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The new chief constable of Merseyside Police has said he will use technology, including facial recognition, to allow police officers to spend more time on the beat..

A clay sculpture by comedian Johnny Vegas called Just Be There is to be unveiled at the British Ceramics Biennial..

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the expansion of funded childcare in England amid warnings nurseries may not have enough staff to deliver the plan..

Protesters have again gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping..

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to question after two people were stabbed at the Oxford Circus Tube station within 24 hours..

Long NHS waits are over 800 times more common in Scotland than they are in England, Scottish Labour has claimed..

Scots who carry naloxone are being urged to have “extra life-saving kits” of the drug to hand, with a warning that “dangerous” synthetic opioids such as nitazenes mean repeat doses may be needed..

The Education Secretary has said parents must also do more to get children into class and behaving as the Government rolls out measures to support schools with attendance and behaviour..

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be “detained and sent back” as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels..