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Kyron Hibbert, who couldn’t swim, died in Stewartby lake during last summer’s heatwaveA “happy, cheeky, funny, intelligent” 13-year-old boy drowned when he jumped from a rope swing over a lake during last summer’s heatwave, a coroner has heard.Kyron Hi…
Anna Betz says she was told to remove sticker with her fingernails and then given tape to hide itA woman invited to parliament to attend the opening of an exhibition was asked to scratch off an old “stop Brexit” sticker from the top of her laptop befor…
There were 199,021 sexual offences and 70,633 rapes recorded by forces in year to September 2022The number of sexual offences recorded by police reached a record high in the year to September, increasing by more than a fifth compared with before the pa…
Co-chair of memorial foundation ‘desperate’ to start work on scheme next to parliament, first proposed in 2014 Lord Pickles, co-chair of the body overseeing a new £100m UK Holocaust memorial, said he is “desperate” to finally start building, given the …
High street banks have now announced 87 closures so far this year – see full list of NatWest closures belowNatWest is to shut another 23 branches in England and Wales, adding to a raft of high street banking closures already announced this month.The si…
Move follows Nicola Sturgeon telling MSPs Isla Bryson would not be detained at all-female Cornton ValeIsla Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, has been moved from Scotland’s all-female Cornton Vale prison …
IFS says if Holyrood’s health and climate policies remain in place other public spending will also sufferThe Scottish government could be forced to reconsider spending pledges to provide free university places and free personal care for older people in…
Mark Wedgwood traverses territory covered by every one of the 204 Landrangers and says none of his trousers fit any moreBeloved by armchair explorers and outdoors enthusiasts alike, Ordnance Survey’s Landranger maps have inspired countless adventures.B…
Jim Harra says his officials will help ‘in any way we can’ with ethics inquiry into Tory chair’s tax affairsThe head of HM Revenue and Customs has told MPs there are “no penalties for innocent errors” in relation to tax affairs, raising further questio…
Geza Tarjanyi accused of attack on former health secretary and two public order offences, police sayA man has been charged with assaulting the former health secretary, Matt Hancock, on the London underground.Geza Tarjanyi, 61, from Leyland in Lancashir…