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The Environment Secretary is reported to be backing away from plans to hit polluting water firms with £250 million fines.

Police said the arrested teenagers, both aged 15, are from the local area.

Luxe Lifestyle was awarded the contract as the Government scrambled to obtain PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.

He was off-duty at the time, the Defence Forces said.

MLAs have been recalled to Stormont next Tuesday in an attempt to elect a Speaker and debate the implementation of the legislation.

Yellow ribbons with messages from friends have been attached to a footbridge over the River Wyre.

A 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds previously appeared in court over Mr Atkinson’s death.

Sab Samuel hosted three Drag Queen Story Hour UK readings in Tate Britain on Saturday.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the scheme to send migrants to Africa was not the ‘whole answer’.

Cheshire Constabulary has named the girl as 16-year-old Brianna Ghey.

The Government will open 19 new centres this year.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has spoken at a global Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Ghana.

The Taoiseach emphasised that migration ‘enriches’ Ireland’s culture, but also moved to reassure the public that there are controls in place.

Rachel Kuccuk’s husband Ergin lost his parents and sister to the 7.8 earthquake which hit Turkey earlier this week.

The man and woman had been ‘entombed’ under a multi-storey building for five days and could be heard shouting for help.

NHS Providers said the prospect of an escalation in Royal College of Nursing action is ‘alarming’.

Harrison Marshall said the move ‘highlights just how crazy it is to live in central London’.

Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said the Government was in denial about the scale of the challenge.

The youngest author was born in 1996 while the oldest was born in 1985.

Jarad Skeete, of Irwell Close, Aigburth, Liverpool, has been charged with violent disorder and assault.