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It took 20 months to hit the milestone under Rishi Sunak’s premiership compared with 13 months under Sir Keir Starmer.

The funding will go towards charity and council schemes in an effort to tackle digital exclusion.

There have been 27,029 arrivals so far this year, which is 47% higher than at the same point of 2024.

Austin Ironside, 25, was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he later died on Tuesday August 5.

The former Scottish first minister recalled her meeting with the James Bond actor in 2004.

The former first minister said she had felt ‘very, very close to the edge’ in that moment.

Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced next week.

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards his alleged victim during sex, the court heard.

Ricky Jones, 58, denies one count of encouraging violent disorder.

Rachel Reeves made her first trip to the province as Chancellor, visiting the filmmaking facilities at Studio Ulster in Belfast.

The facility has been created at the Newton Tree Nursery near Elgin, Moray, which first opened in 1931.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said motorists are often ‘first on the scene’ when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.

Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.

A man in his 40s is thought to have died after being hit over the head with a large stone during an altercation on the Isle of Sheppey.

Pope Leo, who became the first US head of the Catholic Church in May, renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in July.

The Transport Select Committee said it would ‘help embed long-term public transport use’.

Sir James Cleverly has demanded the Government share its assessments of how the move would hit local newspapers.

The Chancellor insisted Labour had been ‘creating more jobs’ since entering office despite vacancy numbers declining over the last quarter.

The Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan earlier this year.

Foreign companies selling electronics to British shoppers via online platforms like Amazon and eBay will have to start contributing to e-waste costs.