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Bereaved families of the Grenfell fire are understood to have been told the tower block will be demolished. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who is also Housing Secretary, met with relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening. The Government has previously said there will be no changes to the site before the eighth anniversary of the disaster – which claimed 72 lives – in June. A spokesperson for Grenfell Next Of […]

Yorkshire are set to become the first county to sell an entire 100 per-cent stake in their Hundred team, after agreeing a reported £100million deal with the owners of Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, which also owns Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the South Africa’s T20 league, saw off rival bidders for an initial 49 per cent of the Headingley-based outfit. It is understood the group […]

The Prince of Wales has spoken to teenagers about dealing with bereavement during a visit to a charity. William travelled to Widnes, Cheshire, on Wednesday to see the work done by Child Bereavement UK, of which he has been a patron since 2009. William spoke to teenagers from the charity’s group for young people, which meets monthly. He asked: “Did you find it quite hard at the beginning to talk […]

Ozzy Osbourne is to reunite with all his original Black Sabbath bandmates for his final performance. The Back To The Beginning show on July 5 will see the 76-year-old singer deliver his own short set before Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward play together for the first time in 20 years. The all-day event at Villa Park in Birmingham, the city where the heavy rock pioneers formed in 1968, […]

May elections in nine council areas have been postponed for one year amid the reorganisation of local government in England, Angela Rayner has said. The Deputy Prime Minister has also invited all 21 two-tier areas – which have both county and district councils – to submit proposals to reorganise themselves into single “unitary” authorities. Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, agreed to cancel elections […]

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the heart with a hunting knife at a school in Sheffield, a court has heard. Harvey Willgoose died on Monday after he was injured at All Saints Catholic High School, in Granville Road, at about 12.17pm. Another 15-year-old boy appeared at Sheffield Youth Court on Wednesday charged with murder, possession of a bladed article and affray. The court heard the knife “went through his […]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a £55 million package of support aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s resilience, during a visit to Kyiv amid uncertainty about the future of the war. The UK will commit £17 million to support sustainable energy projects within the country, as part of efforts to help it recover from the damage wrought by Russia’s attacks on its key infrastructure. A further £3 million is being provided […]

There are more than 1,000 vacancies in Scotland’s NHS for consultants, figures have shown, as a health body called for action. Statistics released to BMA Scotland under freedom of information legislation show 1,003 whole-time equivalent (WTE) vacancies for senior doctors in the country’s 14 health boards – a vacancy rate of 14.4%. The figure has dropped slightly from 1,076 WTE vacancies recorded last year. But the number is at odds […]

Abuse victims will be able to bring compensation claims when they are ready rather than being bound by a three-year time limit, under reforms the Government has acknowledged are “long overdue”. As well as the deadline to bring personal injury claims being scrapped, apologies will also be made easier to achieve, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said as it announced two more of the 20 recommendations from the 2022 final […]