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Families mourning lost elderly relatives will be outraged that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson saw the virus as 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'

Diary notes written by Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggest the PM wanted to divert attention after it was reported Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case accused Boris Johnson of making the Government look like a 'tragic joke' as he warned colleagues exasperated by the chaos: "IT HAS TO STOP!"

Passengers on board Flight WZ4728 were ordered to stay in their seats as an enraged mob of anti-Semitics stormed an airport in Makhachkala, Russia, searching for Jews from Israel

The Institute for Government (IfG) has issued a list of shame highlighting areas where the public is being let down with NHS waiting lists soaring, councils going bankrupt and the prison service in crisis

The freak weather event left a trail of destruction as it tore down a street in West Sussex on Saturday night. Damage was caused to houses and vehicles as the twister hit and sent debris into the air

The damage Tory ­governments have done to this country is immeasurable, says Brian Reade, and as the PM scraps the cap on bankers' bonuses while hundreds of thousands still rely on foodbanks, he hopes voters will remember the pain and Sunak's priorities

Families whose homes were badly damaged by Storm Babet hit out at the Prim Minister over a compensation payout and say the amount is not even enough to replace the font door

Survivor, the BBC1 prime time series, kicks off this weekend, with the corporation hoping for a huge hit as it is already a successful format in America and Australia

Cross-party MPs have raised a string of doubts over the Home Secretary's ability to clear a mammoth backlog and deal with "unacceptable" costs, warning of 'alarming' compromises

Footage shows terrified members of the public fleeing the scene of a mass shooting in Lewiston, in Maine, US, with the gunman - suspected to be Robert Card - still at large

The extreme weather left hundreds of people homeless while at least seven people are believed to have been killed as torrential rain hit parts of the North, Midlands and Scotland

Bankers were paid more than £13billion in bonuses in 2008, on the eve of the financial crisis, and the bid to further enrich the UK’s bankers was announced by Kwasi Kwarteng

The Living Wage Foundation said its rates will increase from £10.90 to £12 an hour outside of London, and from £11.95 to £13.15 an hour inside the capital

Ex-Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tory Party chairman Greg Hands got thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash in payouts when they lost their jobs as ministers

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said public sector net borrowing stood at £14.3 billion last month, £1.6 billion less than a year earlier

The Home Office wants an annual quota agreed with councils for the number of refugees coming legally - but the move will do nothing to tackle small boats' Channel crossings

Children's charities have urged the Government to raise benefits at least in line with the latest inflation figures to help families whose finances are being 'pushed to the brink'

King Charles has poked fun at an outburst he made over a leaking pen just days into his reign last year - during a speech celebrating the impact of immigrants on British humour

A newlywed couple were both shot and killed in the attack, alongside their driver, as they were travelling along a road in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park

Office for National Statistics data shows average wages rose at an annual rate of 7.8% between June and August - but, for many workers, pay still lags behind inflation

The UK economy is in a "horrible fiscal bind" as it heads for recession and with no room to cut taxes or increase public spending amid mounting political pressure on the Chancellor to do so, according to a report

Wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since October 2021, according to official figures

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says weak economic growth and stubbornly high inflation leave “no room” for unfunded tax cuts or spending increases any time soon

A hill farmer and guardian of one of Snowdonia's great heritage treasures has explained why visitors are being denied full access to the site after he dug up a car park