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• Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel 'astounded' by decision - ITVX

  06-04-2025 23:24 via news.google.com
  Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel 'astounded' by decision  ITVXRow as Badenoch backs Israel barring two UK MPs  BBCBadenoch draws cross-party criticism for backing Israel’s expulsion of Labour MPs  The GuardianWho are the two MPs deported by Israel – and what have they said about the war in Gaza?  Sky NewsForeign Secretary statement following the detention of two British MPs in Israel  GOV.UK
  
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• Man admits murdering two women on Christmas Day

  15-04-2025 14:57 via bbc.com
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service describes the 49-year-old's attack on the two women as "inexplicable".
  
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• 'Good chance' of US-UK trade deal, says Vance

  15-04-2025 14:32 via bbc.com
  
  The Trump administration's trade policy shakeup has caused global economic turmoil.
  
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• Low-deposit mortgage deals highest for 17 years

  15-04-2025 14:11 via bbc.com
  
  Choice of home loans requiring small deposits of 5% or 10% reaches levels last seen in the 2008 financial crisis.
  
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• Betting charges politician removed from committees

  15-04-2025 13:53 via bbc.com
  
  Senedd member Russell George is one of 15 people facing charges over alleged betting offences.
  
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• By-election date set in minister Christina McKelvie's seat

  15-04-2025 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  The ballot in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse will be held on 5 June after the SNP MSP's death last month.
  
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• Minister's X account hacked to promote crypto scam

  15-04-2025 13:26 via bbc.com
  
  The MP's office says "steps were taken quickly to secure the account and remove misleading posts".
  
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• Felling of ancient oak tree probed by police

  15-04-2025 13:25 via bbc.com
  
  The cutting down of the tree in a park in Enfield has been described by locals as "devastating".
  
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• Murder arrest over fatal house explosion in Nottinghamshire

  15-04-2025 13:12 via bbc.com
  
  Police confirm a man has been arrested and bailed following the explosion in John Street, Worksop.
  
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• How much vital UK infrastructure does China own?

  15-04-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Verify looks at what we know about the extent of Chinese investment in the UK economy.
  
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• British Steel secures supplies to keep furnaces burning

  15-04-2025 12:17 via bbc.com
  
  The government says the Scunthorpe plant will receive raw materials from the US and Australia.
  
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• New Gladiators king hails 'best moment of my life'

  15-04-2025 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  Joe Fishburn, from Scarborough, says winning the show in front of his grandma made it extra special.
  
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• Union prepared to 'bring NI to standstill' in welfare row

  15-04-2025 11:24 via bbc.com
  
  A protest against the changes was held outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast.
  
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• UK jobs market weakens as employment costs grow

  15-04-2025 11:18 via bbc.com
  
  The number of job vacancies and people on payrolls fell ahead of changes toNational Insurance and wages.
  
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• 25 of the best theatre shows to see in spring and summer 2025

  15-04-2025 07:46 via bbc.com
  
  New shows take inspiration from Banksy, football boss Marcelo Bielsa, and an eccentric aristocrat.
  
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• Parents in Wales 'punished' by highest childcare costs in Britain

  15-04-2025 07:15 via bbc.com
  
  Childcare costs for parents of under-twos in Wales are more expensive than anywhere else in Britain.
  
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• TikTok parking fine videos force council review

  15-04-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  
  A social media "investigator" prompts a review of parking signs on a Manchester city centre street.
  
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• Chocolate murder attempt case closed by police

  15-04-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  
  Jody Bunting had been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder Kimberley Hoskins.
  
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• Vets say they are under pressure to bring in more money per pet

  15-04-2025 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  Some tell the BBC they are encouraged to compete over the number of procedures they carry out on pets.
  
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• 'My eczema makes me feel trapped': Skin patients' agonising wait for NHS treatment

  15-04-2025 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  Patients with diseases such as eczema and acne are waiting up to two years for appointments.
  
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• Inside HS2: Meet London's tunnelling miners

  15-04-2025 06:38 via bbc.com
  
  The Northolt tunnels are part of the HS2 project which is 93% complete, the project managers say.
  
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• Blood test firm blamed for 'catalogue of disasters'

  15-04-2025 06:36 via bbc.com
  
  Synnovis' failure to provide the correct blood-test results amounts to a "scandal", the BBC is told.
  
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• What 40 years as Observer science editor has taught Robin McKie – podcast

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Robin McKie reflects on his 40 years as science editor for the Observer and tells Madeleine Finlay about the game-changing discoveries and scientific controversies that he’s reported on during that time. He describes how the discovery of the structure of DNA revolutionised science, what he learned about misinformation from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and why cold fusion and the millennium bug failed to live up to their hype.What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science e
  
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• UK business confidence falls to lowest level in over two years, survey shows

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Accountants’ institute says first quarter of 2025 was ‘harrowing’ for companies amid tax rises and US tariffsUK business confidence has fallen to the lowest level for more than two years amid growing concern over tax rises and Donald Trump’s escalating trade war, according to a survey.Highlighting the risks to the economy, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said the first quarter of the year had been “harrowing” for companies a
  
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• The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was bare
  
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• ‘The last thread connecting people to services’: why vets are risking all to care for Gaza’s donkeys

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amid the ruins and with fuel scarce, the animals provide vital transport for the injured as well as goods and belongingsIt felt like an “earthquake from the sky” when an Israeli airstrike hit the clinic Dr Saif Alden had left just minutes earlier. Alden had been treating animals hurt and abandoned amid Gaza’s destruction. They survived but the equipment and medication the mobile clinic needed to function was destroyed.Still, the team saw it as a setback, not a defeat. Alden has
  
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• ‘Ozempic arrived and everything changed’: plus-size models on the body positivity backlash

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The fashion industry seemed to be inching towards a new era of inclusivity. Then came a wave of weight-loss drugs and the demonisation of ‘wokeness’ …In 2021, Skye Standley was considered one of modelling’s rising stars. With her beautiful face, curves and distinctive red hair, she was in demand: she appeared in advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, the Danish label Ganni and Rihanna’s brand Savage X Fenty. Last year, she was appearing in roundups of ones
  
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• Iran expected to resist US plan to move uranium stockpile to third country

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Issue is seen as a key stumbling block in talks with US as Washington seeks to scale back Iran’s nuclear programmeIran is expected to resist a US proposal to transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country – such as Russia – as part of Washington’s effort to scale back Tehran’s civil nuclear programme and prevent it from being used to develop a nuclear weapon.The issue, seen as one of the key stumbling blocks to a future agreement, was raised in
  
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• From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system – podcast

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2021: After 32 years of establishment lies, media smears, inquests, trials and retrials, the families of the Hillsborough dead have yet to see anyone held accountableBy David Conn. Read by Gavin Skelhorn Continue reading...
  
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• Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan

  15-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use itEurope is scrambling to remilitarise. The European Commission is raising a €150bn (£129bn) defence fund and is calling on EU countries to invest €650bn (£561bn) more. Germany has cast aside its government debt limit to invest hundreds of billions of euros in defence. Poland will train every male of fighting age for battle, and envisages an army 500,000 strong. Latvia’s president ha
  
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