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‘I’ve never felt so sure about making this decision’: Laura Kenny on retirement from cycling
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Dame Laura Kenny, has announced her retirement from cycling – just ahead of the Paris Games.
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Reduced sentences for pregnant women and new mothers convicted of most crimes
Pregnant women and new mothers who are convicted of most types of crime will be considered for reduced sentences.
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‘We want to make UK best place in world to be a female entrepreneur’, says task force co-chair
Well along with his announcement on small businesses and apprenticeships, Rishi Sunak also unveiled a new taskforce to boost private investment in organisations led by women.
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Rishi Sunak faces leadership questions ahead of looming election
Rishi Sunak has insisted ‘All conservatives are united’ despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid general election disaster.
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Underwater sculptures highlight threat of sewage pollution
British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor makes works that are intended to slip below the waves – literally. He’s created underwater installations around the globe, from the Caribbean to Australia. His aim is to draw attention to the threats facing our seas, such as ocean warming brought on by the climate crisis. And now the issue…
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Rumours of plans to oust Sunak as PM dismissed by Tories
A government minister has today insisted that Rishi Sunak will fight the next election despite numerous reports of new plots among Tory MPs to unseat him as Prime Minister. It’s been a difficult week for Mr Sunak’s Downing Street operation after the row over racist comments about the MP Diane Abbott allegedly made by Frank…
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M25 falls silent: First-ever planned daytime closure
It’s the country’s busiest road. Of all UK motorway traffic, 15 per cent is on the M25 circling London. It became infamous for almost constant traffic jams. But today something more unusual was happening – the first ever planned daytime shutdown since it opened in 1986, for upgrading works. Passing through six counties, the M25…
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‘Great that Black and brown faces are in high places but really about addressing systemic racism’ – Lord Woolley
We are joined by Lord Simon Woolley, Principal of Homerton College Cambridge, and the founder of Operation Black Vote, which works to increase representation of Black people.
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Wales’ next first minister announced: Vaughan Gething
“Today we turn a page in the book of our nation’s history” – the words of the man who will become the next First Minister of Wales. Vaughan Gething was today declared the leader of the Welsh Labour Party. But he once again brushed off criticism over his acceptance of a substantial donation from a…
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Covid Inquiry: Ex-Welsh Health Minister questioned over missing WhatsApp messages
The Welsh health minister during the Covid pandemic has admitted that losing his WhatsApp messages is a “real embarrassment”. Vaughan Gething told the UK Covid Inquiry that his messages were wiped in 2022 during a phone upgrade. On Saturday he will find out if he has won the contest to become Welsh Labour leader and…
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Families of terror attack victims concerned by divisive ‘anti-Muslim propaganda’
We spoke to Claudia Vince who was at Fishmongers’ Hall during the terrorist attack in 2019 – and was a close friend of Jack Merrit who was killed there alongside his colleague, Saskia Jones.
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Afghan orchestra touring UK after fleeing Taliban
Musicians in the Afghan Youth Orchestra have said it is a “fantastic experience” to play in the UK after initially being denied visas to enter the country.
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London fertility clinic licence suspended after ‘loss of embryos’
A fertility clinic in London has had its licence suspended becasue of “significant concerns” following what it called a “tragic loss of embryos”.
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David Baddiel: saying there’s ‘no go zones’ in London is ‘just inflammatory’
We spoke to comedian and author David Baddiel and the peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi – not an MP as we mistakenly called her earlier – about the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, as well as their new podcast ‘A Muslim and A Jew Go There’ – in which they discuss Muslim and Jewish identity.
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Tens of thousands march through London calling for Gaza ceasefire
Hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of central London, marching from Hyde Park Corner to the US Embassy, to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.