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The legislation consolidates existing hate crime laws and creates a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics.

The new hubs will be led by London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.

A range of stories are leading Sunday’s papers.

The Met Office said up to 15mm of more persistent and possibly thundery rain could fall on Easter Monday.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson quit on Friday after he was charged with historical sexual offences.

Justin Welby will tell Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday that ‘evil and pain’ must be confronted.

The Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author also talked about how confused he is by fellow writers who do not know how they will finish a book.

Gen V producers called the actor ‘an incredibly talented performer’.

Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns said the Government should be transparent about the advice it has received.

The Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary criticised the 2030 clean energy target but Ed Miliband said the Tories had ‘no plan’.

The Home Secretary’s comments followed the case of Christian convert Abdul Ezedi, the man suspected of the Clapham alkali attack.

Andrew Ruscoe donated more than 80 Easter eggs for a children’s ward in Wrexham.

Rishi Sunak’s party could be reduced to just 98 MPs, according to a seat-by-seat analysis by Survation.

Research earlier this week found high levels of E. coli were in the part of the river used for the annual race.

The Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award is given out by the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Greg Double, who saw the fire, said he heard ‘popping sounds’ and the flames were about four feet high.

The NASUWT teaching union leader is ‘concerned’ about the possible consequences of proposals to charge 20% VAT on private schools.

More than 200,000 people took part in the pro-Palestinian protest on Saturday, according to estimates by organisers.

A cross-party letter sent to Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron called for the UK to resume funding without delay.

The First Minister said the parties in the devolved administration are focusing on cohesion in the wake of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation.