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New Year celebrations: UK gets ready to welcome 2019
The UK is gearing up to welcome in the New Year as the countdown to 2019 begins. Fireworks will be going off on...
Hammersmith stabbing: 39 attempted murder arrests
Thirty-nine people at a house party were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in west London. The man,...
Brexit: Corbyn warns of ‘complete mess’ in new year message
Brexit is a “complete mess” and the country “cannot go on like this”, Jeremy Corbyn has said in his new year’s message to...
Brexit ferry firm Seaborne Freight ‘will get no money upfront’
A UK firm contracted to provide extra ferries in the event of a no-deal Brexit will only be paid if it runs “an...
NHS told to ditch ‘absurd’ fax machines
The NHS will be banned from buying fax machines from next month – and has been told by the government to phase out...
Low pay and high stress: Survey lifts lid on life as a struggling performer
Almost two-thirds of performers (63%) earned less than £5,000 from their profession in the last year, a survey suggests. That’s an improvement on...
Sammy Woodhouse: Rapist Arshid Hussain ‘offered chance to see victim’s child’
A victim of child sexual exploitation has called for a law change amid claims a man who raped her has been invited to...
Harry Leslie Smith: War veteran has died, son says
Media captionHarry Leslie Smith: “I am the world’s oldest rebel” A World War Two veteran who grew up in poverty and described himself...
Brexit will make us poorer, Treasury warns
The UK will be poorer economically under any form of Brexit, compared with staying in the EU, Treasury analysis suggests. Official figures say...
‘Rip-off’ 118 calls spark price crackdown
The price of a call to directory inquiries will be capped at £3.65 for 90 seconds. Phone industry regulator Ofcom said it is...
‘Fake ambulance’ pulled over by Swansea police
An “apparently fake” ambulance vehicle was pulled over as it was being driven by a man in Swansea, police have said. The estate...
Wages show fastest rise in almost a decade
Wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly a decade in the three months to September, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show....
Iceland Christmas ad: Petition to show it on TV hits 670k
A petition to get Iceland’s Christmas advert shown on TV has reached more than 670,000 signatures. The advert, which highlights the impact of...
Bisto owner plans Brexit stockpile
Premier Foods has said it intends to stockpile raw materials in the run-up to Brexit as fears grow over gridlock at UK ports....
‘Cautious optimism’ over UK-EU Brexit deal talks
Late-night UK-EU talks in Brussels ended with “optimism on both sides”, government sources say, although no final Brexit deal has been agreed. The...
