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Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens
Britain's welfare system faces its most ambitious restructuring proposal in years as Reform UK prepares to unveil a plan that would bar…
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Two dead and hundreds evacuated after twin fires break out on Greek island
A pair of near-simultaneous blazes tore through the Greek island of Salamina on Sunday afternoon, killing two residents and forcing hundreds of…
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‘I want my brother back’ – Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice
The corridors of justice move slowly, but they do move. After nearly three decades of unanswered questions surrounding the death of one…
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Changing pubs into homes to be made harder under new rules
England's pub landscape has been shrinking at a pace of nearly two closures per day throughout 2026, and the government is now…
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Emergency phone alert put domestic abuse victims at risk, campaigners say
At 19:00 BST on a Friday evening, millions of mobile phones across England and Wales erupted with a shrill notification. The message…
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Calls for public inquiry into Jason Arday ‘witch hunt’
On a Friday in south London, the body of Jason Arday, a 41-year-old sociologist of education who had held a professorship at…
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History for Hunt and Asher-Smith in golden finish for GB
For the first time in the competition's 92-year history, the European Athletics Championships were staged on British soil, and the home crowd…
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Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026
Watch: Footage shows huge plumes of smoke rising into the sky in the Moscow region At least seven people have been killed…
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Trump says US to scale back military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war
Trump says US to scale back its annual joint military exercises with South Korea, a decision announced via Truth Social on a…
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