop small boats
The Prime Minister said that he had discussed stopping smuggling gangs with his counterparts in Germany, Italy and France.
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November 17, 2024
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after two people stabbed in Manchester
Police were called at around 5am on Sunday morning to reports that two people had been stabbed in Moss Side.
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November 17, 2024
Up to 20cm of snow expected in parts of UK in ‘first taste of winter’
The Met Office has issued several yellow weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the UK by the forecaster between Sunday and Tuesday.
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November 17, 2024
International manhunt under way for man ‘who killed wife and hid body in car’
Pankaj Lamba has been named as the prime suspect in the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella, of Corby.
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November 17, 2024