Two firefighters and a member of the public have died after a large fire at a former RAF base in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire county council said the two firefighters died while tackling the blaze at Bicester Motion on Thursday. Bicester Motion, […]
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Schoolchildren will be helped to develop “much-needed grit” for life beyond school with increased mental health support, the education and health secretaries have said. Writing in the Telegraph, Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting said they would roll out mental health
A civil servant held multiple full-time jobs at different government departments at the same time, according to a Cabinet Office investigation. A report by the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) – a data-matching exercise carried out every two years by the
The professional body for GPs in the UK has softened its stance on the legalisation of assisted dying, moving to a position of neutrality on the controversial issue. The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) had been previously been opposed
A prehistoric burial site in Dorset is now thought to be the earliest known large circular enclosure in Britain prompting researchers to question whether current dating of Stonehenge may need revising. The Flagstones monument, near Dorchester in Dorset, has been
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Mike Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been sentenced to 10 weeks in prison for punching a man to the ground. Amesbury, who was suspended by the Labour party after an investigation, last month admitted a single charge
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A red warning for wind, signalling “danger to life”, has been issued by the Met Office for parts of Wales and south-west England on Saturday as Storm Darragh hits the UK. Gusts of 90mph (145km/h) or more were possible over
Two Metropolitan police officers are under investigation for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving after a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby were killed in a crash with an unmarked police vehicle. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
The Princess of Wales will attend two remembrance events this weekend, Buckingham Palace has said, as she gradually returns to public duties after her treatment for cancer. Catherine will join the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph and the Festival
A weight-loss drug recently approved for use on the NHS contributed to the death of a 58-year-old nurse from North Lanarkshire, according to a report. Susan McGowan took two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, under the Mounjaro brand, over the space
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