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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said respect for the police must be restored after they faced “brazen abuse and contempt” during rioting. Attacks on local communities and police are a “disgraceful assault on the rule of law itself,” she said. “As home secretary, I am not prepared to tolerate the brazen abuse and contempt which a minority have felt able to show towards our men and women in uniform, or […]

Elderly and vulnerable residents across England have been urged to put health and safety first on what will likely be the warmest day of the year so far. It comes after West Midlands Ambulance Service said that a child had died after being pulled from a canal in Wolverhampton. Top temperatures could reach 34C-35C in London on Monday in a sharp peak of heat and humidity before an expected return […]

The family of Valdo Calocane say his mental illness was so severe, a psychiatrist warned he could “end up killing someone” three years before he stabbed three people in Nottingham. Calocane’s mother and brother have told the BBC’s Panorama programme they only received the 300-page medical summary containing the warning after his sentencing. He killed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar as they returned from a night out, before […]

Concern about the state of local roads has reached record levels, new research suggests. More than half of drivers (56%) said the condition and maintenance of roads for which councils are responsible was one of their top motoring concerns, a survey commissioned by the RAC indicated. That is up seven percentage points from 2023, and is the first time the figure has been above 50% since the motoring services company […]

Compensation for customers receiving poor services from water companies who are failing to meet standards could more than double under new Government proposals. As part of the plans, the list of circumstances that can trigger compensation will also be expanded, including automatic payments for those issued boil notices or when water companies fail to conduct meter readings or installations as promised. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the Government hopes to […]

The proportion of adults who use e-cigarettes in Britain is at its highest level, according to new figures. The percentage of smokers who are using vapes as well as smoking cigarettes has also nearly doubled in the past three years, while ex-smokers who turn to e-cigarettes to quit are using them for longer. Experts said that vaping is less harmful than smoking cigarettes but is “not risk free” and should […]

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach hailed a “sensational” Games as the Paris 2024 Olympics was officially closed. After over a fortnight of competition, the Games reached its conclusion in a showpiece staged at the Stade de France on Sunday night. Speaking at the closing ceremony, Bach declared Paris 2024 a “new era” of Olympic Games. He said: “The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were a celebration of the athletes and […]

The Paris Olympics closing ceremony has kicked off with performances from a “golden voyager”, acrobats and acclaimed French musicians. Sunday’s extravagant event opened with a rendition of Under The Paris Sky, from the 1951 film of the same name, performed by French singer Zaho de Sagazan and an accompanying choir. The group performed the song in the Tuileries Garden in Paris before French four-time gold medallist swimmer Leon Marchand appeared […]

Team Great Britain can be seen wearing Hawaiian-style shirts showing the emblems of every nation in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Gold medallists Alex Yee and Bryony Page walked out as Great Britain’s flagbearers. The smiling pair were seen in floral shirts and blue shorts. Yee almost tripped on the surface, as did other flagbearers. The Prime Minister has congratulated Team GB’s athletes and praised them for inspiring a new […]