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‘Labour offers MPs peerages’ and ‘Jail Trump now’
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‘Labour offers MPs peerages’ and ‘Jail Trump now’

Leading the Sunday Times is a report that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has offered several of the party’s MPs, including Diane Abbott, peerages “to quit and make way for allies”. In international news, the newspaper reports that right-wingers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet have threatened to “dissolve the government” rather than take...

Tories pledge new GP surgeries in community care boost
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Tories pledge new GP surgeries in community care boost

The Conservatives have promised to build 100 new GP surgeries in England and boost the number of available appointments by allowing more treatments in the community if they win the election. The party says it would also expand the number of treatments pharmacies can offer without people seeing their GP first. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Labour reveals plans to shake up apprentice funding
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Labour reveals plans to shake up apprentice funding

Labour is promising to give businesses more flexibility over how they spend government money currently earmarked for apprenticeships if they win the July election. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the party will allow businesses to use up to 50% of the cash provided by the government to fund apprenticeships or training for existing staff....

Cardigan woman’s £1,000 repair bill after administration
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Cardigan woman’s £1,000 repair bill after administration

Ellie Rylands Ellie Rylands bought her car from the online retailer site Cazoo A woman who bought her car from online retailer Cazoo has been left with a £1,000 repair bill after the company went into administration. Ellie Rylands, 28, who bought her £10,000 Peugeot from the used car retailer, found an engine fault after...

Four more boys arrested in Newark rape investigation
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Four more boys arrested in Newark rape investigation

Four more boys have been arrested on suspicion of rape. Police received reports of a serious sexual assault in Yorke Drive playing fields, in Newark, on Saturday 25 May, between 17:30 and 19:00 BST. A boy aged 12, a 13-year-old, and two boys aged 14 were arrested and have all been released on bail with...

Unions suspend school support worker strike
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Unions suspend school support worker strike

Strike action involving non-teaching staff in Northern Ireland on Monday has been suspended. Nipsa and GMB said their planned action on Tuesday will also no longer go ahead. A third union, Unite, has yet to cancel its strike on Tuesday pending negotiations. Workers in the three unions have been taking action over pay and grading....

Red Arrows take to the skies for English Riviera Airshow 2024
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Red Arrows take to the skies for English Riviera Airshow 2024

Some of the UK’s most famous aircraft have been taking to the skies over Devon as part of a two-day event. The English Riviera Airshow began across the Paignton seafront on Saturday. The RAF Red Arrows gave an aerial display on Saturday while RAF Typhoon jets and a D-Day Memorial display are set to perform...

Epsom Derby: City of Troy gives trainer Aiden O’Brien 10th win
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Epsom Derby: City of Troy gives trainer Aiden O’Brien 10th win

Jockey Ryan Moore expertly guided favourite City of Troy through the field to an impressive victory in the Derby. It was a second victory in consecutive years for trainer Aidan O’Brien, who extended his record to 10 winners in the Classic at Epsom. The 3-1 chance was boxed in early in the race but burst...

Bramley tap water alert could last weeks, says Thames Water
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Bramley tap water alert could last weeks, says Thames Water

3 hours ago Tanya Gupta,Daniel Sexton,Jacob Panons BBC Thames Water said 616 homes had been given the advice as a precautionary measure Work to make tap water safe in a Surrey village after an alert over a previous fuel leak from a petrol station could take up to four weeks, Thames Water has said. The...