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Post Office paid £600m to continue using faulty Horizon system

Terms of 1999 deal means Post Office stuck with software that contributed to 900 sub-postmasters being incorrectly prosecuted

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Author: Mark Ludlow

UK must pay to join EU defence fund, says Brussels

Draft terms require non-EU nations to negotiate agreements before their defence industries can get access

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Author: Henry Foy,Andy Bounds,George Parker

EXCLUSIVE Law firms get in a sex muddle over Supreme Court verdict

XX or XY? X%@* this!

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Author: RollOnFriday

Reeves hints at priority as she says ‘trading relationship with Europe arguably more important’ than US

Chancellor said she understood the focus on possible deal with US, but added the EU remained ‘our nearest neighbours and trading partners’

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Author: @AndrewSparrow

Trump and Zelenskyy among dignitaries converging on Rome for funeral of Pope Francis

Heads of state and royalty will begin converging on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basilica are more in keeping with Francis’ humble persona and disdain for pomp

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Author: Colleen Barry

UK seeking carve-outs on cars and pharma in US deal, Reeves confirms

Comments by U.K. chancellor to POLITICO shed more light on government negotiating aims as it tries to swerve Trump’s trade war.

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Author: Michael Stratford,Sophie Inge

Met Office says UK weather to be ‘much warmer’ due to ‘amplified’ jet stream

The UK is set to be hit with a heatwave next week as temperatures soar to 24C, and the Met Office has explained that this is due to an “amplified” jet stream

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Author: Alexandra Snow

Supported housing is in crisis, letter to PM Keir Starmer says

Supported housing for vulnerable or disabled people is in crisis, a letter to the prime minister says.

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Author: @BBCNews

King and Queen to host VE Day tea party for World War Two veterans

National commemorations and events will begin on 5 May with a military procession of 1,300 members of the armed forces.

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Author: @BBCNews

Temperatures could reach up to 10C above average in England and Wales next week

London Marathon runners could enjoy highs of 22C in the capital on Sunday.

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Author: Harry Stedman

Rachel Reeves says she understands Trump’s trade concerns

The chancellor is set to meet her US counterpart to make the case for a bilateral trade deal.

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Author: bbc.com

West ‘cannot be agnostic or naive’ about where goods are made, Reeves tells IMF

The Chancellor was speaking ahead of a meeting with US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Friday.

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Author: Christopher McKeon

Controlling man who strangled partner when she tried to leave guilty of murder

Kieron Goodwin, 33, had only been in a relationship with 29-year-old Olivia Wood for less than three months when he killed her in July last year.

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Author: Sam Corbishley

Mansfield striker jailed for causing cyclist’s death

A player from a third-division English club was sentenced to 14 months in prison Thursday for causing the death of a cyclist three years ago, West Yorkshire police said.

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Author: Associated Press

How the Supreme Court’s trans ruling is paving the way for a return of gender-neutral loos

The ruling could see a renewed push for unisex lavatories – but critics say the facilities may create safeguarding risks

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Author: Jill Foster

Sturgeon enacts strange disappearing act after trans defeat

One has to wonder whether the former political tough guy will maintain her eerie silence

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Author: Alan Cochrane

Is the UK close to a bilateral trade deal with the US?

The world’s financial leaders are dealing with Donald Trump’s efforts to rip up the world economic order – at the International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington DC.

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Author: @heliaebrahimi