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April 15, 2024

Iran Will 'Pay A Price' For Mass Attack, Says Tel Aviv

Israel has warned it will “exact a price” for Iran’s mass drone and missile attack at the weekend which tipped the Middle East one step closer to a major conflict.

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Threat of a wider conflict hinges on Israel's response

Iran’s retaliation against Israel was spectacular but militarily largely ineffective, with reports that 99 per cent of the 330 attack drones and ballistic and cruise missiles sent were shot down.

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Rwanda flights just weeks away, says health secretary

The health secretary has said that flights carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off “within weeks” despite being unable to disclose whether the government had found a carrier.

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England's expensive, failing childcare damned by report

England’s “dysfunctional” childcare system is falling behind other countries, according to a highly critical new study.

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Rayner's ex-aide contradicts her over council house row

The row over Angela Rayner’s previous living arrangements has deepened as her former aide reportedly wrote to police contradicting her claims.

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Anderson's wife suspended by Tories after Reform UK campaigning photo emerges

Lee Anderson’s wife, a Conservative councillor, has been suspended by the party after she was seen in a photo that appears to show her campaigning for her husband’s rival party, Reform UK.

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Will Sunak Pass The Rwanda And Smoking Ban Bill Tests?

Rishi Sunak is poised to fight two significant battles this week as parliament reconvenes following the Easter break.

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London Overtakes West Midlands In Measles Cases As Fears Of An Outbreak Grow

London has overtaken the West Midlands with the largest number of measles cases, raising concerns that the capital could become a hotspot for the disease.

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Sponges and old clothes...items homeless women are forced to use during periods

Brutal reality of life on Britain’s streets revealed in research

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Police officer 'saved lives' by shooting Sydney attacker

Knifeman stopped from continuing shopping centre rampage

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Family of 'beautiful human' killed in Sydney pay tribute

Ashlee Good was protecting her baby when she was stabbed

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Scholz In China As Relations Strained Over Ukraine War

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China yesterday on a visit marked by the increasingly tense economic relationship between the nations and differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Three Questions That Arise From Iran's Attack On Israel

It will be no exaggeration to say that much of the world held its breath when Israel announced, late on Saturday evening local time, that Iran’s long-expected reprisal raids were underway, with hundreds of drones and missiles headed its way.

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Why I no longer want to put 'non-binary' on my passport

Sometimes, what we want isn’t necessarily what we need. That’s a phrase usually reserved for fairly minor life moments such as buying an expensive piece of jewellery or cutting in a fringe.

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Caught on CCTV but still running free - the curious case of the Putney Pusher

In May 2017, a runner shoved a stranger into the path of an oncoming London bus. The case remains unsolved but now the playwright Sonya Kelly is hoping to jog a few memories

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How To Supplement The Start Of Your Working Week

In her regular column, business founder and wellness expert Nicola Elliott looks at a very simple thing we can all do that will make our nine-to-five feel that bit happier and healthier

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Two hours of millennials feeling sorry for themselves

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ latest play ‘The Comeuppance’ is rich in ideas and beautifully staged but – unfortunately – it simply promises far more than it delivers

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'Policing is in an odd place'

As ‘Sherlock’ star Sian Brooke plays a rookie cop in BBC drama ‘Blue Lights’, she talks to Gabriel Tate about being the daughter of a police officer, her views on trigger warnings in theatre, and the importance of grants for young performers

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Arsenal crumble as soon as title race pressure ramps up

So much for an unprecedented three-way title race.

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Liverpool title hopes hit as Klopp's reign winds down

Instead of the fairytale finish, it is increasingly looking like being an anticlimax of an ending for Jurgen Klopp.

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