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A 13-year-old boy was told to leave a privately-run children’s home for being disruptive and was sent 198 miles away from his family to live in a static caravan park

WhatsApps shown to the Covid Inquiry reveal Cabinet Secretary Simon Case complained about Carrie Johnson's influence and warned the Government risked appearing a 'terrible, tragic joke' over lockdown flip-flopping

Judges have been told to delay sentencing hearings from next week in a desperate bid to keep down the prison population, while ministers consider letting criminals out early

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new 'fare deal for care leavers' scheme that he hopes will boost young people getting jobs or doing training

In an interview with the Mirror ahead of her Labour conference speech, the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged voters to put their trust in her to manage the nation’s finances

John Caudwell donated £500,000 to Tories ahead of the 2019 election, but he has become increasingly critical of Tory policies, especially when it comes to the environment

Columnist Brian Reade says the Conservative Party conference was the bluntest of admissions that for 13 years the Tories have done nothing but make this country worse

BBC News have announced a presenter shake-up as Northern Ireland correspondent Emma Vardy's replacement is announced – and the fans are pleased with the news programme's choice

Suella Braverman faces calls to completely outlaw machetes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned loopholes will be exploited by manufacturers

The Tory conference panel event featured an audience member confronting Tory MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tom Hunt about whether their language around migration has stirred up racism

Liz Truss has escaped again, they think Boris Johnson was a brilliant PM, and Rishi Sunak swears down he's onto a winner. The Tory Party is so deluded it should be on medication, says Fleet Street Fox

Helen Lomas, 40, was one of thousands of protesters who rallied against Conservative failures outside the Manchester Central Convention Complex, where top Tories were assembled

Local authorities are grappling with a collective “hole” of £3.5billion in their finances, meaning they could be forced to make cuts to vital services

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found the Conservative Government has presided over the biggest set of tax rises in a single parliament since the Second World War

The conman who forged a winning ticket to steal £2.5million in 2009 paid off just £94,000 of a £939,000 confiscation order, but his home has now sold for a fortune

Cash-strapped councils are grappling with a £3.5billion funding black hole for next year, risking cuts to jobs and vital services as town halls struggle to balance the books

Spanish football has been engulfed in scandal following the historic triumph of the Spain women's national team at this summer's Women's World Cup

The 1,778-word parting shot delivered a savage verdict on Rishi Sunak's first year in office as Nadine Dorries stuck the boot into the PM who she blames for being denied a peerage

Goodhue, Minnesota, saw the mass resignation of its entire police force after their chief quits, telling the council they will never see another police officer walk through their doors

A nurse who was kidnapped for two weeks with her daughter has been released, and has now told her captors she would willingly treat them if they needed - and even that she wants to hug them in heaven

An Atlanta college has brought back compulsory mask wearing after a surge in cases of new highly-mutated Covid strain. Student parties and gatherings have been banned.

The Gray Fire raced across Washington State, just outside of Spokane, over the weekend having originated in Medical Lake leaving almost 200 buildings destroyed and one person dead

Ashley Smith, from Mason County, Kentucky, was left trying to convince her husband she had won the $224,000 jackpot after deciding to play one night having put the kids to bed

The family of a 13-year-old girl from Leicester have slammed her school for failing to protect her, while claiming her bullies were given chocolate to stop abusing her

The house in Plum, Pennsylvania, was flattened in the explosion which was picked up on a neighbours video doorbell. Five people were killed including a dad and son who were walking past at the time