The Latest National and International News
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Minister rejects Blairs triple lock warning as ex PM calls for coherent planA Treasury minister has rejected Sir Tony Blair’s call to curb the triple lock and defended net zero after the former prime minister mounted a scathing attack on Labour’s policy agenda.
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Household energy prices to jump by 13 from JulyOfgem’s price cap is to rise by 13% from July 1 driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the regulator has said.
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Woman shot dead at Sheffield bar innocent bystanderSouth Yorkshire Police says two men and a woman remain in custody following city centre shooting
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King has instant bond with cancer patients during visit to new hospital centreThe King created an instant “bond” with cancer patients when he visited the site of a newly redeveloped centre for people living with the disease.
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Stepmother killed girl in scalding bath in 1978 jury findsA stepmother killed a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment nearly half a century ago, jurors found.
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Today is the hottest May day since records began35 degrees Celsius recorded at Kew Gardens and Heathrow Airport
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Several hurt in crash between train and minibus carrying children in BelgiumSeveral people have been hurt in a collision between a train and a minibus carrying children in northern Belgium, police said.
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Metallica urge UK fans to give blood ahead of Britain tour datesMetallica have urged their fans in Britain to give blood as they approach the start of the UK leg of their world tour.