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June 12, 2025
Police come under attack for fourth night in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s police chief said ‘bigots and racists’ behind earlier nights of unrest in the region would be arrested.
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June 12, 2025
Badenoch to call for end to oil and gas windfall tax and ban on new licences
She will speak at her first Scottish Conservative conference since taking over as Tory leader.
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June 12, 2025
Revealed: Air India captain's chilling last 'mayday' call before crash
Sumeet Sabharwal and co-pilot Clive Kundar warned the plane was ‘losing power’ just moments before disaster
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June 12, 2025
PSNI chief warns rioters ‘we will arrest you’
Forty-one officers have been injured in the unrest, which had resulted in 15 arrests by Thursday evening.
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June 12, 2025
Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner
Dutch author Yael Van der Wouden will receive £30,000 and a bronze statuette.
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June 12, 2025
Creator of shoes worn by the Queen among innovators honoured at awards reception
Lisa Kay, creator and chief executive of Sole Bliss, was among 197 entrepreneurs honoured by the King during an awards reception at Windsor...
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June 12, 2025
Ahmedabad plane crash kills 241, including 52 Britons, Air India confirms
The Air India plane crash is one of the deadliest in terms of the number of British nationals killed.
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June 12, 2025
Ahmedabad plane crash kills 241, including 52 Britons, Air India confirms
The Air India plane crash is one of the deadliest in terms of the number of British nationals killed.
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June 12, 2025
Kendall to add protections to welfare Bill amid backlash to cuts
Dozens of Labour MPs last month urged the Prime Minister to pause and reassess planned cuts, saying the proposals are ‘impossible to support...
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June 12, 2025
British man has ‘no idea’ how he escaped doomed Air India aircraft, family say
The plane was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad when it crashed.
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June 12, 2025
British-Irish Council to be held in Co Down
Representatives of the British and Irish Governments will meet in Co Down on Friday to discuss latest political developments across the isla...
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June 12, 2025
Debut novel by Dutch author wins 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Yael van der Wouden won the award for her novel, The Safekeep, which explores repressed desire and the unresolved aftermath of the Holocaust...
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June 12, 2025
British family and former Indian politician named as India Air crash victims
Tributes have been paid to the first named victims of crash on London Gatwick-bound flight that killed more than 200 people
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June 12, 2025
British-Irish Council to be held in Co Down
Representatives of the British and Irish Governments will meet in Co Down on Friday to discuss latest political developments across the isla...
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June 12, 2025
British man has ‘no idea’ how he escaped doomed Air India aircraft, family say
The plane was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad when it crashed.
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June 12, 2025
From TV detective to political firebrand: who is Laurence Fox?
From TV fame in Lewis to a failed mayoral bid, GB News sacking and ongoing legal woes — Laurence Fox has reinvented himself as a headline-gr...
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June 12, 2025
New House of Lords front door that cost almost £10 million does not work
The price tag rocketed by nearly 60% from the original estimate.
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June 12, 2025
British man has ‘no idea’ how he escaped doomed Air India aircraft, family say
The plane was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad when it crashed.
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June 12, 2025
UK ministers confident post-Brexit trade friction will be eased by deal
The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.
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June 12, 2025
PSNI chief warns rioters ‘we will arrest you’
Northern Ireland’s police chief Jon Boutcher has warned ‘bigots and racists’ they will be arrested following disorder in Ballymena.
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June 12, 2025
Two women die after being pulled from water in Eryri National Park
A Llanberis mountain rescue team was sent to the area along with an air ambulance and a coastguard helicopter.
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June 12, 2025
Poundland set to close stores across the UK
The low cost chain is struggling in the UK’s brutal retail landscape and its owner is hoping to offload it
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June 12, 2025
British man has ‘no idea’ how he escaped doomed Air India aircraft, family say
The plane was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad when it crashed.
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June 12, 2025
British couple feared to have been on crashed Air India flight named
Jamie Meek, 45, and his husband Fiongal Greenlaw, 39, from London, feared to have been on board Boeing plane bound for London Gatwick which...
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June 12, 2025
Irish premier and president offer condolences after India plane crash
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was leaving Ahmedabad Airport with 242 people on board.
