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Kate takes time out to greet young fan on factory visit

Kate takes time out to greet young fan on factory visit

Kate takes time out to greet young fan on factory visit

30 January 2025

The royal convoy paused its journey to allow the Princess of Wales to meet three-year-old Lily-Rose Logan.


Dry January finish line is start of a healthier new life for some drinkers

Dry January finish line is start of a healthier new life for some drinkers

Dry January finish line is start of a healthier new life for some drinkers

30 January 2025

The Dry January 10k in Milton Keynes on Sunday is organised by Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind the initiative to try an alcohol-free month.


Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society appoints new chief executive

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society appoints new chief executive

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society appoints new chief executive

30 January 2025

Tony Lankester will take on the role in early April.


Harry and The Sun publisher to keep settlement contents confidential, says judge

Harry and The Sun publisher to keep settlement contents confidential, says judge

Harry and The Sun publisher to keep settlement contents confidential, says judge

30 January 2025

Court orders in the case were made on Thursday.


Robbery conspiracy accused told police ‘every man loves a watch’, court hears

Robbery conspiracy accused told police ‘every man loves a watch’, court hears

Robbery conspiracy accused told police ‘every man loves a watch’, court hears

30 January 2025

Mannix Pedro, 37, and Junior Kunu, 30, are charged with conspiring with others to commit robbery after watches worth more than £1 million were stolen.


Sympathy only goes so far, bereaved man tells MPs on assisted dying committee

Sympathy only goes so far, bereaved man tells MPs on assisted dying committee

Sympathy only goes so far, bereaved man tells MPs on assisted dying committee

30 January 2025

MPs on the committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill have heard from some 50 witnesses in the past three days.


Kate makes her mark on visit to ‘lifeline’ children’s hospice

Kate makes her mark on visit to ‘lifeline’ children’s hospice

Kate makes her mark on visit to ‘lifeline’ children’s hospice

30 January 2025

The Princess of Wales is patron of Ty Hafan children’s hospice.


Medicinal cannabis sector could boost incomes of British farmers, Tory MP says

Medicinal cannabis sector could boost incomes of British farmers, Tory MP says

Medicinal cannabis sector could boost incomes of British farmers, Tory MP says

30 January 2025

David Mundell said the sector could create tens of thousands of jobs in rural areas and ‘potentially bring more than £1 billion to the UK economy’.


Scotland must learn from 20mph rollout in Wales, say Greens

Scotland must learn from 20mph rollout in Wales, say Greens

Scotland must learn from 20mph rollout in Wales, say Greens

30 January 2025

The Welsh Government has said the first year of the lower speed limit has seen 100 fewer people killed and seriously injured on the roads.


Online shopping fraud losses up 20% to £56 million

Online shopping fraud losses up 20% to £56 million

Online shopping fraud losses up 20% to £56 million

30 January 2025

Consumers reported 68,000 cases of online shopping fraud in the 2023-24 financial year.


Fergus Ewing: Sturgeon took SNP in direction that was ‘really not going to work’

Fergus Ewing: Sturgeon took SNP in direction that was ‘really not going to work’

Fergus Ewing: Sturgeon took SNP in direction that was ‘really not going to work’

30 January 2025

Mr Ewing said the former first minister became ‘obsessed with ideology, equality and gender form’ during the time Greens were in government.


‘Spectacular’ treasures return to Orkney 318 years after being given to captain

‘Spectacular’ treasures return to Orkney 318 years after being given to captain

‘Spectacular’ treasures return to Orkney 318 years after being given to captain

30 January 2025

Captain James Moodie, of Hoy, was presented with the items by Archduke Charles of Austria in 1707.


Slater: Climate goals were fiction so ministers could pat themselves on the back

Slater: Climate goals were fiction so ministers could pat themselves on the back

Slater: Climate goals were fiction so ministers could pat themselves on the back

30 January 2025

The Scottish Government has since dropped the targets.


No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

30 January 2025

Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of ‘eye-watering’ cuts to the force’s spending this year.


Barclays hardens stance on hybrid working as staff told to come into office more

Barclays hardens stance on hybrid working as staff told to come into office more

Barclays hardens stance on hybrid working as staff told to come into office more

30 January 2025

The bank is the latest large company to roll back its flexible working policies brought in during the Covid-19 pandemic.


Russian spy pretended to be Interpol agent to woo beautician, court told

Russian spy pretended to be Interpol agent to woo beautician, court told

Russian spy pretended to be Interpol agent to woo beautician, court told

30 January 2025

Bulgarian Vanya Gaberova, 30, told jurors on Thursday that she knew nothing of Biser Dzhambazov’s spy activities as they travelled together.


Death of talented teenager inflicted wound on family that will never heal

Death of talented teenager inflicted wound on family that will never heal

Death of talented teenager inflicted wound on family that will never heal

30 January 2025

Gareth Conway, 18, was due to go to university to study engineering.


‘Return to the European fold’, SNP urges Number 10

‘Return to the European fold’, SNP urges Number 10

‘Return to the European fold’, SNP urges Number 10

30 January 2025

Brexit has been described as ‘political and economic madness’.


Man, 45, handed whole life order for ‘bloodthirsty’ murder of woman

Man, 45, handed whole life order for ‘bloodthirsty’ murder of woman

Man, 45, handed whole life order for ‘bloodthirsty’ murder of woman

30 January 2025

Builder Steve Sansom was out of prison on life licence for another murder when he killed Sarah Mayhew.


Sickle cell patients share delight over approval of new treatment

Sickle cell patients share delight over approval of new treatment

Sickle cell patients share delight over approval of new treatment

30 January 2025

Health officials have approved a £1.65 million treatment for some NHS patients.


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