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Gaza refugee says sister-in-law ‘would be alive’ if Home Office had let her come to UK

Anwar, who lives in Glasgow, says Home Office refused visa application despite Maryam having cancer

Diane Taylor4d ago

‘Then who or what did we cremate?’ Daughter’s horror at finding bones in British wildfire victims’ car

Danielle Gillam-Kirton claims police botched investigation into her parents’ deaths in Spain and is demanding answers

Helena Horton4d ago

Cambridge University asks former chief crown prosecutor to open Arday review

Nazir Afzal to focus in review’s first stage on support given to professor in immediate period before his death

Richard Adams Education editor4d ago

Man jumps out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincoln

Five jailed after targeting victim and subjecting him to ordeal linked to past relationship breakdown

Mark Brown North of England correspondent4d ago

Digested week: Tom Tugendhat is a serious politician. What’s he doing in a Reform-lite Tory frontbench?

Want to see how small the gene pool of Tory talent is? I give you Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor. Also this week: Starmer’s Fomo, and telly wars

John Crace4d ago

UK hits back at Argentinian Falklands claim and insists islands remain British

Ed Miliband says Britain’s position remains ‘unwavering’ in response to remarks by Argentina’s president

Kiran Stacey Policy editor5d ago

British army told to halt non-essential training exercises to save money

Collective training exercises for UK-based units to be suspended for most of this year amid budget pressures

Jamie Grierson5d ago

Hundreds gather to urge Scottish government to pause datacentre boom

Opposition mounts as at least 20 projects proposed, including one in Fife billed as second largest in world

Patrick Greenfield and Aisha Down5d ago

Thieves steal more than 70,000 pints’ worth of Guinness from depot in Cheshire

Police say two lorries were driven into industrial estate in Runcorn and attached to trailers holding about 800 barrels

Kevin Rawlinson and agency5d ago

Pro-Palestine activists who were sentenced as terrorists launch appeal

Barrister representing four who smashed drones at Israeli arms factory says ruling of ‘terrorist connection’ led to heftier sentences

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent5d ago

How 20mph on our roads benefits everyone

Letters: The advantages of 20mph speed limits are celebrated by Rod King, while John Hopkin says drivers who speed won’t be deterred unless tougher action is taken against them

5d ago

Manchester synagogue attack: ministers seek to block MI5 files from inquest

Government lawyers tell coroner disclosing intelligence would pose serious risk to national security

Josh Halliday North of England editor5d ago

Teenager in Wales given detention sentence for stabbing teacher in head

Judge voices concern about possible copycat incidents after boy, 16, found guilty over attack at school in Pembrokeshire

Steven Morris5d ago

‘I would rather die than return to France’: the brutal reality of the UK’s one in, one out scheme

Aso and Baran fled Iran, crossed the Channel together and were both returned to France. After risking their lives to reach Britain again, the friends found themselves facing very different fates

Diane Taylor6d ago

Nuclear bomb test veterans were victims of one of ‘greatest scandals in Britain’, says ex-defence minister

Exclusive: Tobias Ellwood says he gave MPs inaccurate information in 2018 provided by his department, the MoD

Kiran Stacey Policy editor6d ago

Baby stabbed to death in Sheffield was found on top of washing machine, court told

Two men and two women charged with murder after body of newborn girl found with 33 stab wounds

Josh Halliday North of England editor6d ago

UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom

Pippa Neill Environment reporter6d ago

Tell us: do you live near the site of a planned AI datacentre in the UK?

We would like to hear from people who live in an area where there are plans for AI datacentres to be built – or who already live near one

Guardian community team6d ago

Cleveland police to get £2m extra to tackle serious crime in Middlesbrough

Cash announced after horror car crash that killed two police officers and house fire in which woman and young girl died

Josh Halliday and Angus Thomson1 Sept

Five held by police after newborn baby dies from stab wounds in Sheffield

Officers responded to reports concerning safety of baby girl at property in Wincobank area of the city

Angus Thomson1 Sept

Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland

First minister sets out his government’s agenda and defends policy described by industry groups as a ‘potty gimmick’

Patrick Greenfield1 Sept

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