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Government confirms Grenfell Tower will be demolished over a two-year period
Grenfell Tower will be torn down despite victims’ families begging them to ‘keep the shrine of their loved ones’.
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Parents of UK teens sue TikTok over alleged challenge-related deaths
TikTok is being sued by the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022.
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Landlords face £6,000 bill to comply with new government energy efficiency targets
Landlords will have to meet a higher standard of energy efficiency across their rental properties by 2030, under plans proposed by the Government.
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Rush hour chaos between Liverpool and Manchester as car flips onto train tracks, closing major rail lines
Services between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport are affected following a car landing on the train tracks below after crashing at a roundabout. All railway lines between Newton-le-Willows and Manchester following the incident.
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Plane makes emergency landing after colliding with swans at 185 mph
A plane taking off from Gatwick Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after takeoff when two swans slammed into the jet.
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Watchdog to probe two former officials of bankrupt Woking council
Local authority in Surrey declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 after series of risky investments.
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Alleged Russian spy denies knowledge of ’honeytrap’ plot to target journalist
London-based Vanya Gaberova, 30, tells Old Bailey she was lied to and manipulated by alleged spy ring.
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Prince Andrew School rebrands to distance itself from ’controversial ties’
Prince Andrew School, the only secondary school on St Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean, says it is dropping its title to be free from ‘contentious associations’.
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King and Queen to meet Pope during their state visit to Italy
Before the state visits to Italy and the Vatican, the King and Queen will join Hollywood star Stanley Tucci for a black tie dinner celebrating Italian cuisine at Highgrove.
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Map reveals councils reducing bin collections despite rising council tax
Around one in 10 councils across the UK are reducing one or more bin collection services, even though council tax is set to increase.
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Two dogs die after being walked on the same beach where other pets have fallen ill
Dog owners are being warned to stay away from Cornish beaches after several dogs became ill and some died.
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Teacher with long Covid awarded £42k for unfair dismissal
A teacher with long Covid has won more than £42,000 in a disability discrimination case after she was fired for taking too much time off work.
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High Court rules that SAS soldiers’ use of lethal force in the killing of four IRA men was unjustified
Four Provisional IRA members - Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 - were shot and killed on 16 February 1992 at St Patrick’s Church in Clonoe, Co Tyrone.
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Hospitals face their busiest week of the winter season so far
Hospitals in England have just had their busiest week of this winter so far.
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Top civil servants may be dismissed if they fail to deliver savings for taxpayers
Top civil servants could face the sack if they do not deliver savings for the taxpayer under rules announced by the Government on Thursday.
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Number of women caught carrying knives has tripled over the past decade
The number of women and girls caught carrying knives has trebled in the last decade, according to new LBC research, with a sharp increase since the rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
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UK plans to simplify the process for building nuclear reactors
The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth.
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Families of Grenfell Tower victims informed that the block will be demolished
The families of the people killed in the Grenfell Tower fire have been told the block will be demolished, it is understood.
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Cambridge police launch investigation after multiple trains were struck by projectiles
Drivers raise safety concerns as projectiles ‘aimed at’ services close to Cambridge North station, damaging trains.
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24-year-old Briton dies during a dream holiday to Sri Lanka after their hostel was fumigated for bedbugs
Family members of the young woman, named Ebony, have said she died on February 1 "within a few hours of arriving at the hospital" after her hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated.
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Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager, and the US president responded, ’That was a great operation’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly gifted US President Donald Trump with a golden pager and a regular one, a reference to the clandestine operation that decimated the Hezbollah terror group.
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Elderly woman discovered pushing her daughter’s dead body in a shopping cart at a London shopping center
Joan Kathleen Turnell kept her daughter Tracey’s dead body in their shared flat in Leyton for over a year before she was discovered, inquest told.
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UK denies facing additional billions in costs for Chagos Islands deal
The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands.
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UK legal medicinal cannabis factory protected by ex-military guards
A team of growers tend to the six-foot plants in hi-tech laboratories inside the complex at a secret Midlands location. The crop is eventually turned into medicinal cannabis.
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Serial killer Andrew Dawson’s gruesome methods for concealing his murders revealed
Serial killer Andrew Dawson murdered two of his neighbours by brutally stabbing them, and his crime spree will be examined in ITV documentary Tracking a Serial Killer.
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