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Sir Keir Starmer has appointed one of Labour’s rising stars to a new role at the heart of Government, in a shake-up of his Downing Street operation as MPs return from their summer break..

The new chief constable of Merseyside Police has said he will use technology, including facial recognition, to allow police officers to spend more time on the beat..

A clay sculpture by comedian Johnny Vegas called Just Be There is to be unveiled at the British Ceramics Biennial..

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the expansion of funded childcare in England amid warnings nurseries may not have enough staff to deliver the plan..

Protesters have again gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping..

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to question after two people were stabbed at the Oxford Circus Tube station within 24 hours..

Long NHS waits are over 800 times more common in Scotland than they are in England, Scottish Labour has claimed..

Scots who carry naloxone are being urged to have “extra life-saving kits” of the drug to hand, with a warning that “dangerous” synthetic opioids such as nitazenes mean repeat doses may be needed..

The Education Secretary has said parents must also do more to get children into class and behaving as the Government rolls out measures to support schools with attendance and behaviour..

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be “detained and sent back” as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels..

Coldplay have rescheduled the final two dates of their 10-show run at Wembley Stadium due to strikes on the London Underground..

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in Leeds, police have said..

Railway revenue and gateline workers are to strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions..

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has said “my toyboy days are behind me” as she revealed does not think she “will ever have another relationship”..

A trio of Scottish brothers has set a new world record after completing the fastest human-powered crossing of the Pacific Ocean..

Tottenham have pulled off the major signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig in a welcome boost for new boss Thomas Frank..

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner should face an ethics inquiry over her tax affairs, the Conservatives have said..

A council has described the damage to a 19th-century landmark after it was painted with a St George’s Cross by vandals as “upsetting”..

A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal..

A trial date has been set for a 76-year-old man charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp where sweets were allegedly laced with sedatives..