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Dangerous dogs are available for anyone to buy online with no warnings or checks
Hundreds of XL American bullys and American bulldogs are being sold on sites such as Gumtree and Pets 4 Homes. With just a few clicks we found over 20,000 dogs for sale across the country
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GMB's Ranvir confronts Tory over 'disgusting' comments which affected co-star
Ranvir Singh spoke to Chris Philp MP, the Minister for Crime and Policing, about Suella Braverman's comments regarding British Pakistani men which had caused her co-star Adil Ray to be subjected to 'nothing but racism' since
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People who let out homes to holidaymakers could need planning permission soon
The Government is weighing up the move amid fears people are being pushed out of tourist hotspots by people using their homes on sites such as Airbnb
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Tories believe Channel crossings will increase despite 'stop the boats' promise
Ministers are under pressure to clamp down on people-smuggling gangs as record numbers of migrants are expected to risk their lives making perilous journeys in small boats
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Sewage scandal worsens as data shows 3,000 pumps into rivers and sea last year
The number of “high spill frequency” discharges, when raw sewage is dumped frequently in one area, rose 63% on the year before. There were 3,275 spills recorded in 2022, up from 2,008 the previous year
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Average earner needs to work 400 years to benefit from Hunt's pension tax bung
The Chancellor announced a number of pension tax cuts that are set to benefit the top 1% of the population and a new study has found it would take the average worker around four centuries to achieve the same
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A&E staff may see only patients who arrive by ambulance as doctors' strike bites
Expert is worried the NHS will struggle to cope during the “hangover period” from the strikes next week, and says emergency departments may treat only patients arriving by ambulance
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Ambulance waits in Steve Barclay's own constituency among the worst
Category one patients - the most severe - waited an average of 14 minutes for an ambulance to arrive in the Health Secretary's parliamentary seat of North East Cambridgeshire
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Tories pick ex-BNP candidate who wrote vile messages about Meghan Markle
Andrew McBride has been suspended by the party but it is too late to remove him from the ballot paper where he will be listed as standing for the Conservatives at next month's local elections
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Liz Truss takes swipe at Joe Biden as she defends failed tax-slashing plans
Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister was accused of having 'zero shame' as she blamed the 'co-ordinated resistance' during her disastrous time in No10
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Matt Hancock under investigation for 'lobbying' Parliament's sleaze watchdog
The ex-Health Secretary is facing a probe over claims he tried to influence the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards when they were making a decision into a breach of the Code of Conduct
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Biden accused of hating UK but insists he's part English with famous ancestor
The US President made the remarks during a tour of Ireland as part of the celerbation of the 25th Anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement. DUP politicians have previously accused Biden of having 'a record of being pro-Republican, anti-Unionist, anti-British'
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Biden's UK visit in security scare as man finds top secret document in street
The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed the security breach had taken place and assured they 'will put the appropriate actions in place'. This comes after pipe bombs were discovered in a cemetery in Derry
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Campervan seized at home of Nicola Sturgeon's mother-in-law 'was battle bus'
The luxury motorhome was earmarked for use in the SNP's Holyrood election campaign in 2021, but sat outside the house of party boss Peter Murrell's mum for two years, it is claimed
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Steve Barclay should be docked pay over doctor strikes, Tories told
The Lib Dems have called for Parliament to be recalled so they can table a motion calling for the Health Secretary and his ministerial team to have their pay suspended until the dispute is resolved
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Gary Neville mocks his own coaching career in brutal takedown of Liz Truss
Liz Truss is attempting to revive her political career by giving a speech in the US, but Labour supporter Gary Neville is not giving the former Prime Minister's comeback much chance
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Tory politician says all white men should have black slaves in racist outburst
Andrew Edwards' comment can be heard in a 16-second clip that was sent to Rhian Young, the monitoring officer at Pembrokeshire County Council, as he referred himself to the Public Services Ombudsman
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Labour vows to save high streets as thousands of shops closed doors under Tories
Keir Stamer will announce today Labour's five-point plan to bring high-streets and small businesses back to life after 10 years of economic failure caused by the Tory government.
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Truss lectures world on tax cuts - despite causing economic carnage with her own
Ms Truss, who aborted her plan to cut taxes for the richest Brits while in No10, will argue 'low taxes, limited government and private enterprise were what won the Cold War'
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'The time for excuses from Rishi Sunak and the Tories is over'
No amount of propaganda from can hide the dismal failure of 13 years of Tory misrule when plummeting living standards are the result of their catastrophic mistakes
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Florida could approve 'baby boxes' for mums to give up unwanted babies
A new bill, supported by the Indiana-based Safe Haven Baby Boxes, would give fire stations and hospitals the option to install the group's ventilated and climate-controlled boxes, where parents could drop off their babies
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Doctors' strike 'could drag on for a year if Government refuses to budge'
Around 60,000 junior doctors walked out yesterday and will not return until 7am at Saturday, making it the most disruptive strike in NHS history
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UK will be worst performing G7 nation this year as economy shrinks, experts say
The International Monetary Fund thinks UK plc will shrink 0.3%, and the only other advanced economy in the G7 group expected to decline is Germany’s, by 0.1%
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Trump MAGA star accused of 'covering' up son's crash that left pal badly hurt
Lauren Boebert's son, Tyler, was involved in a car crash in September, 2022, in which he flipped his dad's SUV, landing on a creek bed - friend Noble D'Amato has spoken out about the injuries he received in the crash
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Boris Johnson's old Tory seat becomes free - fuelling rumours of cowardly swap
The ex-PM has faced speculation he could attempt to switch to Henley, where he used to be the MP, after his majority in Uxbridge and South Ruislip dipped at the last election