Businesses will be given a £3,000 government bonus for hiring a young person who has been out of work for six months. Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the government wants to “back Britain’s young people” after youth unemployment hit its highest levels for 11 years. Politics latest: Starmer to offer ‘targeted’ energy support […]
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Five people – including two children – have been taken to hospital following an 11-vehicle crash which closed part of a major Scottish motorway overnight. Emergency services were called to the collision on the M73 shortly before 11.30pm on Sunday, with the northbound road closed between J2 Baillieston Interchange and J2A Gartcosh Interchange. The Scottish
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A laptop that police believe belongs to a missing Brazilian academic in Essex has been found. Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 30, has not been in touch with loved ones since 3 March after meeting a friend at Essex University in Colchester, before she was reported missing the following day. Ms Barreto made a 30-minute bus journey
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A mother has been charged with murder after the death of her baby daughter in central London on Saturday morning. Officers attended Horseferry Road in Westminster, after reports an infant had fallen from a height at around 7.30am. An 18-day-old baby girl was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Zahira Byjaouane, 43, has
Two people have died during an outbreak of meningitis in the Canterbury area of Kent. In a statement, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 11 other people had fallen ill with signs of symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia. All cases were discovered in the past two days and one of those who died was
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The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into chants of “death, death to the IDF” led by rapper Bobby Vylan at a demonstration in London. The artist, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, was appearing as a speaker at Al Quds Day – an annual event held to show solidarity with Palestinian people – when he repeated
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Emergency help for poorer households hit by energy bills driven up by the Iran war is to be unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer. The government says it will provide “targeted” support for families that rely on heating oil, the cost of which has risen by 80% in a week. The prime minister is also threatening
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A nursery worker who carried out multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against toddlers as young as two has been given a 30-year sentence. Nathan Bennett, 30, was found guilty last month of two counts of raping a child under 13, four counts of the sexual assault of a child under 13 and two
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The energy secretary has told Sky News that the government will “fight people’s corner” as the war in Iran threatens a fresh energy price crisis. But, speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Ed Miliband refused to be drawn on what support the government may provide. Politics latest: Iran war threatens to raise UK energy
Police have released identifying details of a man who was found dead in a wheelie bin on Friday. The man, thought to be aged between 40 and 50, had a tattoo of a cross with a snake wrapped around it on his back and the words “Little Stardust”, and a tattoo on his right arm