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The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week. The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying […]
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win over Augsburg to break Erling Haaland’s Bundesliga record for the fastest player to 50 Bundesliga goals. The England captain’s seventh treble since moving to Germany – taking him to 14 league goals for the season – not only extended Bayern’s lead at the top to […]
The first grey seal pup of the season has been born at a remote shingle spit that was once a Cold War weapons testing site. The birth at Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast marks the fourth consecutive year of seals breeding there. This began in 2021 following a reduction in visitor access because of […]
Presenters Amanda Holden and Alan Carr led the stars arriving at the 2024 Royal Variety Performance, hours after the Queen pulled out due to lingering symptoms from a chest infection. The King is scheduled to attend the show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday which will see Sir Elton John and his husband David […]
A woman who accused Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a Dublin hotel has won her claim against him for damages in a High Court civil case. The jury in the civil case against Mr McGregor delivered its verdict on Friday afternoon. The total amount of damages awarded to Ms […]
Gatwick’s south terminal is reopening after a security alert was cleared by police, the airport said. The building was closed to new passengers for more than four hours on Friday as Sussex Police deployed its bomb disposal unit because of “the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage”. The force said it was called […]
The parents of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos have said they are “devastated by the loss of our beautiful, kind and loving daughter”. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular […]
Marc Skinner says Manchester United will assess Ella Toone after the international break with a possibility the England midfielder will not return to action until the new year. Toone has missed United’s last two games due to a calf injury sustained in training and was not selected in Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses squad for the friendlies […]
The UK wants to see a deal at the UN climate conference that “accelerates the clean energy transition,” Ed Miliband has said. The Energy Secretary said the country wanted a “good outcome” at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mr Miliband also said the UK’s national climate action plan, which was announced at the summit last week […]
British retailers saw sales fall last month on the back of uncertainty before the autumn Budget, according to official figures. Clothing stores had a particularly weak month, with industry data suggesting mild October weather may have caused shoppers to hold off buying more warm winter clothing. Retail sales volumes, which measure the quantity bought, decreased […]