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For a Conservative Party without a plan, a Home Secretary determined to start a race war is a perfect distraction

Specialist handler Daniel Holdsworth shares everything his drug detection dogs get up to in a day - from patrolling the prison to searching visitors for illegal substances

Sheila Seleoane's neighbours continually raised the alarm with housing association Peabody due to a bad odour and other indicators before her remains were found after two-and-a-half years

Think tank Labour Together suggested the party needed to lure over this sort of voter - who previously backed the Tories - to propel Keir Starmer into Downing Street

Councils, courts schools, police forces and fire and rescue services will be able to apply for a free, framed portrait of King Charles, as part of a scheme to “celebrate his new reign”

If life isn’t harsh enough for the animals of Kenya, their plight has been worsened by the longest drought in the country for 20 years

They are re-wrapped existing speed vans which are covered in a matte grey coating rather than the typical bright orange and yellow markings seen on UK roads

The Prime Minister failed to mention Akshata Murthy's links to Koru Kids when he was questioned by MPs over why the financial announcement favoured private firms

On April 28 as many as 15,000 Border Force workers represented by PCS Union could walk out at airports and ports across the UK, potentially leading to chaos at travel hubs

Flight Sergeant Peter Brown is believed to be the last of the so-called 'Pilots of the Caribbean' to fight in World War Two, with an appeal for mourners proving far more popular than anticipated

The revelation comes as the BanktheFood charity launches a fresh appeal for people to donate goods via its app to help ease the plight of hard-up households

As ever, Disabled people are invisible from the headlines, but not from the story - because around a third of us live in poverty

Transparency International UK said their research raises serious questions over potential conflicts of interest in the 'revolving door' between the public and private sector

The Labour leader made a speech unveiling the party's plans to tackle crime. Policing has come under intense scrutiny this week following a damning report that found homophobic, racist and sexist culture within the Metropolitan Police

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat

However Health Minister Will Quince revealed the true costs, which were for contracts from April 2020 to December 2021, in a parliamentary question asked by Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner

There are now 50 days remaining until Charles is crown king, and charities have launched a campaign to recruit thousands of volunteers ahead of the historic event

The Home Secretary has travelled to capital Kigali, where she hopes the UK can start sending asylum seekers by the summer after more than a year of legal wrangling

Dad-of-four Mohammed Ramzan was named by Eleanor Williams after she concocted a twisted web of lies about being raped, beaten and trafficked abroad. Williams was jailed this week over false rape claims

An ever-growing body of research points to the fact that nature is not only nice, we need regular doses to thrive, says Kim Jones

In two Mirror articles, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’ pointed out the non-tech-savvy are excluded from tasks such - and scores of you wrote in to share your struggles

The Institute for Fiscal Studies delivered its scathing verdict on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget, warning that slashing public sector pay in real terms would have damaging consequences

A post-Budget analysis by the Resolution Foundation says household disposable incomes will still be lower in 2027-28 than before the Covid crisis while some Whitehall ministries face cuts of 10%

The Shadow Chancellor said Jeremy Hunt's 'gilded giveaway' decision to abolish the £1million pension lifetime allowance was the 'wrong priority' and for the 'wrong people'

The Chancellor claimed that he had crafted a Budget for growth. The reality is Britain remains in the economic slow lane, with GDP to shrink this year