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Social media ban for children being considered by UK government

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Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after coming under pressure from dozens of their own backbench MPs. After initially opposing such a ban, the government’s position softened in recent days, and ministers will now consult on whether to bring in an Australia-style policy. Read more: How Australia’s social media ban […]

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Prince Harry: It’s his biggest case against the press and the stakes are high for the duke and the publisher of the Daily Mail

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He’s spent years fighting the tabloids, but arriving at the High Court was a moment Prince Harry wanted the cameras to capture. This is his last legal challenge against the British press. It’s also his biggest, and with reputations on the line, the stakes for all sides are high. Day one, and the battlelines are

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Chief constable referred to police watchdog over decision to ban Israeli fans from football match at Villa Park

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The former chief constable of West Midlands Police (WMP) will be investigated over a decision to ban Israeli fans from a Europa League match in Birmingham. Craig Guildford announced his retirement from the post on Friday, blaming the “political and media frenzy” surrounding him in the wake of the decision to prevent Maccabi Tel Aviv

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What it’s like to live next to a 25,000-tonne illegal waste dump – with rats everywhere

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A mother has told Sky News how her home has become a “prison” which forced her eight-year-old son to move out – after 25,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste burned for nine days last year. Nicha Rowson, who lives just metres from a major illegal waste site in Bickershaw, Wigan, said the 17-month ordeal has

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Prince Harry v Mail: Publisher accused of ‘wrecking lives’, as string of high-profile figures mentioned in court

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Prince Harry has personally attended the first day of his trial against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) at the Royal Courts of Justice in Central London. He, along with co-claimants Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Sir Simon Hughes, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley,

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King Charles shares dram with First Minister John Swinney at reception celebrating Scottish business owners

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The King shared a dram with Scotland’s first minister while hosting Scottish business owners at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The reception in the Throne Room brought together various entrepreneurs, business owners, investors and capital investment firms to celebrate the nation’s entrepreneurial spirit. The King was joined by SNP leader John Swinney and Deputy

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‘Nowhere to hide’ for water companies, vows government in industry shake up

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The creaking water industry is set for a “once-in-a-generation set of reforms”, the government has said as it proposes new legislation to overhaul the system. Nightmare situations such as taps running dry in Kent and Sussex recently would be avoided, the government says, thanks to a new proactive system that would perform “MOTs” on water

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Trade war ‘not the right way to resolve our differences’, says Sir Keir Starmer

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A trade war is “not the right way to resolve differences” within an alliance, Sir Keir Starmer has said.  At a Downing Street press conference to address the Greenland crisis, the prime minister appeared to rule out slapping the US with retaliatory tariffs. Politics live: What does the UK do next on Greenland? It comes

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Five charged with murder after man dies in collision at County Durham petrol station

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Five people have been charged with murder after a man was killed in a collision at a petrol station, police have said.  Daniel Ambler, 23, died at the scene at the Asda Express service station in Seaham, County Durham, on the afternoon of Thursday 15 January. Durham Constabulary launched a murder investigation and now says

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