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Farage’s immigration plans will spark an EU trade war ‘worse than Trump tariffs’, warns minister

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Exclusive: European affairs minister delivers warning ahead of a major speech by Rachel Reeves on resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU

Experts say claims drilling in North Sea will reduce UK energy bills are ‘sheer fantasy’

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The analysis comes amid soaring energy prices as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran which has closed the Strait of Hormuz – a key shipping route for oil and gas supplies

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Meningitis outbreak: People who visited popular Kent nightclub on these dates urged to ‘come forward’ for treatment

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Anyone who visited Club Chemistry in Canterbury on March 5, 6 or 7 have been called upon to receive the treatment, the UK Health Security Agency said

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Students queue in ‘Covid-esque’ scenes after two die in meningitis outbreak

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Shocked University of Kent students queueing for antibiotics said it ‘feels like a repeat’ of the pandemic

Met commissioner ‘pressing US for access to unredacted Epstein files’ in Mandelson probe

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Mark Rowley asked the US ambassador to the UK for full documents relating to Peter Mandelson

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Major UK car park firm collapses into administration

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Hundreds of jobs at risk as NCP car parks may be put up for sale

Britons should pay as little tax as legally possible, Richard Tice says

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Reform MP hits back at calls for HMRC to investigate his tax affairs after reports he had ‘avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax’

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BBC seeks $10 billion Trump lawsuit to be dismissed

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A 2024 Panorama episode gave the impression that Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol

People deserve the chance to decide how UK aid is spent in a changing world

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As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly Greenhill writes

Three arrested after man’s body found in wheelie bin in Coventry

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Police are working to formally identify the man who was discovered near a park in Coventry

US-Iran war will cause food prices to spike, NFU chief warns

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Farming insiders warn UK producers may end season early and not grow anything due to rising costs

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Why hasn’t the UK sent warships to the Strait of Hormuz?

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Donald Trump has warned that the Nato alliance faces a “very bad” future unless allies send warships to help reopen the key oil route

‘Unconscious bias’ led to Met Police David Carrick investigation failure, tribunal hears

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A Metropolitan Police detective is facing allegations of failing to properly oversee an investigation into serial rapist David Carrick, with a tribunal hearing claims of "unconscious bias" linked to the victim’s race and sex.

DJ King Charles serves up royal remix during Manchester visit

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The King moved to the groove as an onlooker said: ‘It’s not as easy as it looks, is it?’

Politics latest: Starmer warns energy companies to pass on ‘every penny of savings’ to customers amid price surge

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The prime minister has set out tens of millions of pounds of support for vulnerable households struggling with energy bills

Meningitis outbreak latest: Kent university cancels in-person exams as school pays tribute to pupil

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UKHSA says 13 cases of disease confirmed in Canterbury area over weekend

Moment gang raid Yorkshire garage to steal £80,000 of bikes in minutes

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Thieves have stolen over £80,000 worth of motorbikes in minutes in a ram raid incident in Keighley, Yorkshire.

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UK should brace for fuel rationing over Iran war crisis, former BP chief warns Starmer

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Former adviser says UK should be preparing for ‘significant shortfall of supply over the next two months’

Starmer tells Trump: UK will not be dragged into wider war on Iran

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Prime minister says UK is working with allies on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz but admits ending blockade is not ‘straightforward’

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Meningitis outbreak: Symptoms, how to test and what to avoid after two die in Kent

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People are being warned to be vigilant for signs of the infection after 13 cases were identified in Kent over the weekend

London aquarium says ‘no change is not an option’ for indoor penguins

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The aquarium first introduced 10 gentoo penguins from Edinburgh Zoo in May 2011

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Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn

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Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

Government warned it faces young voter backlash over student loan reform failure

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The government has been warned it needs to push through reforms to the student loans system or it will risk losing the support of young voters

Five taken to hospital after 11-vehicle crash on motorway

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Two children were among the multiple people injured in the collision on the M73 in Glasgow

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Paedophile nursery worker jailed after sexually abusing young children

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Nursery worker Nathan Bennett, 30, has been jailed for 24 years

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Voices: ‘Iran is someone else’s war’: Readers on why Gen Z are reluctant to fight

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Our community believes younger generations are far less willing to fight because growing up without conscription, amid broken social contracts and limited trust in leaders, has left them disengaged from the idea of war

University student and sixth-form pupil die after outbreak of ‘invasive’ meningitis in Kent

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At least 13 cases of the virus have been reported to health officials

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Warning over little-known licence rule that carries £1,000 fine

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A survey has found a ‘significant gap in compliance and awareness’ among younger drivers compared with older ones