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April 18, 2025

Motorcyclists riding through Westminster

Treatment of veterans ‘absolutely disgusting’ say bikers in Legacy Act protest

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Rescuers on the site where a cable car south of Naples crashed.

Two British tourists among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

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Children with their hands up in a classroom

Deteriorating relations between parents and schools ‘affecting pupil behaviour’

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Stretcher of equipment is wheeled through the Border Force compound as a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel

Migrant dies after medical emergency on small boat in English Channel

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Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (PA)

Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

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Rescuers on the site where a cable car south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped.

British woman among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

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Cars queuing at check-in to board ferries at the Port of Dover in Kent on Friday morning

Easter getaway disruption expected on railways, roads and at Gatwick

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Met Eireann has warned of the possibility of localised flooding (Jonathan McCambridge/PA)

Status orange rain weather warning issued

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Europe US Ukraine

Rubio hints US may drop Ukraine peace talks as Lammy hails ‘shared commitment’

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Drivers at Hull Trains are striking on Good Friday in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague

Train drivers strike on Good Friday over sacked colleague

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Duke of Sussex court case

Harry ‘requested certain protection’ after al Qaida threat – court documents

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Caiman seized Essex Police

Four-foot caiman among items seized in police search as two arrested

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No-fly zone imposed over Charles’s Sandringham estate after security request

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Campaigner with a sign saying a woman is a an adult human female

Scottish ministers want urgent meeting with UK Government on gender ruling

UK News|9 hours ago

David Lammy

Lammy says Russia must accept ‘unconditional ceasefire’ after US-Europe talks

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A black ballot box

Estimated declaration times for May 1 local and mayoral elections

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April 17, 2025

Veterans on motorbikes riding past Big Ben

Bikers to descend on Westminster for veterans protest against Legacy Act repeal

UK News|17 hours ago

Dog running in rain

Rain warning to come into force marking damp start to Easter bank holiday

UK News|17 hours ago

An empty classroom

Teachers are being punched, kicked, shoved or spat at by pupils – survey

UK News|17 hours ago

Socorro dove chicks in a nest at London Zoo

London Zoo celebrates hatching of three eggs from extinct-in-wild dove species

UK News|17 hours ago

Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to see military housing

Healey pledges to ‘stop the rot’ in military housing with new consumer charter

UK News|17 hours ago

Symbols representing men and women

Fewer women would prefer to switch gender than they once did, study shows

UK News|17 hours ago

Headspace app

AI companion for mindfulness can help ‘bridge gaps’ in mental health care

UK News|17 hours ago

US President Donald Trump

Trump suggests September date being set for UK visit

UK News|18 hours ago

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

Reeves to hold talks with US as Trump says ‘no rush’ to strike deals

UK News|18 hours ago

Prison officer checking a prison cell

Gender ruling ‘could lead to trans prisoners getting seriously hurt’

UK News|20 hours ago

Shabana Mahmood

Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack

UK News|21 hours ago

A Metropolitan Police officer

Police locate patient missing from mental health facility

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Exterior view of the entrance to HMP Whitemoor

Killer died from head injury in prison, tests show as murder probe continues

UK News|22 hours ago

Dr Reid

Tributes paid to late historian who was ‘gifted leader of blind people’

UK News|22 hours ago

View of school pupils

Teachers ‘concerned’ about implications for pupils after Supreme Court ruling

UK News|22 hours ago

A sign on an exterior wall reading 'Wick Sheriff Court'

Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after millionaire’s sexual advances, trial told

UK News|23 hours ago

A prison cell

Gender ruling could ‘gravely affect very vulnerable prisoners’ – solicitor

UK News|23 hours ago

Peter Westwell

‘Almost blind’ killer driver shows no understanding of responsibility – coroner

UK News|23 hours ago

Cutlery designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh sells for more than £175,000

UK News|23 hours ago

Chancellor Rachel Reeves at Scunthorpe's British Steel site

Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves

UK News|23 hours ago

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

Reeves to have ‘conversations’ with US next week as work for deal continues

A pair of glasses resting on the dashboard of a car

Coroner urges action on road deaths caused by drivers with failing eyesight

A dog stranded by a cliff edge

Stranded spaniel rescued from cliff edge by RNLI heroes

A London Fire Brigade fire engine travelling along a street

E-bike blazes happening ‘every other day’ in London, fire chief warns

British Transport Police from behind

British Transport Police confirms search policy change in light of gender ruling

The Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales are to spend time in Norfolk

William and Kate to miss royals’ Easter service for family time in Norfolk

The felled tree

Toby Carvery boss apologises for ‘upset caused’ by felling of centuries-old tree

Video still of plain clothes officers walking along a street in Mayfair being followed by a man

Thief caught after trying to steal luxury watch from plain clothes officers

A smiling woman holds up the watercolour Bouleternere, which is mounted in a black frame

Charlie Rennie Mackintosh painting of French village fetches £150,000 at auction

A baby holding their mother's hand

Fact check: Prematurity is the biggest global killer of children under five

Someone holding a range of bank notes

Fact check: Pension spending, ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge and viral Gaza claim

Sarah Savage, wearing a blue vest and with bright red hair, in front of a bookshelf

Trans community fears rights ‘melting away’ after Supreme Court ruling

Rupert Lowe

Rupert Lowe says he has instructed solicitors to begin defamation claims

Russell Findlay speaking in front of Scottish Tory signage

SNP urged to drop gender policies ‘for good’ after Supreme Court ruling