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Tag Archives: News
Government confusion over how many farms will be hit by controversial tractor tax
Defra figures suggest that Treasury claims on 28 per cent of farms will be affected are wrong
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Author: David Maddox
Met Office says when snow could fall in West Country
The white stuff could be just days away
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Author: Phil Norris
‘Wolfman’ murderer jailed 37 years ago will have case reviewed after new DNA evidence
Peter Sullivan – nicknamed ‘wolfman’ for bite marks on his victim – remains behind bars for the 1986 murder in Merseyside
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Author: Margaret Davis
Met Office confirms exact date Scotland will see snow and ‘Arctic’ temperatures
The weather is to take a dramatic ‘shift’ into freezing temperatures snow earlier than previously expected.
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Author: Nicola Croal
Police in London face ‘eye-watering cuts’, Met chief Mark Rowley says
Mark Rowley says ‘cumulative effect of decisions over the last decade’ means Met now in a ‘precarious position’
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Author: @AndrewSparrow
‘Wolfman’ in prison since 1987 to have murder conviction re-examined after new DNA evidence
At the third time of trying, Peter Sullivan will have his conviction reviewed at the Court of Appeal – almost 40 years after a jury unanimously found him guilty of killing a 21-year-old florist.
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Author: Sky News
Met Office update on chance of snow next week as Coventry braces for big chill
Cold weather is set to turn wintry with a ‘significant wind chill’
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Author: Claire Harrison
Four bishops face growing pressure to resign after CoE abuse scandal
Several Church of England dignitaries were under mounting pressure to step down tonight over their implication in the John Smyth abuse scandal.
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Author: Sam Merriman
The fall of Justin Welby
After the publication of a damning report into a decades-long child abuse scandal, Justin Welby has bowed to pressure to resign as archbishop of Canterbury. Harriet Sherwood reports
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Author: Hannah Moore,Harriet Sherwood,George McDonagh,Eva Krysiak,Rudi Zygadlo,Homa Khaleeli
Met Office details exact locations Brits will see snow this weekend
Snow has already been confirmed by the Met Office in its forecast for the coming days, and it is because bitter Arctic winds are moving in from the north or northwest
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Author: Bradley Jolly
Teacher who shielded Southport children joins families in court
Rudakubana is accused of murdering schoolgirls Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29.
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Author: Richard Marsden
Lucy Letby told consultant she would ‘come back’ to neonatal unit
A consultant recalls a “bizarre” meeting in which he says Lucy Letby vowed to return to their unit.
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Author: @BBCNews
Rachel Reeves plans pension ‘megafunds’ to free billions for investment
The Labour chancellor will use her first Mansion House speech to outline mergers inspired by Australia and Canada
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Author: Steven Swinford, Political Editor
Reeves to announce ‘megafunds’ shake-up of local government pension scheme
Chancellor to tell City leaders of Canada-style plan to pool assets for benefit of long-term investment
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Author: Kalyeena Makortoff
‘Too small’ UK pension funds hold back growth, says Rachel Reeves
The chancellor wants to merge the UK’s pension funds, but critics worry about the impact on savers.
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Author: bbc.com
More than 30 Church officials face the sack after Archbishop of Canterbury quits
Several bishops among clergy accused of failing to stop child abuser whose crimes led to Justin Welby’s resignation
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Author: Janet Eastham
Church of England crisis: calls for more bishops to resign
Survivors of the serial child abuser John Smyth have been meeting senior Church of England leaders today in the wake of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s unprecedented decision to resign.
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Author: @cathynewman
Former Greater Manchester Police officer jailed for nine years for sexually assaulting child on duty
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Author: Sky News
Clergyman who could be on selection panel knew about John Smyth’s abuse
Andrew Cornes is among panel from whom six will be chose to appoint Justin Welby’s successor
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Author: Harriet Sherwood,Matthew Weaver
Sara Sharif: Father takes ‘full responsibility’ for 10-year-old’s death
The father of Sara Sharif has told the Old Bailey he takes “full responsibility” for her death.
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Author: @symeonbrown
UK to ‘allay’ US concerns over Chagos Islands deal, says minister
Stephen Doughty, the Foreign Office minister, has said the UK would ‘allay’ any US concerns over a deal agreed this year for the Chagos islands to be returned to Mauritius
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Author: Guardian staff reporter
‘Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage
The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.
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Author: Claudia Savage
Donald Trump pushing to ‘VETO Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal’ as President-elect’s stance revealed
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Author: James Saunders
