Lily Allen, Olivia Dean and Wolf Alice are among some of the musicians nominated for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. Other acts in the running include Lola Young, Florence + The Machine, CMAT, Little Simz, Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem, Jim Legxacy and Kae Tempest – who is nominated twice for best contemporary […]
Nathan Newby stepped outside a hospital for a vape and some fresh air on a winter night – but ended up talking down a suicide bomber after a simple act of kindness. This “extraordinary, ordinary man”, as a judge called him, is today being honoured with a George Medal, the UK’s second-highest civilian award for
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Huge illegal waste dumps could remain an “out of control plague” if there isn’t more co-operation between the Environment Agency (EA) and police, according to the committee which oversees public spending. In a new report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says the increasing problem of large-scale waste sites “surpasses” the EA’s powers. It also claims
The Football Association (FA) says it is “proud” of plans to ensure at least a quarter of the England men’s coaching staff is from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds – responding to Reform UK complaints the strategy is “utter woke nonsense”. Former home secretary Suella Braverman, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform,
Hundreds of British teenagers are set to take part in a trial to find out how effective a ban or restrictions on social media would be. The six-week pilot will see 300 people aged 13 to 17 try out different restrictions – from time limits to curfews to an all-out ban. The Department for Science,
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Five NHS trusts with “deep-rooted challenges” will be the first to be placed in a new recovery programme, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said “failure has been tolerated for too long”, and although there has been improvement across the NHS overall, some “challenged” trusts continue to struggle. The new NHS Intensive Recovery programme
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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is to leave the club at the end of the 2025/26 season. The player has reached an agreement with the Reds that will see him close a remarkable nine-year chapter at Anfield. In a statement, Liverpool said: “Salah expressed his wish to make this announcement to the supporters at the earliest
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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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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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The first female Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned in a formal ceremony today. Dame Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to take on the Church of England‘s top ministry, but the first-ever woman to become Archbishop of Canterbury in the entire 1,400-year history of the role. “Who could fail to see that there is
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