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Drug deaths reach record high in England and Wales
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found there were 5,448 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in England and Wales in 2023. That’s 11 percent higher than the year before.
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Austrian president spurns far-right despite election win
The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) will not get the chance to form the next Austrian government despite winning the most seats in last month’s national election.
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‘Shocking’ Israeli airstrike yards away from Lebanon’s largest hospital (dubbed)
At least 18 people have been killed and 60 others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike near a hospital in Beirut, according to Lebanese health officials.
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Claudette Colvin: America’s unsung civil rights hero remembered in immersive experience
A new immersive experience called Coloured tells the story of Claudette Colvin, jailed when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
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Government borrowing surges above forecasts – ahead of Budget
With barely more than a week to go to the Budget, speculation is reaching fever pitch about what taxes the Chancellor may be planning to increase.
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Were authorities swayed by public opinion in Chris Kaba case – asks former Met chief superintendent
We spoke to the former Met chief superintendent Dal Babu and began by asking him about firearms training and what officers are taught when carrying out a so-called hard stop.
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Chris Kaba ‘core member’ of criminal gang, court hears
New details can now be reported about Chris Kaba – who was shot dead by a police marksman – alleging he was a ‘core member’ of one of the country’s most dangerous criminal gangs.
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‘Our prisons at the moment are creating better criminals – not better citizens’, says justice minister
We spoke to Justice Minister Heidi Alexander.
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1,100 more prisoners released early amid overcrowding crisis
Eleven hundred prisoners are being released early – as part of the Government’s emergency scheme to ease the overcrowding crisis in jails across England and Wales.
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US Secretary of State urges Netanyahu to resuscitate Gaza ceasefire deal
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Israel’s prime minister to seize the opportunity to agree a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, saying the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could create an opening for peace.
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Hospitals in Lebanon looking ‘very similar’ to Gaza last year, says British-Palestinian doctor
The British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah travelled to Gaza a year ago with the charity Doctors Without Borders.
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‘Shocking’ Israeli airstrike yards away from Lebanon’s largest hospital
At least 18 people have been killed and 60 others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike near a hospital in Beirut, according to Lebanese health officials.
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Exclusive: Secret filming reveals the killing of rare Hen Harriers on grouse moors
The RSPB launch their Birdcrime report this week. It says that the past two years have seen the highest number of rare Hen Harriers disappearing, and killed under suspicious circumstances, since records began.
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Brazil mining disaster: victims bring £36 billion case in UK court
When the Mariana dam burst in 2015 it created Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The dam had been holding back mining waste so when it burst, a huge wave of toxic liquid burst down a river valley, killing 19 people.
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Brazil mining disaster: victims bring £36 billion case in UK court (dubbed)
When the Mariana dam burst in 2015 it created Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The dam had been holding back mining waste so when it burst, a huge wave of toxic liquid burst down a river valley, killing 19 people.