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Alidoosti was arrested for support of women’s movement in Iran, including posing on Instagram without hijabThe celebrated Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti has been released from prison by the authorities after her friends and family provided bail. Pictu…
PM admits waiting times are too long as he makes five promises in new year speechUK politics live – latest news updatesNHS waiting times are too long, Rishi Sunak has admitted in a new year’s speech that saw him urge hospitals not to cancel elective su…
Exclusive: Leaked figures show tiny fraction of England’s farms received payment under sustainable farming incentiveJust 224 farmers in England were paid under the government’s flagship post-Brexit nature-friendly agriculture scheme last year, the Guar…
Cruddas, Greenhalgh and Campbell Bannerman to launch Momentum-style campaign to overhaul party democracyThe former Conservative treasurer Peter Cruddas, a key ally of Boris Johnson, is set to launch a Momentum-style grassroots campaign to overhaul p…
Company valued last year at £1.4bn says revenues rose almost threefold to £27mEuan Blair’s apprenticeship company, Multiverse, made a pre-tax loss of £14.2m last year – the sixth straight year of losses since the son of the former prime minister set it…
Union leader Mick Whelan brands reported £2,000 rise just before latest 24-hour strike as ‘tokenism’The train drivers’ union has dismissed as “tokenism” a pay offer reportedly being drawn up by the government before a new strike by its members on Thurs…
Defendants aged 21 and 22 ordered to stand trial on 3 July after fatal Boxing Day stabbing at Birmingham nightclubTwo men will go on trial in July for the murder of the 23-year-old footballer Cody Fisher, who was stabbed on the dancefloor of a Birmingh…
Telecoms giant invests in startup aiming to fly cargo along 165-mile corridor from Reading to RugbyBT has invested £5m in a startup seeking to create a drone corridor across southern and central England to carry cargo and other supplies.The telecoms gr…
Friends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was givenFriends of the Earth has said it will take legal action against the UK government after ministers granted planning permission for a new coalmine in Cumb…
Richard Tice rules out 2019-style deal with Conservatives even if they back some of his party’s policiesUK politics live – latest news updatesThe leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, has offered a “cast-iron guarantee” the party will put up a candidate a…