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British playwright embarks on 150-mile fasting pilgrimage for Palestine

British playwright embarks on 150-mile fasting pilgrimage for Palestine

British playwright embarks on 150-mile fasting pilgrimage for Palestine

18 March 2025

Peter Oswald will be taking part in poetry events along the route from Bristol to London.


Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ – study

Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ – study

Mental health disparity between teenage boys and girls ‘not inevitable’ – study

18 March 2025

Researchers compared studies tracking the health of teenagers in England and Japan.


Woman killed and two injured after van crash in central London

Woman killed and two injured after van crash in central London

Woman killed and two injured after van crash in central London

18 March 2025

A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and drug-driving.


Ministers urged to ‘invest in frontline care’ to improve A&E waiting times

Ministers urged to ‘invest in frontline care’ to improve A&E waiting times

Ministers urged to ‘invest in frontline care’ to improve A&E waiting times

18 March 2025

Health Secretary Neil Gray said the Government has a ‘clear plan’ to improve performance.


Increase in patients waiting 18 weeks from referral, figures show

Increase in patients waiting 18 weeks from referral, figures show

Increase in patients waiting 18 weeks from referral, figures show

18 March 2025

The figures come as Public Health Scotland announced it would pause its data gathering on the 18-week target.


Work and Pensions Secretary sets out overhaul of benefits system

Work and Pensions Secretary sets out overhaul of benefits system

Work and Pensions Secretary sets out overhaul of benefits system

18 March 2025

The Government has announced announced a series of planned reforms to the welfare system.


Mother sobs as she describes how daughter was ‘failed’ by mental health services

Mother sobs as she describes how daughter was ‘failed’ by mental health services

Mother sobs as she describes how daughter was ‘failed’ by mental health services

18 March 2025

Rosie Fender, 26, had been living with the teacher who abused her as a teenager, an inquest heard.


Thames Water hopes to agree takeover by end of June as it mulls six approaches

Thames Water hopes to agree takeover by end of June as it mulls six approaches

Thames Water hopes to agree takeover by end of June as it mulls six approaches

18 March 2025

The debt-laden water company recently won court approval for a £3 billion loan deal designed to keep it running into 2026.


Lammy voices need for lasting Ukraine peace ahead of meeting with EU official

Lammy voices need for lasting Ukraine peace ahead of meeting with EU official

Lammy voices need for lasting Ukraine peace ahead of meeting with EU official

18 March 2025

Ms Kallas – who also serves as vice president of the European Commission – is also due to meet Defence Secretary John Healey.


Skull of Aboriginal man murdered 200 years ago to be returned to Tasmania

Skull of Aboriginal man murdered 200 years ago to be returned to Tasmania

Skull of Aboriginal man murdered 200 years ago to be returned to Tasmania

18 March 2025

The remains of the unknown man, who was shot dead in the early 19th century, will be laid to rest in a traditional ceremony.


UK ‘can and must’ grow aviation while protecting the environment, minister says

UK ‘can and must’ grow aviation while protecting the environment, minister says

UK ‘can and must’ grow aviation while protecting the environment, minister says

18 March 2025

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she will ‘never accept’ that the issues compete against each other.


No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza

No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza

No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza

18 March 2025

Downing Street declined to say whether David Lammy would correct the record after making the remarks in the Commons.


UK life expectancy yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels

UK life expectancy yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels

UK life expectancy yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels

18 March 2025

The estimates continue to reflect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.


Difficult to see how right to recovery would be enforced, MSPs told

Difficult to see how right to recovery would be enforced, MSPs told

Difficult to see how right to recovery would be enforced, MSPs told

18 March 2025

The Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill has been proposed by former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross.


UK Athletics and man, 77, plead not guilty over death of Paralympian

UK Athletics and man, 77, plead not guilty over death of Paralympian

UK Athletics and man, 77, plead not guilty over death of Paralympian

18 March 2025

UAE athlete Abdullah Hayayei was killed when he was hit by a metal pole during training in east London in 2017.


Plastic litter increases by nearly 10% on UK beaches, charity clean-up finds

Plastic litter increases by nearly 10% on UK beaches, charity clean-up finds

Plastic litter increases by nearly 10% on UK beaches, charity clean-up finds

18 March 2025

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says it saw an increase in plastic litter picked up by volunteers in 2024.


Actor Brian Cox asks Government to act on poverty after living ‘brutal reality’

Actor Brian Cox asks Government to act on poverty after living ‘brutal reality’

Actor Brian Cox asks Government to act on poverty after living ‘brutal reality’

18 March 2025

The Succession actor has backed Action For Children’s call for the Government to lift more than one million children out of poverty.


Starmer tells Trump Ukraine must be put in ‘strongest possible position’

Starmer tells Trump Ukraine must be put in ‘strongest possible position’

Starmer tells Trump Ukraine must be put in ‘strongest possible position’

18 March 2025

The US president and Vladimir Putin are due to speak on Tuesday about the US-Ukraine plan for a 30-day ceasefire.


Labour triggers by-election to replace Mike Amesbury

Labour triggers by-election to replace Mike Amesbury

Labour triggers by-election to replace Mike Amesbury

18 March 2025

It is expected the contest for Runcorn and Helsby will take place on May 1.


Teenager who murdered family wanted to be UK’s worst mass school killer

Teenager who murdered family wanted to be UK’s worst mass school killer

Teenager who murdered family wanted to be UK’s worst mass school killer

18 March 2025

Nicholas Prosper, 19, from Luton, Bedfordshire, is being sentenced at Luton Crown Court for murdering his mother and two siblings.


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