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Thousands race to flee 'almost destroyed' Ukrainian city amid heavy fighting
Around 4,000 Ukrainian citizens are now stranded in the eastern city of Bakhmut, which has been described as 'almost destroyed' by deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko
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New £50MILLION taxpayer-funded helicopter on order for top Tories including PM
The new chopper, expected to be an Italian-made AgustaWestland AW149, will be a replacement for an aircraft currently in service based at RAF Northolt. It will also be used by senior royals
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At least nine MPs still using TikTok despite growing security warnings
Matt Hancock and Grant Shapps are among the MPs who use TikTok, which is a Chinese-owned social media app, despite governments around the world banning staff and the Parliament account being shut down
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Gay MP feared how football fans would treat him after coming out
Devoted Sheffield Wednesday fan Clive Betts said the reaction had been overwhelmingly positive
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Matt Hancock told lawyers he should be immune from court action over Covid
He said he should not be the target of judicial reviews over his department’s failure to safeguard care home residents simply because he was Secretary of State – and that it should be the whole Government instead
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Infected blood victims told they can't bring laywers to meeting with minister
Jason Evans, of the Factor 8 campaign group, said victims had been invited to a meeting with Paymaster General Jeremy Quin on Tuesday - and lawyers had been due to attend
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Hundreds of patients rushed to hospital by taxi due to ambulance shortages
One scandal-hit service ferried 27 critical condition patients by cab. Each person was on a category 1 call, meaning they needed life-saving intervention or resuscitation
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Cladding firm bosses knew about fire risk 7 years before Grenfell Tower tragedy
Documents written for Saint-Gobain pre-2010 advised the plastic foam 'generates a large volume of dense, acrid smoke' when exposed to fire, which may 'bring on... incapacitation and death'
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'Sunak's wonderful deal for Northern Ireland shows how little I understand'
Sunday Mirror columnist Mark Steel says he thought that when the UK was in the European Union, ALL of the UK was in the UK and had access to the single market in Europe - but he must have been wrong
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Burglar dodges jail for 56th raid - despite having 261 previous convictions
Nine serial offenders - including a sex attacker with 203 previous offences - were handed suspended sentences or community orders instead of jail time in 2021, figures show
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West Ham gave £9,000 of club cash to Tories before co-owner's "incompetent" rant
Electoral records show Premier League club West Ham, whose vice-chairman Karren Brady is a Conservative peer, have given money to the Tory Party on more than one occasion
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Joe Biden causes uproar as he always orders exact same dish as wife at dinner
President Joe Biden has sparked an uproar online after it was revealed that he always orders the exact same pasta and side dishes as his wife Jill on their date nights
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Matt Hancock's 41-hour battle to save career after affair with aide leaked
Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock scrambled to save his political career in the hours after footage of him kissing aide Gino Coladangelo during the Covid pandemic
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After the shameless disrespect, it’s now time for Boris Johnson to take blame
The party has long been over for cake-guzzling former Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he undermined the trust of the British public and totally trashed political standards
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Partygate rulebreaking would've been obvious to Johnson - because he was there
Ex-PM Boris Johnson 'knew of law breaches' because he was THERE as MPs probing whether he lied to Parliament give damning verdict and new bashes come to light
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'Government's Covid shambles laid bare amid Hancock's WhatsApp message mayhem'
Brian Reade says Matt Hancock's WhatsApp fiasco just confirms how incompetent the Tory Government - and he himself - were during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Labour MP forced to call in police after receiving death threat
Preet Kaur Gill, Britain’s first Sikh MP, said she was left with no choice but to call the police. She is also forced to have a bodyguard at her surgery meetings
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Latest WhatsApp leaks reveal Hancock and Sunak clashed over UK lockdown policy
Leaked messages appear to show former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and shamed ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock were at loggerheads during the pandemic over the extent of Tory lockdown measures
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Shameless Boris Johnson brazenly tries to rubbish Sue Gray Partygate report
The former PM claimed it was 'surreal' the Commons Privileges Committee, which is investigating him, will use evidence from Ms Gray given she is poised to become Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Labour dismissed the comments as 'ludicrous'
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Learn US lessons to revive manufacturing and slash energy bills, says union boss
GMB general secretary Gary Smith called on the Government to look at how President Joe Biden is planning to boost American manufacturing by switching to green power
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New Partygate WhatsApps show No10 aides feared 'p**s up' stories getting out
An unrepentant Boris Johnson insisted there was 'no evidence' to show he knew rules were being broken with lockdown bashes - despite the Commons Privileges Committee saying it should have been 'obvious' to him
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Fifth of struggling Brits benefitted from donated food in cost-of-living crisis
The finding comes after grocery price inflation soared to 17.1% - adding £811 to households’ annual shopping bills - and with the Government under pressure to do more to help hard-up households
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Inside Tories' lavish £400-a-night hotel with caviar facials and 7-course menu
Conservative MPs spent the day and night at the Fairmont Windsor Park, the same hotel where Rishi Sunak agreed his new Brexit deal European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.
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Mothers of Manchester Arena victims say ministers have left them 'numb'
The grieving families of teenage sweethearts Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford want the government to change the law so they can register the deaths of their children
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Pablo Escobar's hippos to be removed from Colombia as they go out of control
The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have been declared a toxic invasive species because they have no natural predator in Colombia and pose a biodiversity risk because their faeces changes the composition of rivers
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