Training for 10,000 hospitality workers announced as Keir Starmer hosts talks on tackling violence against women Thousands of bar staff will be trained to spot and stop spiking in England and Wales as the government steps up efforts to tackle violence against women and girls. About 10,000 hospitality workers will […]

Some patients across UK turning to A&Es five or more times a year due to unresolved medical issues, charity says One in seven A&E patients are repeat visitors with unmet medical needs who feel they have nowhere else to go, according to research that found most are over 70 with […]

Major incident declared in Wales and England and Scotland hit by power cuts due to rain, floods and wind Several people have been killed as Storm Bert battered the UK and a major incident has been declared in south Wales. At least five deaths have been reported in England and […]

Unmanned aerial systems seen over RAF bases in Suffolk and Norfolk but US air force does not know if they were hostile A number of unidentified drones have been spotted over three airbases in Britain, the US air force has confirmed. “Small unmanned aerial systems” were seen between 20 and […]

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in Parents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental health, with teachers humiliating and “screaming” at pupils, and have urged the local authority to exercise extraordinary […]

Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: life at Manston migrant centre Home Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the […]

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote MPs will be placing the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if they back legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales this week, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, Shabana […]

Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement to help developing world shift to low-carbon economy Rich and poor countries concluded a trillion-dollar deal on the climate crisis in the early hours of Sunday morning, after marathon talks and days of bitter recriminations ended in what campaigners said was […]

Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’ Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”. Speaking at a defence conference on […]

Chancellor understood to be determined to keep policy despite Treasury analysing ways to soften impact Rachel Reeves is holding firm against a U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, despite the Treasury analysing ways of softening the impact. The chancellor is understood to be determined not to drop the policy even […]