Home Office officials have expressed concern that the welfare of children and families who have crossed the Channel to the UK is being “compromised” by an intent to prosecute individuals for immigration offences, internal emails and documents reveal. At least one senior safeguarding
Calls to the UK’s largest domestic abuse helpline are rising “week on week” as new figures reveal that almost 50 suspected killings may have occurred during the first lockdown. The charity Refuge, which runs the National Domestic Abuse helpline, said it was “very
Boris Johnson remains the “hardest in the room” in his unwillingness to budge to secure a Brexit deal, government insiders said this weekend, amid warnings that just days remain to finalise an agreement. After a torrid week for Downing Street which saw two
Des O’Connor, 88, was admitted to hospital a week ago following a fall at his Buckinghamshire home. He was said to be recovering and in “great spirits” before his condition suddenly deteriorated. In a statement, the agent added: “Des, who was 88, was
Around 50 Conservative MPs have formed a backbench group to fight any further lockdowns, arguing they “risk being worse than the disease”. The Covid Recovery Group demands that Boris Johnson publish a cost-benefit analysis of the economic and wider health costs of restrictions continuing beyond the 2 December expiry
Deputy chief medical officer Professor Van-Tam dismissed the idea that England would be able to return to normality by spring following the announcement of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine’s success. During a briefing on Wednesday morning, Professor Van-Tam admitted that at this stage he and
GP services will be cut back well into 2021 so family doctors can immunise millions of people against coronavirus at new seven-day-a-week clinics, NHS England has said. Health leaders warned that surgeries will not be able to offer their full range of care for patients
Students in England will be given a six-day window next month in which to travel home before Christmas, with mass testing carried out on campus before they are allowed to leave. A mass exodus will take place on staggered departure dates set by
Michel Barnier has pushed back plans to have an agreement for the outline of any post-Brexit trade and security deal by the end of the week. He has told colleagues in Brussels to expect more negotiations in the Belgian capital before any
Cleaners and caterers at Manchester’s Premier League football clubs are “struggling to put food on the table”, the city’s food banks have warned. Manchester food banks have written to executives at City and United urging them to pay their staff the real living
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has handed Donald Trump victory in the 2020 United States Presi..
Liverpool have been confirmed as champions of England for the first time in 30 years.
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