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Afghan Youth Orchestra to perform in UK after Home Office U-turn on visa denial

Afghan Youth Orchestra to perform in UK after Home Office U-turn on visa denial

Afghan Youth Orchestra to perform in UK after Home Office U-turn on visa denial

04 March 2024

The AYO fled Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban and have lived and studied in Portugal, where they were granted asylum, since December 2021.


Food labels should include environmental impact information, Tory MP says

Food labels should include environmental impact information, Tory MP says

Food labels should include environmental impact information, Tory MP says

04 March 2024

Steve Double said displaying food miles on labels could encourage more people to consume locally sourced food.


Woman arrested after girl, 10, discovered dead in Sandwell

Woman arrested after girl, 10, discovered dead in Sandwell

Woman arrested after girl, 10, discovered dead in Sandwell

04 March 2024

Officers found the child with injuries at an address in Robin Close, Rowley Regis, at around 12.10pm on Monday.


Bullseye game show co-host Tony Green dies aged 85

Bullseye game show co-host Tony Green dies aged 85

Bullseye game show co-host Tony Green dies aged 85

04 March 2024

English professional darts player Steve Beaton paid tribute.


Chelsea’s Samantha Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment

Chelsea’s Samantha Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment

Chelsea’s Samantha Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment

04 March 2024

The Australian football star, 30, was charged with causing a police officer harassment, alarm or distress in Twickenham on January 30 last year.


Rishi Sunak suffers heaviest defeats yet as peers square up over Rwanda Bill

Rishi Sunak suffers heaviest defeats yet as peers square up over Rwanda Bill

Rishi Sunak suffers heaviest defeats yet as peers square up over Rwanda Bill

04 March 2024

The Prime Minister has previously warned the unelected chamber against frustrating ‘the will of the people’.


Kate pictured in public for first time since surgery

Kate pictured in public for first time since surgery

Kate pictured in public for first time since surgery

04 March 2024

The photo is believed to have been taken by unauthorised paparazzi.


Gordon Brown warns ‘fake news’ risks preparations for next pandemic

Gordon Brown warns ‘fake news’ risks preparations for next pandemic

Gordon Brown warns ‘fake news’ risks preparations for next pandemic

04 March 2024

Mr Brown, 73, was prime minister during the swine flu pandemic in 2009 and is now a World Health Organisation ambassador for global health finance.


Duchess of Sussex to take part in women-in-the-media panel

Duchess of Sussex to take part in women-in-the-media panel

Duchess of Sussex to take part in women-in-the-media panel

04 March 2024

The panellists are described as ‘visionary female leaders at the forefront of news, media, entertainment, and philanthropy’.


Cleverly touts partnership to sever small boats supply chain

Cleverly touts partnership to sever small boats supply chain

Cleverly touts partnership to sever small boats supply chain

04 March 2024

Representatives from the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the European Commission discussed efforts to tackle irregular migration.


Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage

Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage

Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage

04 March 2024

The former Labour leader, who now sits as an Independent, said he could not let ‘disgusting and malicious lies go unchallenged’.


Reeves: It will take time for Labour government to undo Tories’ economic damage

Reeves: It will take time for Labour government to undo Tories’ economic damage

Reeves: It will take time for Labour government to undo Tories’ economic damage

04 March 2024

Labour’s shadow chancellor said people could ‘see through’ Jeremy Hunt’s plan to ‘max out’ the headroom to pay for a pre-election giveaway.


Sinn Fein, DUP and TUV accused of ‘blocking Assembly reform’ after motion falls

Sinn Fein, DUP and TUV accused of ‘blocking Assembly reform’ after motion falls

Sinn Fein, DUP and TUV accused of ‘blocking Assembly reform’ after motion falls

04 March 2024

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole was speaking after a motion was defeated by 47 votes to 33.


New rules set to maintain protections for hedgerows, Defra says

New rules set to maintain protections for hedgerows, Defra says

New rules set to maintain protections for hedgerows, Defra says

04 March 2024

The regulations will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows, the Environment Department announced.


Full inquest begins into death of woman shot outside police station in 2003

Full inquest begins into death of woman shot outside police station in 2003

Full inquest begins into death of woman shot outside police station in 2003

04 March 2024

Sabina Rizvi, 25, was killed in the early hours of March 20 2003 as she drove away from Bexleyheath police station in south-east London.


More than 170 councils urge Chancellor to extend cost-of-living support

More than 170 councils urge Chancellor to extend cost-of-living support

More than 170 councils urge Chancellor to extend cost-of-living support

04 March 2024

Council leaders from across the political spectrum have written to Jeremy Hunt asking him to ‘urgently extend’ the Household Support Fund.


Defiant peers inflict heavy first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill

Defiant peers inflict heavy first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill

Defiant peers inflict heavy first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill

04 March 2024

The Prime Minister has previously warned the Lords against frustrating ‘the will of the people’.


Welsh medical chief described UK’s Covid information sharing as ‘omnishambles’

Welsh medical chief described UK’s Covid information sharing as ‘omnishambles’

Welsh medical chief described UK’s Covid information sharing as ‘omnishambles’

04 March 2024

Sir Frank Atherton said he felt ‘a degree of frustration’ at the issue.


Two arms are better than one for robot dressers, says researcher

Two arms are better than one for robot dressers, says researcher

Two arms are better than one for robot dressers, says researcher

04 March 2024

Researchers from York University worked with others from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.


Deputy First Minister makes apology to victims of historical institutional abuse

Deputy First Minister makes apology to victims of historical institutional abuse

Deputy First Minister makes apology to victims of historical institutional abuse

04 March 2024

A formal apology was made by ministers at Stormont in 2022, but a first and deputy first minister were not in office at the time.


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