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The Defence Secretary is blaming the cuts on the 'dire inheritance' left by the Tories Two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and a pair of support tankers will be decommissioned in cost-saving measures announced by Defence Secretary John Healey. The savings, which Mr Healey blamed on the “dire inheritance” left by the Tories, will see assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which have both been flagships, decommissioned. Ageing Type 23 […]

Payne died last month at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony Cheryl Tweedy and members of One Direction were among the friends and family to pay their final respects to Liam Payne at his funeral. Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson reunited alongside other mourners at the private funeral in Buckinghamshire to remember Payne following his death aged 31 in Argentina last […]

Almost 23,000 young people could face homelessness this Christmas across England, a youth charity has predicted. The South East, London and the West Midlands are expected to have the highest numbers of 16-24 year-olds enduring this challenge during the winter period, according to Centrepoint. The charity used its youth homelessness databank, which has been collecting such information and tracking the trends since 2017, to forecast its estimate of 22,800 young […]

A majority of Muslims feel Islamophobia and hate against them has become more widespread since the summer riots, but around half also feel able to be more open about their identity, according to a survey. Tell Mama, a charity monitoring such incidents, said its latest survey indicated that one in two of those asked said they had become more open, mainly through conversations with friends and colleagues, about their Muslim […]

Too many children in England – including some as young as 11 – are carrying knives because they feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods, a report has found. Serious youth violence is “more far-reaching” than many adults realise and it has a “wide impact” across communities, inspectorates have suggested. Children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) are disproportionately at risk of serious youth violence, according to the joint study by […]

Around one in eight parents claim they have been able to sign up their child to an NHS dentist only if they agree to be a private patient at the surgery, a poll suggests. Healthwatch England has called for action, saying the condition put on parents is a “breach of contract”. The patient champion said a new poll revealed a “worrying” number of parents who said their dentist would see […]

Commuters face widespread travel disruption on Wednesday morning after parts of the UK saw heavy snowfall and ice. The Met Office put in place a yellow warning for ice for much of southern England, the Midlands and eastern Wales from 5pm on Tuesday to 10am on Wednesday. Several other warnings for snow and ice have been in force across the UK, with the Met Office advising that vehicles could be […]

Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say whether he would follow the advice of close Labour ally Lord Mandelson and end a feud with US businessman Elon Musk. Senior Labour figure Lord Mandelson also urged the Prime Minister to use Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as “a bridgehead, both to President Trump and to Elon Musk and others”. The Prime Minister and his team have attempted to build links with […]

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “restore the UK’s role as a climate leader” as he launched an international green alliance at the G20. Countries including Brazil, Australia, Canada and France are among those to have signed up to the first “mission” of the UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance, in what the Prime Minister has labelled a “once in a generation opportunity” to face up to the “climate crisis”. Sir […]