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Vice President Kamala Harris told Americans they have a chance to chart a “new way forward” in November as she accepted her party’s nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention. Her address in Chicago capped a whirlwind few weeks in American politics and manifests the stunning reversal of Democratic fortunes just 75 days until […]

Former footballer Jermaine Jenas has been been sacked from presenting BBC programmes The One Show and Match Of The Day. The ex-Premier League player, 41, has been removed from the hosting line-ups following an internal investigation by the corporation because of alleged complaints about his behaviour, The Sun has reported. A BBC spokesperson said: “We […]

GCSE results show the Covid-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis are still having a “disproportionate impact” on some English regions such as the North East, it has been suggested. “Stubborn” disparities remain between different parts of the country, according to education leaders, and action is needed to tackle these inequalities. The latest figures, show London and […]

Police are urgently trying to find two American bulldog-type dogs, one of which may have attacked a man found dead in the back garden of his home. West Midlands Police were called to Rubery on the outskirts on Birmingham in the early hours of Wednesday after reports that a number of dogs were loose and […]

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Israeli air strikes overnight and into Thursday have killed at least 16 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials say. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received 10 bodies, including the remains of a woman and three children, after the strikes. An Associated Press reporter at the hospital counted the bodies. A man held the body […]

The NHS spending watchdog has recommended that a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease should not be rolled out on the health service, despite the UK medicines regulator saying it is safe and effective for use. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said the benefits of lecanemab are “just […]

The body of technology tycoon Mike Lynch has been recovered after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, as his 18-year-old daughter reportedly remains missing. The Italian Coastguard confirmed to the PA news agency that the sixth and final person yet to be found was a woman. Mr Lynch, his daughter, Morgan Stanley […]

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their GCSE exam results on Thursday in a year when grades were due to be restored to 2019 levels […]

The gender pay gap might even extend to the bank of Mum and Dad, a new survey has suggested, after it found sons receive more help from their families than daughters when buying their first home. Nearly two-thirds of people who purchased their first home in the past five years had financial help from family, […]



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