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IFG says proposed plans, which will slash the number of jury trials, will produce ‘marginal gains’ of less than 2% time savedDavid Lammy’s plans to introduce judge-only criminal trials in England and Wales will save less than 2% of time in crown courts, the Institute for ...
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Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declaredEmergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including a child, believed missing after a...
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RNIB research uncovers high anxiety around rail travel with some having fallen into gaps or been trapped in doors...
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UK had highest relative increase of five countries in study, with 20-fold rise in proportion of women over 25 using itThe proportion of people in the UK on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication has tripled in the past decade, with a 20-fold increase a...
Politics » 1 week ago
House of Lords debate amendments to bill that could ban children under the age of 16 from having social mediaWe’re not far off PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.There will be two statements in the Commons after PMQs. At 12.30pm Ed Mil...
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Experts say big flaw is the lack of mandatory requirements, meaning developers could ignore the guidanceHousing where shops, schools, public transport and possibly pubs are close by, with green spaces and access to nature, and where heritage is preserved, should be the no...
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Reform leader says he agrees ‘strategically’ with Trump but adds that views of Greenlanders must be respectedThe world would be a “better, more secure place” if America took over Greenland, Nigel Farage said at Davos, while insisting that he still believed in the sovereig...
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Top DWP civil servant accused of giving out ‘a lot of blancmange’ over department’s response during hearingMP’s have criticised the “absolutely unacceptable behaviour” of senior welfare officials over the carer’s allowance scandal in which hundreds of thousands of unpaid ...
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The prime minister has a duty to be candid with the British public about the scale of the global realignment caused by a volatile US presidentOne foreign policy achievement that Donald Trump prefers not to boast about is his role in helping Mark Carney win last year’s Can...
Politics » 1 week ago
Given the software company’s size and funding options, British Business Bank’s investment looks like mission creepThe state-owned multi-tentacled ...