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Home Office bid to stop migrants using family to stay in the UK faces block

A watchdog that independently assesses the quality of evidence behind new rules gave the Home Office’s impact assessment of the changes a red rating, meaning it considered it “not fit for purpose”. It means that Labour…

The flaws in Reform’s plan to scrap PIP and slash £50bn from benefits bill

Unveiling the policies at a press conference, the party’s Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick , said the “broken” welfare system was a “moral and an economic catastrophe” and Reform would stop some claimants “taking…

Julian Lloyd Webber ‘very grateful’ for successful treatment for prostate cancer

The 75-year-old musician announced his diagnosis in April shortly after he made his return to the concert platform following a 12-year absence due to an injury. On Monday, he said he was “so thankful” for all the care he…

Irish police to be given ‘whatever resources they require’ after horror crash

Four people in the other car, all members of the same family, were seriously injured in the crash on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare in the early hours of Sunday morning. A body representing rank-and-file members of…

Schoolboy appears in court to deny murder of 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a car

A 15-year-old boy, who was allegedly driving the car and cannot be named for legal reasons, today appeared in the dock at Basildon Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty to one count of murder. William Lunnon, 43, of…

Robinson welcomes Sinn Féin ‘step back’ from powersharing warnings

There was fresh speculation round the stability of the devolved institutions following comments by Sinn Féin senator Conor Murphy at the end of July that powersharing was in a “precarious place”. He also stated that the…

Furious Brit delays Ryanair flight for an hour after his wife is prevented from joining him on overbooked jet - before he is fined £2,500 over the disruption

The disgruntled passenger was fined 3,000 euros (£2,500), after his angry outburst prevented other travellers from boarding and delayed the flight from Treviso, Italy , to Paris last Thursday. The chaos began when the…

Manager behind Titanic-themed ride at family farm defies criticism from 'wokes' who branded it 'disrespectful'

A slide at Graveley Farm in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, is decorated and themed around the ill-fated ship which sank in 1912. Despite having been an attraction at the park for multiple years, this summer a number of parents…

Hundreds of fish die after foam pollutes river

The fish were found in the River Tame following the blaze off Wellington Road in Greenfield, on Sunday, The Environment Agency said. The foam was described by the agency as "firewater run off", which is left-over from…

Princess Eugenie reveals new baby's name including heartfelt tribute to late Queen

Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their third child two weeks ago. On Monday the couple revealed that she is to be called Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank in tribute to “three people we love and admire…