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Standards committee drops attempt to limit time MPs spend on second jobs
Other rules around lobbying to be tightened up to avoid repeat of Owen Paterson scandal
Aubrey Allegretti
24, May, 2022 @10:52 PM

Tory MP berates Home Office over plan to house asylum seekers in Yorkshire
Kevin Hollinrake insists opposition to scheme to accommodate 1,500 people at former RAF base is not about nimbyism or racism
Diane Taylor
24, May, 2022 @9:41 PM

Sheku Bayoh inquiry: ex-officer says detainee had ‘superhuman strength’
Nicole Short describes her ‘terror’ as Bayoh, who later died in custody, came towards her in Kirkcaldy
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
24, May, 2022 @5:50 PM

Ava White: a senseless death that shocked city of Liverpool
12-year-old went out with friends on night of Christmas lights switch-on and did not come home
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
24, May, 2022 @3:43 PM

Boy, 14, guilty of murder of Liverpool schoolgirl Ava White
Teenager stabbed 12-year-old in neck in Snapchat video row on night she went to see Christmas lights
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
24, May, 2022 @3:38 PM

Pressure mounts on Met to justify no fine for PM over No 10 leaving drinks
London mayor Sadiq Khan asks police force to explain to the public how decisions were reached
Vikram Dodd and Aubrey Allegretti
24, May, 2022 @2:54 PM

Crossrail: Elizabeth line hailed as ‘fit for a Queen’ as it opens
After delays to tunnelled section under London, first trains run on time
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent, photographs by Jill Mead
24, May, 2022 @12:55 PM

Sir Angus Grossart obituary
Prominent Scottish merchant banker who was a dedicated promoter of cultural life and the arts in his homeland
Brian Wilson
24, May, 2022 @12:36 PM

Rwanda plan challenged over alleged failure to identify risks for LGBTQ+ refugees
Pre-action letter questions Home Office claims that east African country is ‘generally safe’
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
24, May, 2022 @11:13 AM

Not up to black officers to solve police racism, says barrister as plan launched
Race action plan for England and Wales includes apology and history lessons on policing of black people
Emily Dugan
24, May, 2022 @10:38 AM

‘I’ve never seen one in real life’: orchestra wows young audience in Great Yarmouth
BBC Concert Orchestra residency aims to inspire children and improve wellbeing in Norfolk town
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
24, May, 2022 @10:35 AM

Wayne Couzens denies indecent exposure before killing of Sarah Everard
Former police officer pleads not guilty to four counts of exposure in weeks before murder
Ben Quinn
24, May, 2022 @10:30 AM
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