Ministers are under pressure over whether to release unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson to the Covid-19 inquiry or risk sparking a further legal row. The Cabinet Office has until 4pm on May 30 to respond to the request or risk the prospect of legal action. It is so far resisted the …
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The Government is facing a backlash from retailers over its plans to encourage supermarkets to impose voluntary price caps on food staples to help with the cost of living. Downing Street is understood to be drawing up proposals to advocate for charging the lowest possible amount for some basic products like bread and milk. But …
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The force’s commissioner says they won’t attend after 31st August unless there’s a threat to life Alarm has been expressed at the prospect of Metropolitan Police officers not attending emergency calls if they are linked to mental health incidents. The force’s commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer …
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The 61 year old TV presenter is hitting back at critics of him and the show Phillip Schofield has said there is “no toxicity” at This Morning and “it’s the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice”. The veteran presenter, 61, resigned from …
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Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election on Sunday, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade in a country reeling from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that levelled entire cities. With nearly 99% of ballot boxes opened, unofficial results from competing news agencies showed Mr Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% …
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Sunday has snatched the record as the UK’s hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office confirmed – beating Saturday’s high by a tenth of a degree. Temperatures reached 24.4C in Plymouth, narrowly topping Saturday’s record of 24.3C in Bramham, West Yorkshire. Pictures show people taking to the outdoors in the hot weather …
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Leicester and Leeds were relegated from the Premier League after Abdoulaye Doucoure’s stunning strike secured Everton a 1-0 win over Bournemouth and survival on the final day of the season. The Toffees were heading down as things stood at half-time in the campaign’s concluding round of fixtures, with their clash with the Cherries at Goodison …
Carlisle secured their return to Sky Bet League One for the first time in nine years after claiming a dramatic 5-4 penalty shootout victory against Stockport in the League Two play-off final. The two sides ended 120 minutes locked at 1-1 at a sun-drenched Wembley, before the Cumbrians prevailed thanks to perfect spot-kicks from Kristian Dennis, …
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Health Secretary Steve Barclay has insisted Boris Johnson has a “huge role to play” in politics and should remain an MP after the next general election. The backing comes after the former prime minister hit out at the Cabinet Office for handing over information to police relating to further potential lockdown breaches during his premiership. …
A five-year-old girl has died after a house fire in Pembrokeshire. Alysia Salisbury was described as “a beautiful daughter and sister” in a tribute from her family released through Dyfed Powys Police. The force said it attended a property in the Pontyglasier area, near Crymych, just before 10pm on Saturday, but despite the efforts of …
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