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The Russian Defence Ministry says that Moscow’s military and security forces killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion into Russian border regions earlier in the day. In a statement, the ministry blamed the attack on the “Kyiv regime” and “Ukraine’s terrorist formations”, insisting that the Russian military and border forces were able to stop the […]

Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed. The Government said it welcomed the “landmark decision”, adding it would help ensure care is based on evidence and is in the “best interests of the child”. Puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty such as breast […]

Comments reportedly made by a major Conservative Party donor were “racist and wrong”, Downing Street has said after earlier refusing to describe them as such. Frank Hester is alleged to have said Diane Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving black MP, made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”. Rishi Sunak had […]

The two people arrested have been bailed The bodies of 35 people and the suspected ashes of a number of others have been recovered by police investigating a funeral directors over “concern for care of the deceased”. Humberside Police said the remains had been removed from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road in Hull […]

35 bodies and the suspected ashes of a number of others have been recovered from a Hull funeral directors. Humberside Police said the remains had been removed from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road in Hull and taken to the mortuary in the city. A 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman arrested on suspicion […]

Steve Clarke handed Craig Gordon the chance to play his way into the Euro 2024 squad at the age of 41. He is one of four goalkeepers included in a 25-man group for friendlies against the Netherlands and Northern Ireland this month as Clarke keeps his options open. With Callum McGregor, Aaron Hickey and Jacob […]

It’s loaded with 200 tonnes of food The shipment is a test for the opening of a sea corridor to supply aid to the territory, where starvation is spreading five months into the Israel-Hamas war. World Food Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef Jose Andres, posted on the X social media platform that a […]

It comes amid a rise in measles cases More than 900,000 young people who did not get their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as children are being invited to take part in a catch-up campaign amid a rising number of measles cases. The NHS is writing to 19 to 25-year-olds in London, Greater Manchester […]

The former Conservative deputy chairman says he’s ‘not a mercenary’ Former Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson said he is no mercenary after joining Reform UK as he denied being paid to switch allegiances. Mr Anderson also told GB News the Conservative Party had not contacted him ahead of being unveiled as Reform’s first MP. The MP for Ashfield in […]

That’s according to the Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho The Government has committed to building new gas power stations to avert what ministers described as the “genuine prospect of blackouts”. In a speech at Chatham House, Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho will outline the need for unabated gas power in the electricity system beyond 2030, which the […]



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