UK News

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Jailed rioters could be freed early under overcrowded prison scheme
Downing Street says there is no specific exclusion for those who took part in disorder after Southport knife attack
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Two-year-old dies after being pulled from canal in Wolverhampton
Boy was found in water near canal towpath in Ettingshall and taken to hospital, where he died
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Rush hour disruption on London Underground after Tube line closure
The Monday morning commute is off to a sticky start on the London Underground after severe disruption on Tube lines.
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Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Woking
Surrey police refer themselves to watchdog after incident on Sunday morning involving man in his 20s
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Two people die attempting to cross Channel in dinghy
Fifty-three people were rescued by helicopter on Sunday morning, French authorities have said
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Children to be taught how to identify fake news and ’putrid’ conspiracy theories online in wake of riots
Changes to the curriculum could mean schoolchildren analyse articles in English lessons to weed out fabricated stories, learn how to identify fake news in computer classes and analyse statistics in maths.
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Justice secretary warns impact of far-right riots will be felt for months and years to come
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said 779 people have been arrested over the riots, with courts working extended hours to deal with those who were charged.
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Dagenham chemical incident: Seven hospitalized after fish tank coral leak, homes evacuated
Seven people were rushed to hospital following the incident in Dagenham, which saw police evacuate a number of homes during a nighttime emergency this weekend
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UK ministers urged to brace for difficult spending choices
The Treasury has made it clear that reform will be needed as Rachel Reeves begins pivotal review of public finances
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Around 15,000 people gather for an anti-racism rally in Belfast as tensions escalate in Derry
More than 120 groups take part in demonstration after week of rioting and disorder
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Huw Edwards is demanded to pay back every penny from his salary
The family that blew the whistle on Huw Edwards is demanding he pay back the six-figure sum after BBC bosses revealed they felt conned by a ’villain leading a double life’
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Citizens are warned about dire services of the CrossCountry
Transport secretary had ‘no choice’ but to approve cuts – but warns she will take further action if improvements not made
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Ministry of Defence pays out £1.7m in fines of discrimination claims last year
Earlier this year the department revealed there had been 93 formal complaints of bullying made by staff in 2023 – more than four times the number in 2019
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Numerous anti-racism rallies are planned in the heart of the right-wing chaos
Over 700 people have been arrested over violent disorder across Britain following stabbing attack in Southport
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UK Police reports 741 people arrested and 302 people charged
‘Hundreds more suspects’ from violence led by far right should expect to be arrested, say police chiefs
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An individual sentenced over spreading hatespeech via Facebook
Jordan Parlour is one of the first people in the UK to be sentenced for stirring up racial hatred from the comfort of his home after the 28-year-old from Leeds wrote vile posts on Facebook
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Thug who feebly shoved huge wheelie bins at riot police jailed for more than two years
Footage from the night shows Hodgson taking a run up as she attempts to roll the large dumpster towards the police. But, instead of hitting the nonplussed officers, it rolled to a pathetic halt several feet from them
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British PM orders police to remain on ’high alert’
Starmer: police to remain on ’high alert’ heading into the weekend
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Huge gas cylinder fire shuts major rail line in and out of London
A huge fire involving a gas cylinder has shut down a major train line between Suffolk and London.
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A Labour councillor has been arrested for inciting murder during the riots in the UK
A Labour councillor has been arrested by the Met Police and suspended from the party for calling on far-right protesters’ throats to be ‘cut’.
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Elon Musk spreads false information claiming England rioters are being sent to the Falklands
X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps
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Banksy wolf artwork in Peckham taken away by masked people within hours of being unveiled
The silhouette of a howling wolf was the latest in a series of animal images painted by anonymous artist Banksy across London this week.
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Chilling image shows a teenage Taylor Swift ’ISIS suspect’ posing with zombie knives after allegedly admitting to a suicide bomb plot
A suspected ISIS-inspired terrorist who plotted a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert has been pictured posing with zombie knives.
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Rioters receive a shock as police carry out dawn raids across London
Suspected rioters got quite the awakening this morning as police conducted a wave of dawn raids, arresting 10 people.
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Brit tourists ’told to run’ from Menorca hotel after toxic chemical leak
An investigation is now set to take place into the chemical leak, believed to have occurred following a "human error" at the four-star Royal Son Bou Family Club Hotel