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June 12, 2025
Charles joined by David Beckham and Meryl Streep to celebrate award winners
The King’s Foundation is celebrating its 35th anniversary.
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June 12, 2025
Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls discriminate against south London, Sadiq told
Drivers heading north in the morning and south in the evening have to pay £4 peak rate ‘surcharge’
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June 12, 2025
Boy who met royal couple took his own life after troubled childhood
Zak Kay was found hanging eight years after meeting the Prince and Princess of Wales in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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June 12, 2025
Psychiatrists voice concern at royal college’s opposition to assisted dying Bill
Seven RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president, have written to MPs to voice their backing for the Bill.
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June 12, 2025
Weight loss jabs could be transformative, says outgoing NHS England official
An estimated 1.5 million people are taking weight loss jabs in the UK.
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June 12, 2025
Why does the King have two birthdays?
It has been a long-standing tradition for monarchs to celebrate their birthdays twice a year
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June 12, 2025
Man, 70, on mobility scooter dies after being hit by military truck
The collision happened near Colburn, Catterick Garrison, at around 12.50pm on Wednesday.
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June 12, 2025
What we know so far after Gatwick-bound plane crashes in India
The Air India aircraft departed from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.
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June 12, 2025
Ex-police officer spared jail after passing information to criminal associates
Adam Davies, 30, who was an officer with Surrey Police, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment suspended for two years at Southwark Crown...
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June 12, 2025
Man, 30, fights for life after double shooting in Hammersmith
It follows another gun attack on a road in Hackney on Wednesday night
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June 12, 2025
Government ‘putting its money where its mouth is’ with £200m for Acorn scheme
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband visited the Acorn site in Aberdeenshire as it was confirmed it would get £200 million of development funding.
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June 12, 2025
Full list of latest reservoir levels across England
Storage across England stood at 77% at the end of May, down from 84% at the end of April.
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June 12, 2025
British passenger named as survivor of Air India crash after 'fleeing burning plane'
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, reportedly escaped almost certain death after jumping off the crashed Gatwick-bound plane
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June 12, 2025
Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls discriminate against south London, Sadiq told
Drivers heading north in the morning and south in the evening have to pay £4 peak rate ‘surcharge’
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June 12, 2025
British man survives Gatwick-bound Ahmedabad plane crash
The Air India flight was carrying more than 240 people when it collided with a medical college on Thursday.
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June 12, 2025
Lithium supplies will not keep up with demand for electric cars, experts warn
Researchers from East China Normal University in Shanghai and Sweden’s Lund University described the shortage as a ‘looming crisis”.
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June 12, 2025
We will do everything we can to save Alexander Dennis jobs, vows Swinney
It came as the bus manufacturer proposes to consolidate its UK operations in North Yorkshire and close its Falkirk factory.
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June 12, 2025
Government ‘putting its money where its mouth is’ with £200m for Acorn scheme
The UK Energy Secretary visited the Acorn site in Aberdeenshire as it was confirmed it would get £200 million of development funding.
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June 12, 2025
Sheku Bayoh Inquiry chairman accused of bias over ‘secret’ meetings with family
A procedural hearing on Thursday and Friday was ordered by Lord Bracadale to consider an application for his own recusal.
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June 12, 2025
1989 police probe into murder of John Devine ‘seriously defective’
The 37-year-old father-of-three was killed by loyalists in Belfast in July 1989.
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June 12, 2025
Inspector’s report into Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ with ministers for final decision
A determination on the application, which has sparked security concerns, will be made on or before September 9.
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June 12, 2025
Yorkshire in drought with low water levels in reservoirs after dry spring
The county is the latest in the north of England to see its status moved to ‘drought’ after the driest spring for 132 years.
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June 12, 2025
Community crowdfunds statue for celebrity cat Hendrix
He was a much-loved sight around the seaside town of Saltburn and has been immortalised in bronze.
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June 12, 2025
Sheku Bayoh Inquiry chairman accused of bias over ‘secret’ meetings with family
A procedural hearing on Thursday and Friday was ordered by Lord Bracadale to consider an application for his own recusal.
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June 12, 2025