The cost of refilling an average family car with petrol has exceeded £ 100 in what has been described as a “truly dark” day for drivers on Thursday. A multitude of factors have been combined to make the British face the pain in the bombs. Why are fuel prices so high? The average cost of …
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The mother of the alleged murder victim Kieran Williams has spoken today about her grief and lovelessness. The body of the 18-year-old was found on Thursday in Sunderland, about six weeks after he disappeared from his home in the city. Two men have now appeared in court on charges of Kieran’s murder. Read more: “That …
The wreck of a royal warship that sank in 1682 while carrying the future King James Stuart has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk. HMS Gloucester ran aground about 28 miles from Great Yarmouth after a dispute between Stuart, then Duke of York, and the pilot of the ship James Ayres over navigation on …
A giant turtle that was long thought to be extinct has been confirmed alive in the Galapagos Islands in an extraordinary discovery. The tortoise, named Fernanda for its home on the island of Fernandina, is the first of its kind identified in more than a century. The existence of the Fernandina Island giant tortoise – …
According to three doctors who examined her, the police officer who was allegedly stamped by Sheku Bayoh in the minutes before her death as she was being held, had no obvious and significant injuries. Earlier, two other officers had told the investigation into Bayoh’s death in custody in Kirkcaldy in 2015 that they had seen …
Have you noticed that this is the government’s “health week”? Sajid Javid, the health secretary, has appeared twice on Radio 4’s Today program to try to blow it up, but somehow has failed to distract from other Westminster dramas. The hope that health could act as a useful shield was a strange maneuver, as the …
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Rishi Sunak has been accused of squandering £ 11bn of taxpayer money by paying too much in interest to pay off government debt. The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the losses were the result of the chancellor’s failure to insure against rising interest rates on the £ 900bn reserves created through …
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Prime Minister has promised “many more” 95% mortgages to help first-time buyers climb the housing ladder as part of plans to “unlock the door” on the property of more than four million people . Decade-rate mortgages and compulsory default insurance are the key options being considered in a review. In a speech that also warned …
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Boris Johnson has been warned by conservative Eurosceptics who will vote against his controversial bill to overturn the Northern Ireland protocol if it dilutes and does not completely “neutralize” the Brexit text. Liz Truss, the UK Secretary of State, agreed to tighten the bill following last-minute representations from the European Pro-Brexit Research Group, which sparked …
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University College London has apologized to current and former students and staff for a “culture of unacceptable behavior” at its school of architecture dating back decades. The apology comes after the university conducted an investigation into allegations of sexism and racism on campus, first reported by the Guardian last year. “I want to apologize to …
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