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Campaigners hailed a Government promise of new legislation to force serious offenders to attend court.

Analysis by the PA news agency shows sharp variations for households with children in these circumstances across the country.

Cancer Research UK said that 1.2 million cancer deaths have been averted since the 1980s.

Sarah and Gary Andrews’ case forms part of an independent review into care failings at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Aviva’s 2022 collision claims figures indicated that more than one in four collision claims were for incidents between 2pm and 4pm.

Muyiwa Oki, 32, is also the youngest president in the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 189-year history.

Four young people died in the Co Tipperary collision on Friday evening.

Simon Byrne has faced fresh calls to resign after a High Court judge ruled that a decision to discipline two junior officers was unlawful.

Toni-Ann Gurdon was evicted with her mother aged 11 and spent weeks in a hotel before moving to a shared house for six months.

Killers will be forced into the dock for sentencing to face the victims’ families, according to a new pledge made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

A blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to the second full moon in one calendar month.

The phenomenon will only happen once this year.

Mother-of-four Shamila Kauser, from Rochdale, spent £3,500 on a flight home that she is unsure she will be reimbursed for.

Officers said the driver was pulled over because animals should be in suitable carriers or restraints.

Sergeant Graham Saville, 46, was hit as he attempted to save a distressed man on the tracks in Balderton on Thursday August 24, and died on Tuesday.

One of the main advantages of a statutory inquiry over a non-statutory inquiry is that witnesses can be compelled to give evidence under oath.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell will visit Rwanda and also attend an annual gorilla naming ceremony.

The AI system called Swift won multiple races against three champions in first-person view drone racing.

The fatal collision in Cashel came only days after four young people died in a crash in Clonmel in the same county.

Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C.