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Government looking at decoupling electricity and gas prices to bring down bills

Ed Miliband has told Labour MPs he is committed to looking at unhitching electricity prices from gas in a bid to bring down household bills. The energy secretary told a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday night that the move would be “complicated but possible”, according to sources present. Politics Hub: Follow

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Five people escape and two injured after building collapses in Oldham

Two people have been taken to hospital after a building partially collapsed in Oldham, Greater Manchester.  e injuries are “not believed to be life-threatening,” the North West Ambulance Service said. Emergency services were called at 12.30pm to King Street over reports of a partially collapsed building. Five people managed to escape from the building, which

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Hong Kong booksellers arrested for ‘seditious publications’ as Jimmy Lai’s biography seized

The owner of one of Hong Kong’s last independent bookshops has been arrested and books including Jimmy Lai’s biography seized, local media have reported. National security police arrested Book Punch’s owner Pong Yat-ming and three female staff on Tuesday, Ming Pao News, the South China Morning Post and TVB reported. They were arrested for “knowingly

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Family pay tribute to ‘true gentleman’ police officer killed in line of duty

The family of a police officer who died in the line of duty after his vehicle was in a collision with another car have paid tribute. PC Bradley Corke, 27, died on Saturday, after he was critically injured in Farningham, Kent, on Thursday evening. He and a colleague, who was reported to be critically ill

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Meningitis B vaccines offered to more school children – as cases fall

Meningitis B vaccines will be offered to year 11 pupils at schools affected by the Kent outbreak. NHS Kent and Medway said on Tuesday that 10,627 vaccines had been given out. The meningitis outbreak, which left two dead, peaked on 13 March. On Monday, 20 cases of meningitis had been confirmed, with a further three

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‘Violent mob’ at asylum hotel protest turned Epping into ‘scene of chaos’, court told

A “violent mob” at an asylum hotel protest attacked police officers and turned Epping into “a scene of disorder and chaos”, a court has heard. Lee Gower, 43, and Phillip Curson, 53, of Upminster, deny committing violent disorder during protests outside The Bell Hotel in Essex on 17 July last year. Gower, of Epping, also

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Two men arrested in connection with Golders Green arson attack on Jewish ambulances

Two men have been arrested in connection with the Golders Green arson attack on Jewish community ambulances. The suspects – aged 47 and 45 – were arrested on Wednesday morning at addresses in the north west London and central London areas respectively. They were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and

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